REAL NAME: Halima Ahmed Mohamed Eltayib CASE STUDY NAME: Amel Mahmoud Osman
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Ella Jolly
Issue Date
30/01/2015
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Disasters , Agriculture
Alternative Title
Darfur Community Peace and Stability
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“I have lived in this village all my life. We have had to survive many hardships here – the fighting, the drought, the famines. My husband left me and so I have three children to bring up on my own. Many people have left our village, hoping they will find a better life somewhere else. But they just become IDPs. I will not do that. I am part of the Women?s Development Association, set up by Practical Action. Together we have planted a community forest, with many different trees – Gum Arabic, neem and cedar. We have learnt about how the trees will protect our futures. We will benefit from them for years to come. And so will the land too. The water pump installed in our village also gives us clean drinking water which no longer makes us ill. We have also set up our own drip irrigation system to deliver a constant supply of water to the tree seedlings. No-one told us how to do this – it was our own idea and we?ve made it happen ourselves. Before Practical Action came here I am sad to admit that people had no motivation. I think people were shell-shocked, traumatised by all that we have seen and survived – especially during the conflict. Doing anything, making anything good happen, seemed impossible. But now people from neighbouring villages come to see what we have done and want to learn from us. When you see a woman from Kobi Algadi now, you know she has power the change to her life.”
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