
SUCCESSFUL RECOVERY
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Ethiopia
Successful Recovery
We found
Traditional technology for water resources
- Traditional method of water management and rationing
- Traditional structures in disrepair ……….
- Replaced by “modern” externally introduced tanks
Program
- “ Birkets” – traditional community level rainwater catchment reservoirs
- Serve one community for entire period dry season 3-5 months
- Built on existing local strategies for water management
- demonstrated respect for local solutions and technology
- improvements did not change basic familiar technology
- larger, stronger, more durable
- more efficient – prevented evaporation
- more sanitary – prevented animals and debris
- Used existing/familiar social system of management built with community voluntary labor à ownership an pride social systems for community cooperation respect for local solutions
- (usable also for disaster relief by refilling with tanker trucks)
- (funding rejected by traditional donors; used alternate funds)