The micro dam is one of many others serving different communities in different part of Eritrea. It is amazing how our life and our self reliance is always attached to water and agriculture.
The point I want to raise in this case is that it is not the amount of money that can change the life of people but how wisely it is spent.
The total cost of the Aid Hakefa - Lamza micro dam was $1.2 million and the beneficiaries are 6000 people including children. This come out at $200 per head which is nothing if you consider the long term service and benefits of this micro dam. The $200 per head could have been spent on food aid that does not go beyond two months of oil and milk powder, considering the purchase cost, transport and human labour.
This is one example of the many projects nation wise and it would not have happened without the long and bitter struggle for self reliance.
Awet N'Hafash!
Tesfai Gerezgher
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