Cornelius - micro-hydro scheme
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Authors
Martha Katsi Munyoro
Issue Date
2016-03
Type
Language
en
Keywords
Agriculture , Energy
Alternative Title
Abstract
Practical Action is working with communities to bring lasting change – helping provide a permanent source of clean water and helping them earn an income so they can buy food. In Himalaya in the Mutare District of Zimbabwe, we have been constructing a micro-hydro scheme and two solar-powered irrigation schemes to provide water to communities, particularly for farming which is a major source of income for rural poor people. 13-year-old Cornelius said the project will help generations to come. He said: “I hope my parents will start to grow potatoes now that there is plenty of water being powered by electricity, so that I will be able to eat healthy. I study agriculture at school so when I grow up I want to be a farmer, own a piece of land here and develop my community. This project just came at the right time”.