Tobias just sent us some photos from the site. They have organized between 20 and 40 local villagers a day from the different Balang Commune villages to come work on installing sod on the repaired embankment. This type of community involvement is really great. They are only able to complete about 10m or sod a day so it is slow going but the people that will directly benefit from this project are investing their sweat equity into the repair.
At the same time, we hope the villagers will understand that the reason they are spreading sod is to prevent erosion. You can see in the photo above how much damage was done to the unprotected embankment in just the first two weeks of the rainy season.
Tobias just sent us some photos from the site. They have organized between 20 and 40 local villagers a day from the different Balang Commune villages to come work on installing sod on the repaired embankment. This type of community involvement is really great. They are only able to complete about 10m or sod a day so it is slow going but the people that will directly benefit from this project are investing their sweat equity into the repair.
At the same time, we hope the villagers will understand that the reason they are spreading sod is to prevent erosion. You can see in the photo above how much damage was done to the unprotected embankment in just the first two weeks of the rainy season.
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