Last year August, together with our partners Justdiggit we trained villagers in Pembamoto on how to dig bunds ‘earth smiles’ to harvest rain. What’s that? smile-shaped bunds that prevent soil erosion and improve water availability for plants.

In September the villagers dug 5,143 bunds so that they could capture every raindrop in the coming rain season. This was done with help of an App that linked donors directly to the villagers. The app was linked to Mpesa; the local payment method.

It looked almost impossible to re-green Pembamoto! but never under estimate what a shovel can do. It is just amazing to see how fast the vegetation comes back Pembamoto. See the below result after the rain season