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Through a watershed development project by Wells Fargo and WOTR, Lingi village, including farmer Bapurao Rajendra Patil’s land, transformed dramatically. Water structures like Water Absorption Trenches increased well water levels by 3 feet, enabling cultivation across all 15 acres year-round.
Furkhan and Shahinbee Patel struggled with farming due to severe water scarcity on their 11-acre farm in Hokrana village of Karnataka. In 2022-23, a restoration project by Wells Fargo and WOTR created a water harvesting potential of 22 million liters, significantly improving their irrigation and doubling their harvests.
Paulina Mundu, a 40-year-old farmer in Khunti, Jharkhand, fulfilled her childhood dream of farming upon returning home. However, water scarcity posed a challenge, leading her to construct a farm pond under MGNREGA in 2017. Despite initial limitations, assistance from Axis Bank Foundation and WOTR in 2019 enabled Paulina to expand and improve the pond, enhancing irrigation capacity.
Water is essential for life and a cornerstone of sustainable development. Climate change, population growth, increasing urbanisation, and unsustainable practices are placing unprecedented strain on global water resources. Achieving water security – the ability to ensure sufficient, safe and accessible water for everyone’s needs – has become a pressing challenge in the 21st century.
Nature, with its highly erratic behaviour, coupled with inadequate water conservation measures, has left villages grappling with severe drought situations like water scarcity, dependency on tankers, crop failure, and distressed migration. Umara is one of the participating villages in Kalamb block. In this village, two check dams are constructed through project support, bringing about a transformative change.
Through a watershed development project by Wells Fargo and WOTR, Lingi village, including farmer Bapurao Rajendra Patil’s land, transformed dramatically. Water structures like Water Absorption Trenches increased well water levels by 3 feet, enabling cultivation across all 15 acres year-round.
Furkhan and Shahinbee Patel struggled with farming due to severe water scarcity on their 11-acre farm in Hokrana village of Karnataka. In 2022-23, a restoration project by Wells Fargo and WOTR created a water harvesting potential of 22 million liters, significantly improving their irrigation and doubling their harvests.
Paulina Mundu, a 40-year-old farmer in Khunti, Jharkhand, fulfilled her childhood dream of farming upon returning home. However, water scarcity posed a challenge, leading her to construct a farm pond under MGNREGA in 2017. Despite initial limitations, assistance from Axis Bank Foundation and WOTR in 2019 enabled Paulina to expand and improve the pond, enhancing irrigation capacity.
Water is essential for life and a cornerstone of sustainable development. Climate change, population growth, increasing urbanisation, and unsustainable practices are placing unprecedented strain on global water resources. Achieving water security – the ability to ensure sufficient, safe and accessible water for everyone’s needs – has become a pressing challenge in the 21st century.
Nature, with its highly erratic behaviour, coupled with inadequate water conservation measures, has left villages grappling with severe drought situations like water scarcity, dependency on tankers, crop failure, and distressed migration. Umara is one of the participating villages in Kalamb block. In this village, two check dams are constructed through project support, bringing about a transformative change.

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