Josephine Nyenze, 53, Member of Mbukilye Ngukilye Widows Self Help Group

Josephine Nyenze is chairlady of the Mbukilye Ngukilye Widows Self Help Group.

With support of arche noVa and ASDF the self help group built two sand dams already. The one that was completed first is already filled up with sand pretty well and is able to accumulate a lot of water in the sand layers.

The 53 year old uses her recently learnt skills not only on the commonly used demo plots but also on her own farm. Terrazing the cropland helps to prevent soil erosion and loss of seeds.

To irrigate her own crops she now fetches water from the self help group's sand dam. The time she spends collecting water has considerably reduced since.