Innovation node Botswana The Botswana Red Cross Society (BRCS) and the Netherlands Red Cross (NLRC) have together been engaged in discussions of forming a collaboration around water management innovation as part of a broader approach to disaster preparedness and building community resilience. The programme has been developed and focuses on water as a primary factor in Botswana’s disaster risk outlook. To accelerate locally driven humanitarian innovation by developing a local innovation ecosystem so that local communities are strengthen to address their own challenges The partnership’s framework revolves around water and has three focus areas that are interconnected and operate against a cross -cutting background of future -oriented climate change adaptation, youth innovation and value creation: (1) Promoting innovative and realistic water access, saving and use environment (smart water); (2) Strength and facilitate harmonious landscapes, and; (3) Building resilient communities. 

The partnership's overall goal is: “An agile and adaptive generation that thinks of the bigger picture: taking care of each other, their community, the environment, the country and the continent.” Botswana Red Cross Society (volunteers and staff) and communities living within Botswana Botswana