Excellent Development - Kenya

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  • excellent development - Kenya
    • Problems
      • 80% of Kenyas land is dry and arid.
        • in rainy season, most water is lost as run - off and takes fertile topsoil with it.
      • 10 million suffer from malnutrition and food insecurity.
      • rapid population growth
    • excellent development INFO
      • benefits 50,000 people
      • sand dams - built and reinforced a long seasonal river beds.
        • with seasonal flow, sand builds up behind the dam. in up to 4 rainy seasons, dam is filled by sand
          • 40% of this is water, and can be accessed by digging down. water is clean and holds up to 40 mill litres.
            • cost effective, lasts 50 years.
      • terraces and trees used too

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