The system is an innovative but simple rainwater collector, consisting of in the connection of the roof of the home to channel the rain towards a storage and, through a series of components, clean the water, in order to obtain a source of supply of good quality and drinkable. The collected water can be used for washing clothes, general household cleaning, bathing and even drinking.
“We are very happy to see this “Nido de Lluvia” materialize, which will benefit more than a thousand people in the El Salto community, without a doubt this is a reflection of the work and synergy that we do as a private initiative together with the government and the community. . We will continue promoting actions that help create new access roads, neutrality and efficient use of water to continue our mission of providing a better world”, said Gerardo Soria, manager of Institutional Relations for the Western Region of HEINEKEN Mexico.
The participation of one of the most important breweries in Mexico helps to focus this type of causes not only in the state of Jalisco, but throughout the country, since the results so far leave a benchmark of nearly 4,550 benefited households. Y 16 thousand 380 people.
In fact, Patricia Martínez, general director of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area Development Planning and Management Institute (Imeplan), recalled that “Nidos de Lluvia” was awarded at the C40 World Summit of Mayors, under the category “together in the building resilience”, with special emphasis on the fact that “The fact that Heineken joins this program means just that, building together the climate resilience that we need in these times.”
The project has had such relevance that until now it has been have installed Nests in 49 schools of the AMG, Lagos de Moreno and in four localities of Poncitlán, demonstrating that the work of the private initiative can well harmonize with that of public management.
“With this action, we demonstrate that the government and the private initiative can work together to create actions that make a difference,” pointed out Ricardo Santillán, Municipal President of El Salto, who thanked HEINKEN Mexico for the trust and took advantage of the moving moment to announce that his government will make an investment of 5 million pesos to replicate the program in the community of El Salto.
In this same framework, both Ana Paula Improved, Director of Rain Schools and Community Centers in Isla Urbana, as well as Dr. Héctor Hugo Bravo Hernández, representing the Secretary of Health, considered “Nidos de Lluvia” as an innovative impulse that will help mitigate the shortage of water, generate meaning to the community and generate a healthy self-managed network, for which they called on more companies to join this success.
“Having a collection system will allow them to have an alternative supply source and thus meet the basic needs of the center,” concluded Dr. Aldo Francisco Álvarez Fraustro, Area Coordinator of the El Salto Health Center.