BBCP Rainwater Foundation
Water recovery & community stewardship
BBCP Rainwater Foundation 501(c)(3) nonprofit community based initiative was launched in 2020/21, as a collective response to the growing need of freshwater in Rajasthan. India. Decided by artisan's studio consensus, including Wabisabi project & Bindaas Unlimited & Chaubundy studio, the Kaladera water conservation program started its implementation at the start of the pandemic.
We believe communities water stewardship and knowledge are essential to mitigate exposure and risk, increasing climate change resilience and adaptation, and improving the ability to withstand and recover from drought or flooding.
According to the United Nations, by 2030, between 24 million and 700 million people in arid and semi-arid places could be displaced by intense water scarcity.
The world faces a rapidly changing and degrading physical environment, Climate change, land degradation, deforestation and wastewater pollution are major contributors to the accelerated global water crisis. Pressures of global markets threatens traditional ways of life, there is enough freshwater on the planet for seven billion people but is distributed unevenly and too much of it is washed, polluted and unsustainably manage.
Fresh water is not only essential to food security, health and sanitation, but the continuation of craft, culture and sustainable livelihoods
Ulrich Beck pointed it out many years ago:
| "At the end of the 20th century, nature is society and society is nature. Whoever continues to speak of nature as non-society is speaking in terms of a different century, without capturing our reality." (Beck,1992,p.81) |
10% of our sales and 100% of all donations goes towards local community based programs guided by Manthan Sanstha, Kotri, in water stewardship & conservation, education, vocational training and sustainable livelihoods
Manthan Sanstha, Kotri, is a local non profit community based grassroots organization, established in 1998, prior to which it was a field centre (1981-1997) for the Social Work and Research Centre (SWRC) at Barefoot College, Tilonia. Manthan works on diverse local issues related to Sustainable Development, in water, health and education, along with empowering marginalized and excluded communities in 120 villages of Ajmer and Nagaur districts, Rajasthan, India.
Programs
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Water Equity + Manthan Sanstha School
Water equity program aims to protect rural livelihoods which is intricately linked to nature, thru need-based initiatives and community decision making approach as well as implementation of the solution.
Water Equity + Manthan Sanstha School
Water equity program aims to protect rural livelihoods which is intricately linked to nature, thru need-based initiatives and community decision making approach as well as implementation of the solution.
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Kaladera Village / COMPLETE
The Kaladera Project is a community based program that implements rainwater harvesting, recycling and groundwater recharge systems in the artisan village of Kaladera, Rajasthan. Jaipur
Kaladera Village / COMPLETE
The Kaladera Project is a community based program that implements rainwater harvesting, recycling and groundwater recharge systems in the artisan village of Kaladera, Rajasthan. Jaipur
