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Ophelia Foster Scott, Mt Peto 4H leader and Guidance Councillor says: "Before we got this tank we struggled to get water to the farm. We would have crops dying, withered as a result of lack of water. But since we got the infrastructure ... we were able to put in some fruits, some peppers, some melons some pumpkins, and as a result we have had water to sustain the entire farm." Pumpkins are sold to the school canteen and the income is used to fund the the breakfast feeding programme, she reports.
"Without this infrastructure we would still be struggling. I have been here for 11 years and it’s the first this year we have been reaping from this garden."
Rainwater harvesting - a simple, time-proven method of Climate Change adaptation - is now being tested and observed by students and teachers of 70 training institutions across the nation, as a result of a gift of water storage tanks, conveyance systems and drip irrigation hoses from the JCCCP, funded by the people of Japan. The school garden component of the Jamaica leg of the project is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Jamaica, and the Jamaica 4H Clubs, a government-run organization mandated to promote youth in agriculture, in partnership with the Climate Change Division in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation.
Mt Peto Primary students are among thousands of students from 70 training institutions benefiting from increased water supply. Typically, pipes run dry at Mt Peto. Rainwater harvesting has boosted water supply by about 60%.
Donor: Japan Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (JCCP), Govt of Japan. Photo: UNDP Jamaica/Talk Up Yout Media
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Ophelia Foster Scott, Mt Peto 4H leader and Guidance Councillor says: "Before we got this tank we struggled to get water to the farm. We would have crops dying, withered as a result of lack of water. But since we got the infrastructure ... we were able to put in some fruits, some peppers, some melons some pumpkins, and as a result we have had water to sustain the entire farm." Pumpkins are sold to the school canteen and the income is used to fund the the breakfast feeding programme, she reports.
"Without this infrastructure we would still be struggling. I have been here for 11 years and it’s the first this year we have been reaping from this garden."
Rainwater harvesting - a simple, time-proven method of Climate Change adaptation - is now being tested and observed by students and teachers of 70 training institutions across the nation, as a result of a gift of water storage tanks, conveyance systems and drip irrigation hoses from the JCCCP, funded by the people of Japan. The school garden component of the Jamaica leg of the project is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Jamaica, and the Jamaica 4H Clubs, a government-run organization mandated to promote youth in agriculture, in partnership with the Climate Change Division in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation.
Mt Peto Primary students are among thousands of students from 70 training institutions benefiting from increased water supply. Typically, pipes run dry at Mt Peto. Rainwater harvesting has boosted water supply by about 60%.
Donor: Japan Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (JCCP), Govt of Japan. Photo: UNDP Jamaica/Talk Up Yout Media