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Hello friends.
Omowe has gone multi-media. Here's a video my incredible sister edited together (but credit where credit is due, I picked the Afro-pop soundtrack) showing the installation of solar-powered pumps in two villages back in August. You'll notice that the system in the first village draws water from a small river. They are fortunate enough to have surface water year-round, and our goal here is to help them use that water for irrigation (they now transport and spread water by hand, attempting to avoid crocodiles in the process). The second village has a severe overall water shortage, so we drilled a borehole with the hope that we can use the water for both drinking and agriculture.
Two-thirds of the agricultural part of this pilot project are shown in the video - the pumps and panels were in and working and we were able to fill the big water reservoirs. I've just returned from another trip to finish the preparation of fields, the planting of seedlings, and the installation of drip irrigation lines. Solar powered drip irrigation is now officially happening, just in time for the dry season. Pictures to come soon. In the meantime, hip hip hooray for veggies.
Thanks for reading and watching.
[Big Important PS: This video was actually put together for in-family viewing, hence the heavy footage of yours truly...it was also never meant to be shown widely, and it's too large to embed directly here, so take care with our little private YouTube link. Unfortunately, the mastermind behind much of the action shown in this video, Mr. Walt Ratterman, also happened to be the mastermind behind the camera. Jokes about soundtrack aside, if anyone deserves credit, it's him!]
Yes! I love movies!
Omowe has gone multi-media. Here's a video my incredible sister edited together (but credit where credit is due, I picked the Afro-pop soundtrack) showing the installation of solar-powered pumps in two villages back in August. You'll notice that the system in the first village draws water from a small river. They are fortunate enough to have surface water year-round, and our goal here is to help them use that water for irrigation (they now transport and spread water by hand, attempting to avoid crocodiles in the process). The second village has a severe overall water shortage, so we drilled a borehole with the hope that we can use the water for both drinking and agriculture.
Two-thirds of the agricultural part of this pilot project are shown in the video - the pumps and panels were in and working and we were able to fill the big water reservoirs. I've just returned from another trip to finish the preparation of fields, the planting of seedlings, and the installation of drip irrigation lines. Solar powered drip irrigation is now officially happening, just in time for the dry season. Pictures to come soon. In the meantime, hip hip hooray for veggies.
Thanks for reading and watching.
[Big Important PS: This video was actually put together for in-family viewing, hence the heavy footage of yours truly...it was also never meant to be shown widely, and it's too large to embed directly here, so take care with our little private YouTube link. Unfortunately, the mastermind behind much of the action shown in this video, Mr. Walt Ratterman, also happened to be the mastermind behind the camera. Jokes about soundtrack aside, if anyone deserves credit, it's him!]
Yes! I love movies!
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