Women Empowerment Literacy and Development Organization
Gender Equity
Environmental Rehabilitation and Conservation is one of the focus areas of WELDO. Under this focus areas WELDO is working on the following:-
Climate Change
Climate change is now recognized as one of the greatest environmental, social and economic threats facing our globe. Climate change will likely result in reduced diversity of ecosystems and the extinction of many species. Pakistan has already started bearing the brunt of climate change as most of its rivers are drying up. The resultant effect of which is disappearing ecosystems, drought and unavailability of water for irrigation.
Renewable Energy
Promotion, supply and operation of renewable energy technology (specially in the
villages of Pakistan where more than 70% of the population resides) is a program
that comes under “Tackling the Climate Change” program of WELDO. Under this
project WELDO recently provided capacity building training to local farmers in
five locations in Punjab in management, operation and up-keeping of solar panels
for use in peter engine water motors.
Afforestation
Afforestation is a very important tool that can help control and reverse the
issue of climate change. Forests not only act as carbon sinks but also are act
as a habitat of millions of plant and animal species. Recognizing the importance
of afforestation WELDO undertakes afforestation campaign twice a year through
out the area of Islamabad and related villages.
Awareness Raising
Awareness raising on climate change issues can achieve multiple goals as the
majority of population of Pakistan unknowingly indulges in activities that
become the cause of discharge of toxic fumes in the air and release of effluents
in the precious water arteries that sustain life in Pakistan.
Thus WELDO has initiated a “Citizens Who Care” campaign to raise awareness about
the use of toxic fuels in industries, homes, villages and other manufacturing
concerns so that their usage can be reduced and stopped.
Energy
Energy has become one of the basic need for development. The need is more vital now than it was a decade ago with the booming world population and industrial development.
Energy Programs
WELDO is currently working with scientific institutions in Italy on innovative energy projects that involve technological transfer as well as research on the following in Pakistan:-
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Co-Generation
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Methane Sequestration through landfills
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Conservation of energy through Earth Energy in cooling and warming homes
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Energy conservation through innovative house building techniques
In Pakistan WELDO is also working in partnership with organizations from Pakistan on a project to implement solar power in villages in Punjab and Sindh for irrigating farms and also for providing electricity to homes in villages.
Future: -
In near future WELDO will start working on projects that will introduce technologies that will aim at introducing and implementing Ethanol as a second fuel in Pakistan.
New Initiatives
WELDO is always open to new ideas for implementation of its developmental initiatives. So if your organization is interested in working with us on any field of environment that is not mentioned here please talk to us, we would be very interested in exploring new opportunities of collaboration and environmental rehabilitation and conservation.
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