Since 2006 the women's cooperative has managed to build 15 cisterns with the help of an NGO who facilitated their training and applied for them for government funds. This year they will build 5 more and 5 next year (but there is currently no funding for more). The cisterns are built with hand-woven wiremesh, sand and cement.
The way it has operated is that the cooperative has a list and the families who want to invest in a cistern add themselves to the list. These families have to contribute sand and labour: the man has to clear the land and dig the hole; and the woman has to agree to weave mesh for her own and approximately 5 other cisterns. There are still over a 100 households without cisterns (and their own water supply).
Since 2006 the women's cooperative has managed to build 15 cisterns with the help of an NGO who facilitated their training and applied for them for government funds. This year they will build 5 more and 5 next year (but there is currently no funding for more). The cisterns are built with hand-woven wiremesh, sand and cement. 
The way it has operated is that the cooperative has a list and the families who want to invest in a cistern add themselves to the list. These families have to contribute sand and labour: the man has to clear the land and dig the hole; and the woman has to agree to weave mesh for her own and approximately 5 other cisterns. There are still over a 100 households without cisterns (and their own water supply).
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