The Gathering Storm - Harvesting Rain in Kenya

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Uploaded by on Jan 22, 2009

In the arid farmlands of eastern Kenya, a German NGO has been helping communities to harvest rain. Using the occasional rock features that interrupt the otherwise flat landscape, they are building simple reservoirs to catch rainwater as it runs down the rock face. The collected water is then sold for a token price. Some communities have invested in the stock market, others in drip irrigation - raising the real possibility that what started out as a survival technique may yet turn into a development tool.

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  • hmm, I wonder if diverting the water will affect the local ecology in any way...

  • Keep the good work.

  • That's good to see! We have helped build a similar rock catchment in Miamba-Mitamboni, as well as lots of sand dams. Rainwater harvesting is great!

  • Good job! Nice piece!

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