In 2012, Lift Kids, a Minnesota-based nonprofit serving children and supporting leaders around the world, is launching a village sustainability project in Ethiopia. Starting in the Borena region of Southern Ethiopia, Lift Kids leader Abdul Dire and Rainwater Harvesting expert, a Lift Kids volunteer, Ram Krishnan will travel to the village of Koba Adi to implement Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) techniques that can capture and utilize the minimal amounts of rainwater the region receives each year. According to Krishnan, “all communities, anywhere in the world, need to focus on RWH as a means to sustainability, which can be done very simply with low cost methods.”
The first part of the Lift Kids Borena project includes two of the primary components of all Lift Kids villages, education and infrastructure (water). All Lift Kids projects are holistic in nature, and include health care, small businesses for economic sustainability, and hospitality (local guest houses for volunteers).
The focus of the project is to build classrooms and train community members on the use of RWH techniques. Dire states, “People can change their lives. Working with Lift Kids, we want to build sustainability that enhances the way they learn and help one another, as a long term solution to drought and famine.”
Visit www.liftkids.org for more information, to volunteer and or to donate. Phone: 651.298.9200.
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