All these wonderful videos on youtube about Permaculture, Water Harvesting, Sustainable Farming, give me immense optimism for the world we live in. Every country, including America, has been increasingly depleting its natural resources because of poor agricultural habits, genetic engineering, over fertilization and pesticides. We are waking up, finally, and soon, I envision the average family hardly ever going to the Supermarket for vegetables. We will soon see there is enough land in the world to sustain five times the population of Earth. God Bless our Planet. ciao.
Pry School: I am so PROUD OF YOU and how you are embracing Change and growing,,, God Bless You and Your TEACHERS for all of your effort to improve the life of Africans and other People throughout the entire WORLD,,,, The WORLD is Watching You GROW,,,, We LOVE IT..
Very inspiring. I like it that it is based on community empowerment and that schools are involved to start awareness, build values and provide early foundational training for life skills that will serve these young students well into adulthood. Equally impressive is the attitude that it is not community service but a tool for sustainable economic development at grassroots level.
Excellent documentary! If rainwater harvesting and biointensive gardening could be introduced to Kenya´s refugee camps they could learn to become self-sufficient and possibly even return to their home countries. Respects from Mexico.
i love what theyre teaching kids in school im also glad to see funds from ADB helping us not bretton woods institutions that have sucked the wealth of our continent long enough hongera KRA👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Before the rainy season , even if it is only 10 - 12 inches , make 100 or 1000 or 5000 shallow trenches of one foot deep and 10 - 20 feet length all over the agricultural area . When it rains , your field will get 1000 - 50,0000 gallons of water . That water will percolate to the ground making the soil moist and worthy for sowing . Simultaneously it will replenish the ground water and within 2-3 years all wells will have plenty of water for drinking purposes . The local people , if they are willing and cooperate , these can be made in two or three days . No extra money has to be spent . Just a little voluntary work can solve this big problem
Super success super congrats. Keep up the good work. Please communicate your success with the drought hit countries like Madagascar, Somali, etc around the world.
Looking at the large buildings at the school, I have to ask why not put gutters on the roofs and install an underground cistern to catch and store the water for the use of the school. These projects are great. The people are taking their futures into their own hands and gradually putting in place a system to improve their own lives. The water catchment systems provide life sustaining water and also allows water to perk into the ground which will eventually improve access to water over the whole area.
Were rainwater catchment gutters ever put on those buildings with corrugated iron roofs? They could provide cleaner water than the farm pond. That water could be put into clear plastic soda bottles left in the sun 6 to 8 hours per day that uses the utraviolet sun rays to purify the water. The "SODIS" method has been approved for safety and is used by the United Nations in aid programs.
The SODIS method has been approved for use and safety by the World Health Organization. The Swiss Federal Laboratories for Testing and Research have examined the difusion of adipates and pithalates (DEHA and DEPH) from new and reused PET bottles in PET (polyethylene terepthalate) in water during solar exposure. The levels found in water after 17 hours at 60C (140F) were reported to be far below WHO guidelines for drinking water and were similar to high quality drinking water. "Google" those topics and find out for yourself. Spreading misinformation about life-saving measures is irresponsible.
@@brooksanderson2599 Spreading misinformation? Really? "A new University of Florida study looked at 16 brands of bottled water, and the findings might throw a wrench in current FDA recommendations surrounding bisphenol A (or BPA) levels in plastic water bottles. While the current low levels in the plastic have been deemed safe, the researchers for this latest study watched these supposedly harmless levels grow over a four-week period when left in 158-degree heat. Even the FDA has warned to keep hot or boiling liquids out of packaging containing traces of BPA, due to its reactivity with heat." Here's what the idiots from FEMA forgot. "The federal government's response to Hurricane Maria is under fresh scrutiny over photos showing what appear to be millions of water bottles meant for victims still sitting on a runway in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, more than one year after the storm....He now says he would like FEMA to take responsibility for the water, because his agency has received two complaints about the taste and smell of the water." Guess what happened to those millions of water bottles, they had to be discarded. Get this because the World Health Organization makes claims, that doesn't mean they are correct. The organization PAID for the tests, and the Swiss FLT reported what they wanted reported. The bottle in PR were covered with tarps, what you are talking about have NO COVERS they are in direct SUN. Read what your wrote, genius, "The levels found in water after 17 hours at 60C (140F) were reported to be far below". Did you somehow missed the "after 17 hours"? As if they would be left out only 17 hours, get real what they need test is months or years. Any one who trusts the UN is delusional, such as you are. Plus, what do you think roofs in the US were made from in the early 1900's? Same as in poor nations Corrugated TIn (not iron), and somehow the population managed to survive and grow to 350,000,000. I'm 72 and my grandfather used that system to collect water, since most people did NOT have running water at the time. Try Google and find out for yourself, spreading misinformation is bad. And falling for it is even worse, proves you are a little puppet.
