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It’s almost evening in the desert that surrounds the villages where Rain Drop operates. Shadows stretch across the ground as the sun sinks in the sky, while three teenagers wrangle over a bike – the winner scooting away in a cloud of dust. Nothing disturbs the relative peace. Nothing that is, except a teacher with big blue eyes almost two...Lire la suite

The long green hose slithering through the fields not far way from Ajad Purva looks more like a giant snake than the water foot pump equipment installed as part of another Rain Drop initiative. Measuring 30 meters long, two of those foot pump equipments were installed with the precious help of the villagers in order to serve as an effective...Lire la suite

“Jen! Heloise! Jam paratas wallah, jam paratas wallah [1]!” This is how the villagers call the girls who are part of the Rain Drop team in India these last few weeks. The suffix wallah can be used in ordrer to describe many jobs: “chaï-wallah” is the one who prepares the tea, “dudh-wallah” delivers the milk to the villagers’ doorsteps, the “dhobi-wallah”...Lire la suite

While some of Mau’s farmers have just begun harvesting their paddy fields, storing rice stocks for the coming months, others are storing knowledge and expertise and are learning new agriculture techniques thanks to Rain Drop’s training programs in India. Today it is in mustard seeds that they are interested. Depending on the type of project, the farmers are given a...Lire la suite

After much anticipation, the drip irrigation system installation process has finally begun! The farmers in this region have traditionally used surface irrigation techniques, which involve covering an entire field with water. This type of “flooding” technique is water-intensive, and therefore especially inappropriate for drought-prone areas like Mau. Drip irrigation systems release water in a slow and steady fashion, and are...Lire la suite

The children in the village of Kitahaï are all walking around with big white mustaches: these of course are the rest of the labels that were freshly printed and glued on our jam pots. Thanks to Ramesh’s productive plant nursery, guavas have grown in masses, so the RainDrop team has mounted a workshop with the women of the villages selected...Lire la suite