Excellent Development - Walking on water (full video) - part 1
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- Опубліковано 25 тра 2011
- Brought to you by www.excellent.org.uk. Excellent explains how its approach to creating development through conservation is benefiting communities in Kenya.
In addition to exploring each individual element of the charity's holistic approach to soil and water conservation, these films also offer a valuable insight into how Sand Dams, a key element of Excellent's approach, represent an effective and necessary small-scale approach to strengthening communities' long-term sustainability.
Whilst being critical to improving water supplies, food production, health and incomes for communities in semi-arid Kenya, Sand Dams are also a grassroots answer to fighting climate change, a benefit recently reinforced by the release of the government commissioned Stern Report.
The Stern Report has renewed attention on the impacts of climate change in Africa highlighting their uneven distribution, with the poorest countries being most affected.
Simon Maddrell, Excellent's co-founder comments, "The development challenges in semi-arid Africa are completely different to the industrial nations. In semi-arid Africa it is conservation that can actually create sustainable development. Water and soil conservation provides farmers with the environment to create livelihoods by creating oases in semi-arid lands that can support water and food security. Arguably, the communities we are working with are doing far more to reverse the impacts of climate change than any of us in the West. They deserve our support, not just because they struggle to sustain their lives, but as global citizens concerned with the future of our planet."
To see more, please go to www.excellent.org.uk
These films were produced by Globell Media -- www.globellmedia.com
A DVD of these films, along with the full length feature documentary is available from
www.excellent.org.uk
That is great. Wonderful 👍🏼👍🏼
This is absolutely great, am championing this at my location and behond. Lets also discourage cultuvating along the River banks which is the cause of siltation and kills this progress
WOOOOW
THIS IS SO COOL, whole communities working together on a common goal. Here in the USA you can't hardly get neighbors together to do anything. IS THERE ANY CHANCE that in the future these people MIGHT be able to get construction equipment in there to help them dig and build. Why have we not heard more about this?????? AS AN AMERICAN this make me realize just how blessed I am.
Thank you so much for posting.
Nice content from Kenya. Will support and will be following.
Thank you so much for remembering the less fortunate. May the Lord bless you
I have been thinking of taking this concept to reach every village in Kenya, and by extension the rest of developing world.
How about if came up with SAND WELL .. Im willing to share the concept if you're interested.
@@sustainableliving3825 if you want a spring, plant an African banyan tree, one spot 3 banyan tree, every 500 meters. insya Allah the banyan tree is very strong and stores a lot of water so springs appear. and the leaves can be used for animal feed
So,my point..I’ve worked for 45 yrs, to do that. I echo the line, “we’ve got to stop building pleasure palaces for the idle rich”, (quote fr Mel Brooks). I will work til my dying day, for some semblance of consistancy, for people. In my neighborhood, we have free water, coming out of the ground at 1300 ft above sea level.Water sadly is taken w/out issue yet ground water needs treatment to drink. Iron.
Inspiring! I will use some of these techniques here in Mexico.
@Dan Roley ?
Great project, thanks for sharing.
Great project I’m Montagnard indigenous live it.
That water is really priceless.
Kindly share the procedure of measuring/ setting up a well countour terrace
bjutifull Africa.
One thing I've noticed is you can sometimes get algae growing on barren land bc thr water doesn't permeate the soil. When rains come, you get standing water for several days until it evaporates. But mosy runs off into seasonal streams and then into the ocean.
I have a likely stupid question, being from a land of plenty. But I M curious as to why heavy equipment is not loaned to these regions of the world, to dig these trenches?
Hi JIm, thank you for your query! Heavy and mechanical equipment can be very expensive, as well as challenging to transport to certain sand dam site locations due the standard of rural roads in the area. For more information on sand dams please visit: www.excellentdevelopment.com/Pages/FAQs/Category/sand-dam-faqs
この地にショベルカーとトラクターと散水車を導入して植林活動だけでなく、水源を掘り起こして大きな水場と水路を作るべきだと思います‼️
what happens if you libe on flat land where terracing is not possible?
@@tahaheyari4649 ty
12:48 "no pay" what ??? Yeah, no money but that's just the collected value of goods and services and there are other ways of getting values out of life. Everybody gain trust in their collective efforts to help one another and eventually they will all have a better future. That's better than money!
Yeah, its quite common in various parts of Africa to work together in groups that assist each member in the group in farming and other activities that have long term benefits e,g. weeding time, harvest time etc.
Where are Oxfam and WaterAid?
oyinbo peppe they are by the looks of it, did you watch the video?
Irene Davo they’re there also, this is a different NGO.
They do 12:44
@oyinbo peppe the same dams were invented by an African.
Hi, new to you. When the nice lady is surprised, that people will work, 2 days in any week, for free, for another farm.. seems incredulous. Likewise, in a capitalist society, everyone can’t hear the reason, to achieve , at no cost, toward a useful result.
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