BORDA and BNS Network
BORDA advises and facilitates projects in the sectors of decentralised sanitation, wastewater treatment, water and energy supply, and solid waste disposal in Asia and Africa. Active for over 30 years, BORDA is part of a network of international research and development organisations.
Basic Needs Services
Basic Needs Services (BNS) are directly linked to the UN's Millenium Development Goals and are in keeping with the objectives of climate protection of the Kyoto Protocol. They are actions geared towards improving living conditions for disadvantaged target groups.
DEWATS Service Packages
BORDA strives to create sanitation solutions: DEWATS (Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Solutions) Service Packages include not simply the construction of this proven solution but a whole set of integrated measures, combined according to demand.
Cooperation
BORDA is facilitating BNS development projects in Asia and Africa. Currently there are more than 20 project cooperation offices worldwide of partner organisations, accountable for planning and implementation of socialstructure development projects.
News from BORDA Southeast Asia
In November, four young professionals from Germany (Mirko Dietrich, Maike Gaertner, Fides Ochsenfeld and Barbra Ruben) took part in a two-day intercultural training in Yogyakarta. As participants of the voluntary service program...[more]
DEWATS has been known and applied in several provinces of Vietnam since 2005 in hospitals, prisons, and communities and also in the industries of agriculture food processing, animal husbandry and slaughter houses. In order to...[more]
The DEWATS plant in Tam Dao Bear Rescue Centre was built in 2007 and began operating in 2008. Its capacity is 22m3/day to treat the waste of 50 bears. Lately, BORDA received an inquiry concerning the inadequate performance of the...[more]
For an agricultural country, animal husbandry is not a new hot trend in Vietnam- but waste treatment has been a hot issue for some years. Many technologies have been applied and solutions sought, but none seem to have been of...[more]
Mit BORDA weltwaerts
“Learning through active helping“ is the motto of the voluntary service program Weltwärts for young people between the ages of 18 and 28.
For those interested in volunteering in developing countries, the program offers a chance to acquire international experience, intercultural skills, and professional qualifications.
SANIMAS
An estimated 75 million people in Indonesia lack basic sanitation facilities. Less than 5% of the population is served by conventional sewerage systems. Millions of Indonesian urban residents discharge human excrement and household wastewater directly into the aquatic environment.
The aim of the SANIMAS program is to develop together with Indonesian Communities a sustainable sanitation system managed by the community.
Mapping of Implementations
In cooperation with Google Earth, BORDA shows an overview of their projects in South Asia, Southeast Asia and Southern Africa, SADC.
Read more and download regional files for an geographic survey of a range of BORDA projects.
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DEWATS Special Newsletter
BORDA received the Development Solutions Award by IWA for outstanding “innovations and contributions to technology and community facilitation that transform service delivery in low income urban settlements.” 
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DEWATS Newsletter
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