Eroosiorotkon korjausta

Tässä jännittäviä uutisia työstämme Tansaniasta! Työ eroosiorotkon korjaamiseksi Yam Makaan kylässä on alkanut. Työskentelemme yhteistyössä paikallisen kumppanin Focus Mreman ja hänen kahden Mombosta tulevan rakentajansa kanssa. Ndanu työskentelee Mombolaisten rakentajien kanssa, ja heillä on viisi apulaista kylästä. Työ alkaa kaivamalla paikka kivipadolle. Padot on upotettava pohjasta ja sivuilta hyvin rotkon reunaan, jotta vesi ei pääse

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Rehabilitation of an erosion gully

Some exciting news about our work in Tanzania! Work to rehabilitate one of the erosion gullies that pierce through farmland in Yam Makaa village has started.  We are doing it with a local collaborator Focus Mrema and his two fundis from Mombo below the Usambara mountains. Ndanu works with the Mombo fundis and we have

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Measuring check-dam locations by bunyip

Yesterday and today morning Ndanu and other farmers in Yam Makaa (and Eija by Whatsapp from Finland) took measurements of the gully we had decided to rehabilitate with the farmers whose land it breaks. There is a photo gallery of the exercise here: http://www.liana-ry.org/gallery/measuring-check-dam-locations/ Eija has also produced two instruction sheets. One is about how to

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Hand washing starts at Usongo

Three photos tell it all / Kolme kuvaa kertoo kaiken: Today Ndanu loaded his motorbike and took two hand washing kits to Usongo primary. Earlier a tank and a stove were built to this school. The next step is to recycle hand washing water and use it to grow some tree seedlings. /  Tänään Ndanu

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Thank you for 2018

Thank you for your support in 2018. It has meant very important changes in the lives of very many children in 2018. This ‘very many’ means approximately the following: About 500 more children have now water at their school so they don’t need to carry water every day to school As eleven more schools have

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Measuring contours for terraces / Korkeuskäyrien mittausta terassointiin

(ALLA SUOMEKSI) Measuring contours has started in Yam Makaa! This is great and surprisingly soon after the initial meeting with the farmers. They are clearly motivated to take action to save their fields. From Maro’s message on Wednesday 5th Dec: Yesterday, fundi (who built Sango checkdams) and I went to the field. Farmers had been

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