Access to water and population Caroline Jane Kent DSW Roundtable „Water Resource Management in...

Access to water and population

Caroline Jane KentDSWRoundtable „Water Resource Management in Africa“

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Access to water and population growth

• Introduction to DSW

• Access to water

• Population growth: trends and projections

• Water and population growth: Meeting the unmet need

• What is DSW doing?

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DSW’s main goal is to help people free themselves from poverty.

For this purpose we support family planning and sexual and reproductive health projects in Africa and Asia. Our premise is simple: only if people are able to protect themselves from unwanted pregnancies and HIV/AIDS do they have the chance to lead a healthier and better life.

In this respect reaching young people is key. Young people are the parents of tomorrow and crucial to the development of their country. Investing in their health means investing in a better future.

German Foundation for World Population: Our Goal

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Brief introduction to DSW cont.

• Established 1991

• Around 170 employees

• 7 offices:

Hannover HQ

Berlin Liaison

Brussels - EU Liaison

Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda,

Grants to partners: 8 additional countries in Africa and Asia

Advocacy capacity building: 11 additional developing countries

Dialogue to push the agenda: 60 countries

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Brief Introduction to DSW cont.

• DSW’s Y2Y Initiative has led to the formation and support of over 1,000 youth clubs, with over 30,000 members, reaching millions of young people in Eastern Africa.

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Where do we work?

DSW Ethiopia DSW Kenya DSW Tanzania DSW Uganda

DSW Berlin DSW BrusselsDSW Hannover

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Access to water – a human right

• Millennium Development Goal 7: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation

• Safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is a human right essential to the full enjoyment of life and all other human rights

• 2002 Kenyan Water Act: legal basis for the right to water in national Kenyan law

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Access to water – finite resources

• The planet‘s renewable fresh water is finite

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WaterSustainability

The Vision for the water and sanitation sector is “to ensure water and improved sanitation availability and access to all by

2030.” Ph

oto

by F

elix

Masi

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Historical development of population growth

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Population Projects till 2100

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Population Projections till 2100

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Regional Population Growth

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Africa is youngest continent

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Average number of children per woman

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Kenya’s Population

1999

28.8 Million

Source: 1999 Census

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Kenya’s Population

2008

38.3 Million

Source: CBS Population Projections

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Current SituationPopulation Statistics

38 million people (2008)

4.6 births per woman (2008)

23% teens ages 15–19 bear children 40% population under 15

Sources: Spectrum; DHS 2003, 2008

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Trend in FertilityKenya, 1989-2008

Ferti

lity R

ate

Sources: Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys

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Population PyramidKenya`s Youth Bulge

-20% -10% 0% 10% 20%

Male Female 80+75–7970–7465–6960–6455–5950–5445–4940–4435–3930–3425–2920–2415–1910–14

5–90–4

40% of the population is under age 15

Age

(Yea

rs)

Source Spectrum

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82 Million People …Population increase by 2040

Under Current Fertility RatePo

pula

tion

(Milli

ons)

Source: Spectrum

High Fertility

Low Fertility

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65 Million PeopleDemographic Transition

Assuming a Decline in Fertility

Popu

latio

n (M

illion

s)

Source: Spectrum

High Fertility

Low Fertility

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So where‘s the link?

• World population growth and water scarcity

• Meeting the unmet need

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Water ConsumptionLess Consumption with Lower Fertility

Under Current Fertility RateW

ater

Con

sum

ptio

n (B

illion

Lite

rs)

Source: Spectrum; Water Services Strategy

High Fertility

Low Fertility

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Meeting the Unmet Need

• What is the unmet need? What does it mean?

• How will this help?

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Family PlanningKenya

Almost 1 in 2 births are unintended or arrive too soon

Primary factor to lower growthMany women want to delay or limit births but are not using family planning.

Source: 2003 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey

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Family Planning

46% of married women of reproductive age use family planning.


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Family PlanningUnmet Need

1 in 4 women want to space or limit births but are not using

family planningPe

rcen

t

Sources: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Unmet NeedHigh Demand in Kenya

25% of married women want to space or limit births but are not using family planning.


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Access to modern contraceptives

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Youth-to-Youth: Raising awareness

• Train young people to become peer educators

• DSW supports approx. 500 youth clubs in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

• DSW has reached more than 7 million young people with messages on safe sex, family planning and HIV/AIDS and other life skills messages.

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Mobilizing Youth in Nairobi

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Support to Integrated Conservation Projects

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Construction of toilet blocks

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Population Health and Environment

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Youth-to-Youth

• Talking to young people about their sexual and reproductive health and rights

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Youth-to-Youth

• Training peer educators

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Youth-to-Youth

• Supporting youth clubs

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Youth-to-Youth

• Community involvement

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Thank you for listening!• DSW

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