@@1caramarie The SODIS method does NOT require leaving bottles outdores in the sun 24/7 for weeks and months at a time. The time is 6 to 8 hours. I accept The World Health Organization´s and the Swiss Federal Laboritorie's assessment rather than some random, slanderous, poster on RUclips. Ref. my website www.ciclicoahuila.com old geologist
The government should also assist by removing taxes levied on rainwater harvesting materials and storage tanks. Tanks and gutters are very expensive due to the tax component
@@had7669 I am sorry to hear that you are having that kind of problem. I am an "American" who retired to Mexico about 8 years ago to teach, mostly poor, people how to harvest rainwater and grow high density gardens that produce at least 4 times what mechanized, chemical, agriculture does per square meter. Ref. my free website at: www.ciclicoahuila.com (It is in Spanish but, it has many illustrations and photographs.) The ecology department of the city of Saltillo, Mexico (1 M population) provides land, classrooms, organization, etc.). I don't charge for my teaching. I wish you well in your work. ¡Saludos desde Mexico!
Why only three County while Kitui County is very dry ? Kitui county soil is very fertile but they luck water to do irrigation. let the program also Consider Kitui County Mostly areas like, Mwingi, Nuu and some other parts of Kitui county.
Sorry but, according to history many cultures in the past have used similar or better system. The Mayans, Aztecs, Egyptians, and many more. It was due to industrialization and chemicals that we moved away from the old ways of harvesting water and working with nature.
Good projects! Do you work together with Better Globe or Child Africa? I have understood that they operate in the same area. And I saw that one of the schools you filmed had green and yellow school uniforms. Which also Child Africa has. Was it their school? And if so, how do they work with the water projects? by Jakob E Saternus
Rain catchment are great but won't restore land n recharge water sources. Need trees, wildlife, watershed channels to restore environment. If not rainfall could be impacted as well.
Like here in USA they were told how to manage until the soil was sterilized by sun and heat! The trees were Removed because land Management has Long believed they stole water not Stored it and then it was overgrazed. Without the Natural Sponge of Trees and Plants the earth dried up and water level lowered > Just like here through the grain Belt and Praries!
At 13:17 the man is talking about how the woman carrying water long distances while pregnant and baby becomes deformed. Here's an idea, don't work your women so damn hard when their pregnant. The men can carry the water sometimes. I realize they are Muslims and women are considered property but the men can do some of the lifting at least when their women are pregnant.
WHY NOT TEACH ALL KIDS ENGLISH AS THE LEARN THE LOCAL ONE LEARN ENGLISH AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANYTHING OR ANY ONE ENGLISH SPEAKING BY SAYING THIS: PLEASE HELP ME, SAVE WATER, PURIFY WATER, GROW CROPS, FARM TOOLS, JUST ANYTHING YOU WANT OR NEED PEOPLE WILL HELP JUST BECAUSE YOU AT THE VERY LEAST LEARNED ENGLISH TO ASK!!! JUST ASYING,OLD ONE LEGGED JOSEPH T RETIRED NAVY
All these wonderful videos on youtube about Permaculture, Water Harvesting, Sustainable Farming, give me immense optimism for the world we live in. Every country, including America, has been increasingly depleting its natural resources because of poor agricultural habits, genetic engineering, over fertilization and pesticides. We are waking up, finally, and soon, I envision the average family hardly ever going to the Supermarket for vegetables. We will soon see there is enough land in the world to sustain five times the population of Earth. God Bless our Planet. ciao.
Water is life. Bring water to more communities. An empowered community is a good community.
Excellent amazing video
Pry School: I am so PROUD OF YOU and how you are embracing Change and growing,,, God Bless You and Your TEACHERS for all of your effort to improve the life of Africans and other People throughout the entire WORLD,,,, The WORLD is Watching You GROW,,,, We LOVE IT..
Justice must reach África , BLESSINGS 4 all of them....
Very inspiring. I like it that it is based on community empowerment and that schools are involved to start awareness, build values and provide early foundational training for life skills that will serve these young students well into adulthood. Equally impressive is the attitude that it is not community service but a tool for sustainable economic development at grassroots level.
Absolutely!
Every drop of water is precious, nice documentary video 👍
Excellent documentary! If rainwater harvesting and biointensive gardening could be introduced to Kenya´s refugee camps they could learn to become self-sufficient and possibly even return to their home countries. Respects from Mexico.
i love what theyre teaching kids in school im also glad to see funds from ADB helping us not bretton woods institutions that have sucked the wealth of our continent long enough hongera KRA👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
thanks for your comment
This is powerful, great. Change a life if you can. Work with the nature and not against. Appreciate the nature around you. God bless us.
