Rhodes grass seeds were bought from Tengeru Livestock Institute. In early April seeds were divided between the farmers who had terraced their land. In total 15 acres was terraced (seven farmers and a school). Ndanu volunteered to share dry manure from his biogass system for mixing with the seeds for sowing. It prevents seeds from […]
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Aktiviteetit peltojen terassoimiseksi ovat jatkuneet vielä eroosiopatojen rakentamisen jälkeen. Nyt terassoituja peltoja on yhteensä 13 aaria ja sen lisäksi alakoulu on tehnyt 70 metrin pituisen terassin estämään pihalta virtaavien pintavesien aiheuttamaa eroosiota. Vain kaksi rotkoon rajoittuvaa peltoa on terassoimatta. Toisen omistaa perhe, jolla on vaikea elämänkriisi meneillään, eikä voimavaroja osallistua. Tällä viikolla ostetaan Tengerun karjatalous
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A stove has been built at Uparo secondary school. This is actually old news, as the stove was completed just before the check-dam building started. It was built by Elias and an apprentice called Hassan. As the ckeck-dam building took all daylight hours from Ndanu, he did not have time to go to the school
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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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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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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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Here are some photos of contour measuring and terracing in Yam Makaa. Towards the end of January we had realised that things will not start moving on out of farmers’ own initiative after the Christmas break. So a schedule has now been created in which each farmer can book a time when to get help
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Maki secondary made two important improvements in one go. They got a new stove to replace a three stove fire. But they also took four hand washing kits for teachers, girls and boys. Makin yläkoulu teki kaksi tärkeää parannusta kerralla. He rakensivat uuden hellan kolmen kiven tulen tilalle. Mutta he myöskin ottivat neljä käsienpesupaikkaa opettajille,
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Today the builders finished a stove at Maki secondary. It was the biggest stove they had ever built. The school has 600 pupils and thus they needed a stove that takes six sufferias (pots). Tänään rakentajat saivat valmiiksi hellan Makin yläkoululle. Se oli suurin hellä mitä he olivat koskaan rakentaneet. Koulussa on 600 oppilasta ja
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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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