Mohamed Basher Abdelrhmari - Integrated Water Resource Management
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Elizabeth Dunn
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12/07/2016
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Agriculture , Water and Sanitation
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Mohamed Basher Abdelrhmari is 40 years old and married with four children. He lives in the village of Majdoub which is 25km from El Fashir, in North Darfur, Sudan. Majdoub is a relatively small village with only 370 families, it’s surrounded by desert so the ground is incredibly dry. In 1983, the village was severely affected by drought which affected all community members. Mohamed is a farmer, like most of the people in his village. The main crops grown by the village are sortum and millet but many farmers are able to grow cucumber, okra, watermelon and even tobacco which they are able to sell to earn an income. “The biggest problem we face is a lack of water. In the summer we have to walk 8km to fetch water. The community will be strengthened as we will be doing the work together. Our social fabric is strong. Our future depends on our clay soil.” When asked about sand creeping – “we started by learning about this. This has contributed to protecting our farming land. We’re more aware of the problems we will face in the future. When all the community meet together, we can discuss all of our issues.” (protecting, planting and watering the trees) “The water harvesting will have the hugest impact on the community. The cultivation of the trees will improve our environment and this will affect all aspects of our lives.” When asked what he is most proud of, Mohamed answered “I am part of the network. This network is rural investments and is the first time that rural people have a network by them and for them. I am most proud of this. No-one provided support to these communities before the network. INGOs supported the villages but when war started, the INGOs could not access the villages as the security was not good. This was a hard time. Because we’re from the villages, we’ve been able to support the INGOs and carry out the work. I am very happy and would like to say thank you. I take my opportunity to serve Practical Action very seriously. Because of the capacity building training from Practical Action, I have been able to become a senior member of the network.” “Practical Action are creative and develop many approaches which are now followed by others. Practical Action should carry on with these new innovations. The sharing of decision making is empowering to them [the community] and this is good.”
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