Nice documentary evidence keep it up
Before the rainy season , even if it is only 10 - 12 inches , make 100 or 1000 or 5000 shallow trenches of one foot deep and 10 - 20 feet length all over the agricultural area . When it rains , your field will get 1000 - 50,0000 gallons of water . That water will percolate to the ground making the soil moist and worthy for sowing . Simultaneously it will replenish the ground water and within 2-3 years all wells will have plenty of water for drinking purposes . The local people , if they are willing and cooperate , these can be made in two or three days . No extra money has to be spent . Just a little voluntary work can solve this big problem
Super success super congrats. Keep up the good work. Please communicate your success with the drought hit countries like Madagascar, Somali, etc around the world.
Looking at the large buildings at the school, I have to ask why not put gutters on the roofs and install an underground cistern to catch and store the water for the use of the school. These projects are great. The people are taking their futures into their own hands and gradually putting in place a system to improve their own lives. The water catchment systems provide life sustaining water and also allows water to perk into the ground which will eventually improve access to water over the whole area.
This is very a good intiative which needs to be duplicated all over the country.
Upload gravity drip irrigation .
Good video .
Great efforts Kenyans!
Awesome work Kenyans ☺️
Nice content. Will be following you.
Welcome aboard!
Were rainwater catchment gutters ever put on those buildings with corrugated iron roofs? They could provide cleaner water than the farm pond. That water could be put into clear plastic soda bottles left in the sun 6 to 8 hours per day that uses the utraviolet sun rays to purify the water. The "SODIS" method has been approved for safety and is used by the United Nations in aid programs.
What they don't tell you is that the plastic in the bottle is degraded by the sun and the water collects the toxins.
The SODIS method has been approved for use and safety by the World Health Organization. The Swiss Federal Laboratories for Testing and Research have examined the difusion of adipates and pithalates (DEHA and DEPH) from new and reused PET bottles in PET (polyethylene terepthalate) in water during solar exposure. The levels found in water after 17 hours at 60C (140F) were reported to be far below WHO guidelines for drinking water and were similar to high quality drinking water. "Google" those topics and find out for yourself. Spreading misinformation about life-saving measures is irresponsible.
@@brooksanderson2599 Spreading misinformation? Really? "A new University of Florida study looked at 16 brands of bottled water, and the findings might throw a wrench in current FDA recommendations surrounding bisphenol A (or BPA) levels in plastic water bottles. While the current low levels in the plastic have been deemed safe, the researchers for this latest study watched these supposedly harmless levels grow over a four-week period when left in 158-degree heat. Even the FDA has warned to keep hot or boiling liquids out of packaging containing traces of BPA, due to its reactivity with heat." Here's what the idiots from FEMA forgot. "The federal government's response to Hurricane Maria is under fresh scrutiny over photos showing what appear to be millions of water bottles meant for victims still sitting on a runway in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, more than one year after the storm....He now says he would like FEMA to take responsibility for the water, because his agency has received two complaints about the taste and smell of the water." Guess what happened to those millions of water bottles, they had to be discarded. Get this because the World Health Organization makes claims, that doesn't mean they are correct. The organization PAID for the tests, and the Swiss FLT reported what they wanted reported. The bottle in PR were covered with tarps, what you are talking about have NO COVERS they are in direct SUN. Read what your wrote, genius, "The levels found in water after 17 hours at 60C (140F) were reported to be far below". Did you somehow missed the "after 17 hours"? As if they would be left out only 17 hours, get real what they need test is months or years. Any one who trusts the UN is delusional, such as you are. Plus, what do you think roofs in the US were made from in the early 1900's? Same as in poor nations Corrugated TIn (not iron), and somehow the population managed to survive and grow to 350,000,000. I'm 72 and my grandfather used that system to collect water, since most people did NOT have running water at the time. Try Google and find out for yourself, spreading misinformation is bad. And falling for it is even worse, proves you are a little puppet.
@@1caramarie The SODIS method does NOT require leaving bottles outdores in the sun 24/7 for weeks and months at a time. The time is 6 to 8 hours. I accept The World Health Organization´s and the Swiss Federal Laboritorie's assessment rather than some random, slanderous, poster on RUclips. Ref. my website www.ciclicoahuila.com old geologist
They need to plant trees to make shadowed soil. The leaves fertilize the soil and feed the animals. 3 birds with one stone.
