Bringing water to the scorched earth - WaterAid (sitios de interés)

WaterAid | Bringing water to the scorched earth

Cut and burn' farming practices are stripping the landscape of trees and shrubs, making the soil even more parched.

In the Southern and Western Provinces, the lack of vegetation means that any rain that falls simply flows away. The water table has dropped making droughts ever more frequent.

To ensure the sustainability of water supplies WaterAid uses technologies which are appropriate to the local conditions.

In Choobana village in Monze district (pictured) local people are rehabilitating a well, but in areas where water tables are very low, deeper boreholes and rainwater harvesting schemes have been trialed successfully.

(c) WaterAid 2008