Polish aid

Implementing entity:

Polish Humanitarian Action

Co-financing:

PLN 769,568

 

The local population is constantly struggling with the issues of structural poverty, lack of access to clean water and unstable food security prospects. In reply to these concerns, efforts were undertaken on behalf of rural populations represented by three agricultural cooperatives (so-called self-help groups). Three sand dams were built on seasonal rivers, causing underground water levels to rise and allowing water to be drawn from three newly built wells. Accordingly, the inhabitants of adjacent villages who had to trek to distant springs in the dry season gained year-round access to water necessary for their crops and households.
The farmers were educated on the operation of the local market and planting crops in the sustainable agriculture system (permaculture). Two schools operating in the region had rainfall collection systems and water cisterns installed. The modernized infrastructure ensured long-term access to water for the schools and, consequently, allowed maintaining proper hygiene, reducing the risk of diseases among pupils and teachers.
In 2019, for the second module of the project, plans are afoot to furnish other schools with rainfall collection systems and water cisterns, and to build additional sand dams and shallow wells. These projects will also include training and workshops on environment protection, preventing the effects of climate change, soil cultivation, management and entrepreneurship.