Local community terracing to encourage maximum water absorption into the land, reducing run-off and soil erosion
Excellent Development, a UK-based not-for-profit organisation, works with local partners to support rural communities in drylands to build sand dams, which provide clean water for life and the opportunity to grow more food to eat and sell. The organisation works with local communities, organised in self-help groups, to identify sections of local rivers where sand dams can be built. The community invests at least 30% of the resources needed to complete a concrete sand dam.
Local community terracing to encourage maximum water absorption into the land, reducing run-off and soil erosion
Excellent Development, a UK-based not-for-profit organisation, works with local partners to support rural communities in drylands to build sand dams, which provide clean water for life and the opportunity to grow more food to eat and sell. The organisation works with local communities, organised in self-help groups, to identify sections of local rivers where sand dams can be built. The community invests at least 30% of the resources needed to complete a concrete sand dam.