Eritrea
Go’daweyn, Saahil
Every drive river in Somaliland should have sand-dam at list multiple places along the water way. This will help recharge the underground water reservoirs.
Very important development if all the data from sensors stays in-house. But I get the feeling all the sensors being placed in wells are sending data to other places outside Somaliland simultaneously and not just to this place.
Climate-smart water harvesting and storage systems
Xabaale Integrated Watershed
The construction of watershed and water storage systems in Xabaale provides opportunities to communities to irrigate more land and increase their farm produce
The program, implemented over six years (2016-2022) in several rural and peri-urban communities across Somaliland, established resilient and sustainable water and sanitation infrastructure in Somaliland.
It entailed the construction of an 83,000-cubic meter Haffir dam in Faraweyne, close to the border with Ethiopia; construction of 5 earth dams, rehabilitation and building of five strategic boreholes and 11 shallow wells. Another 18 shallow wells were constructed to serve as village mini-water-supply facilities. They are solar-powered and serve rural and peri-urban communities. Some 23 public sanitation amenities were also built in schools, health facilities and markets.
The project had a capacity-building component comprising establishing and training 27 community water management and 23 community sanitation and hygiene promotion committees. These community-level management structures will ensure systematic and sustainable water supply and sanitation access for the beneficiaries.
