Natural Resources and Waste Management Alliance (NAREWAMA) is a registered non-profit organization whose primary objective is to empower communities through demonstrative training to use simplified eco-friendly technologies with a view to mitigating the i This means that it conducts its activities through networking, partnership and collaboration with other organizations in promoting solar energy
devises for cooking and water pasteurization, training on the use of such devices and other energy saving appliances and promotion of health and sanitation through waste management. The organization targets individuals, youths, Self-Help Groups and institutions to achieve its vision. Through demonstrative training, the target group is empowered on various simplified eco-friendly technologies and entrepreneurial skills. The organization conducts community training on how to harness and utilize solar energy for cooking and solar water Pasteurization for the purpose of reducing the use of firewood, gas and paraffin. Specially designed cookers known as cookits, easy to carry and maintain, are used for this purpose. The main objective of this initiative is to protect and conserve trees for the benefit of the current and future generation and maintain our forest cover through reforestation. NAREWAMA, in partnership with International Water and Health Alliance (IWHA), conducts communities training to enable rural and urban residents determine the quality of water they drink. Although training a microbiologist takes three years, the simplified water testing takes only 30 minutes for one to understand and conduct, regardless of one’s level of education. This test is conducted by the use of Portable Microbiology Laboratory (PML) which gives results within 12 hours of incubation under warm body parts, especially the armpit. Every household (rural and urban) needs water for survival. But in some areas, this vital commodity is very scarce, particularly in arid and semi arid areas. Under this programme, communities are trained on how to harvest and store rain water for immediate and future domestic use. NAREWAMA trains communities on how to harvest rain water from grass thatched roofs. Nobody can withstand the sight of an overflowing dustbin and the stench it emits. Most municipal councils are even having difficulties in dealing with the amount of solid waste being generated every day, especially in crowded estates. Training on waste management has become a very important component in conserving clean environment and reducing the volume of waste deposited every day at dump sites. The training targets generators (households), waste handlers (from the household to the dumpsite). Most of the youth have found employment at dumpsites where they earn a living by sorting out various waste for sale. If the youth are not trained properly on how to handle and separate waste, their energy may turn into waste through illness that can be avoided. All waste handlers must understand the health risks involved in waste management.
