Technology Without Borders

Rainwater collection and irrigation system for school garden, Tanzania, Hai District

About the Project

Trinity is a private Pre & Primary English Medium School with 240 students. 25% of them are orphans. Trinity strives to operate sustainably: to provide a sustainable and healthy nutrition for the children, a variety of vegetables and fruits are grown at the school garden. Due to climate change there have been frequent crop failures in recent years due to drought. The aim of the project is to ensure irrigation by installing rainwater capture from the roofs with water storage tankand reduce the usage of drinking water for cleaning purposes. If the field (1.6 sqm) can be irrigated, three harvests per year with vegetables are possible.

Task 1: Installing gutters on the roofs of the first two buildings. The other six buildings will follow in separate projects ( part B-F)
Task 2: Installing water storage tank
Task 3: Monitoring and collecting data during rain season and optimize the system for the other school buildings
Optional Task: Optimization of crop rotations to achieve a good yield