The government should also assist by removing taxes levied on rainwater harvesting materials and storage tanks. Tanks and gutters are very expensive due to the tax component
Taxes on rainwater harvesting equipment - why? Does Kenya tax food also?
@@brooksanderson2599 kenya taxes everything
@@had7669 Taxing food and food-producing equipment makes no sense in a country with shortages of both!
@@brooksanderson2599 im aware,
i struggle getting donations into the country with out having to pay the government tax on import
@@had7669 I am sorry to hear that you are having that kind of problem. I am an "American" who retired to Mexico about 8 years ago to teach, mostly poor, people how to harvest rainwater and grow high density gardens that produce at least 4 times what mechanized, chemical, agriculture does per square meter. Ref. my free website at: www.ciclicoahuila.com (It is in Spanish but, it has many illustrations and photographs.) The ecology department of the city of Saltillo, Mexico (1 M population) provides land, classrooms, organization, etc.). I don't charge for my teaching. I wish you well in your work. ¡Saludos desde Mexico!
Am in Uganda, my question is, what can I I do because my dam DRYS up before the dry season ends
Why only three County while Kitui County is very dry ? Kitui county soil is very fertile but they luck water to do irrigation. let the program also Consider Kitui County Mostly areas like, Mwingi, Nuu and some other parts of Kitui county.
There is an urgent need to protect water catchments in Kenya.
God already put this system in place, we humans didn’t know how to use it in the past
Sorry but, according to history many cultures in the past have used similar or better system. The Mayans, Aztecs, Egyptians, and many more. It was due to industrialization and chemicals that we moved away from the old ways of harvesting water and working with nature.
Good projects!
Do you work together with Better Globe or Child Africa?
I have understood that they operate in the same area. And I saw that one of the schools you filmed had green and yellow school uniforms. Which also Child Africa has.
Was it their school? And if so, how do they work with the water projects?
by Jakob E Saternus
Hi Jakob. Kenya Rainwater works with various organizations; for this project the main collaborator was Africa Development Bank
Very good work.I wish I would have KRAs contacts
www.kenyarainwater.org/ their contacts are on their website
He says they dont get adequate warer, only 700mm.
700mm of water is hips of water. you just need to learn to manage all that water.
Nice
They need more swales around the pond.
Eu fico feliz de saber que alguns Pais estão acordando e em breve todos poderão cultivar um pouco dos seus alimentos
Isso é correto, pequenos passos e esperamos que as crianças cresçam com o conhecimento que aprendem aqui
Rain catchment are great but won't restore land n recharge water sources. Need trees, wildlife, watershed channels to restore environment. If not rainfall could be impacted as well.
Poor land use, deforestation, tree n shrub and grass decimation, wildlife eradication, environment degradation population growth and climate change.
Plant more trees it would attract rain
Creator Bless all Rainbow Warriors on Mother Earth restoring Human Beings Destruction of Her Natural Sustainable Order
At 9:51 that small pond has no hesitation around it. Some should have grown by accident. I think they must be preventing it somehow. Bad idea.
water wants to flow slow
every living cell has an ocean inside
Why didn't they "harvest water" 100 years ago? Not rocket science
Like here in USA they were told how to manage until the soil was sterilized by sun and heat! The trees were Removed because land Management has Long believed they stole water not Stored it and then it was overgrazed. Without the Natural Sponge of Trees and Plants the earth dried up and water level lowered > Just like here through the grain Belt and Praries!
sounds like have african FFA future farmers america - future farmers africa still works.
got feeling cooper would very well there. make wooden barrows or tubes hold water without any glue.
:)
At 13:17 the man is talking about how the woman carrying water long distances while pregnant and baby becomes deformed. Here's an idea, don't work your women so damn hard when their pregnant. The men can carry the water sometimes. I realize they are Muslims and women are considered property but the men can do some of the lifting at least when their women are pregnant.
I'm Kenyan, stop finger pointing at Muslims.
Just bcoz they modest doesn't make them Muslim.
But they're the best ppl I know
You can check what Indians had done in this regard
ruclips.net/video/zJx7hGwt9Ho/видео.html
WHY NOT TEACH ALL KIDS ENGLISH AS THE LEARN THE LOCAL ONE LEARN ENGLISH AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANYTHING OR ANY ONE ENGLISH SPEAKING BY SAYING THIS: PLEASE HELP ME, SAVE WATER, PURIFY WATER, GROW CROPS, FARM TOOLS, JUST ANYTHING YOU WANT OR NEED PEOPLE WILL HELP JUST BECAUSE YOU AT THE VERY LEAST LEARNED ENGLISH TO ASK!!! JUST ASYING,OLD ONE LEGGED JOSEPH T RETIRED NAVY