The Maano group is a collection of farmers within Kanjoo that have come together to pool their financial and human resources. They originally consisted of 46 members who built a water intake at a spring source in order to be able to pipe water to their farms and homes.
However, during the dry season, the stream level would fall which would make it impossible for water to get to some of the farms due to the limited pressure. The group therefore wrote a proposal and requested for THI to build them a concrete water tank of the capacity of 135 cubic meters. This would solve the problem of water availability during the dry season, would create water pressure for sprinklers and would enable 50 to 60 more households to join the group and have access to water for their farms and homes throughout the year.
After in depth investigations on the reliability and sustainability of the water supply, discussions with the Maano group and careful project planning it was clear that this project should go ahead. The group voted on a representative to be the THI contact and they committed to maintain and repair the concrete tank going forward. The groups immediate contribution to the project was to plant trees around the source to replenish water below ground, and to the fence the catchment area to protect it from encroachment.
