__NOTOC__{{Language-box|english_link= Water Portal / Rainwater Harvesting / Kajiado, Kenya - 3R and MUS | french_link= Kajiado, Kenya - 3R et MUS | spanish_link= Coming soon | hindi_link= वाटर पोर्टल / वर्षाजल संचयन / कजियादो, केन्या - 3आर और एमयूएस | malayalam_link= Coming soon | tamil_link= Coming soon | korean_link= Coming soon | chinese_link=肯尼亚Kajiado地区- 3R 和MUS | indonesian_link= Coming soon | japanese_link= ケニアのカジアド-3RとMUS }} [[Image:Kajiado tank.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Building a rainwater harvesting tank in Kajiado, Kenya. Photo: [httphttps://blogwww.ryanswell.ca/preventionabout-beforeryans-crisiswell/ryans-occursstory/ Ryan's Well Foundation]]]
In Kajiado town, the [http://www.akvo.org/rsr/organisation/414/ SASOL Foundation], [http://www.ciesin.org/IC/icraf/ICRAF.html ICRAF] and the [http://www.masaitech.ac.ke/ Masai Technical Training Institute (MTTI)] will implement a project to demonstrate and research the potential of rainwater harvesting for food security, focusing largely on [http://www.bebuffered.com/ 3R technologies] (Recharge, Retention and Re-use).
The project is located near the campus of the training institute in a typical landscape of this region, which consists mainly of rocky soils with course sands. It will explore the potential of rainwater harvesting for food security. A number of check dams that provide water for pasture and watering animals will be installed. The students of Masai Technical Training Institute will be trained to construct small and simple structures to capture runoff water. Through a simple adaptation, the offtake well will provide for cattle as well as people. Documentation on the expected vegetation recovery is to be achieved through satellite imagery. The aim of the project is to demonstrate and research, but also to familiarize an important group of people with the 3R method.
====<font size="2" color=#06A5D155555>'''Project period:''' April 2013- July 2015</font>====
===Pilot challenge===
====Current situation====
This pilot addresses the most pertinent problem of the area: how to sustainably increase the water availability for cattle and also contribute to pasture improvement. When it rains, water for cattle and pasture are in abundance, but increasingly long dry spells haunt the Masai herds. We therefore look at the opportunity to construct very simple masonry walls in rocky high runoff areas without erosion to increase infiltration, sustainable access to ground water and re-green the area for pasture.
====Cultural Socioeconomic and socioeconomic cultural conditions====
Kajiado central is a growing regional hub for agriculture and pastoralism. The people of this area are predominantly Masai, a culturally rich ethnicity with a high esteem for their cattle. However, large corporations extract groundwater, which leads to less water availability for domestic water supply, especially in the Masai area.
====Pilot landscape====
The pilot aims to showcase the opportunities for “rock bottom technology”. This is a simple technology (such as simple masonry walls) that can be implemented with very little skills and locally available material, but will have a profoundly positive impact on the landscape. This low budget technology may be the only one that can produce water and grass at a low cost and be replicable. It also provides an excellent training site for the beginning masons of the Masai Technical Training Institute.
===Location and partners===[[Image:Kajiado map.png|thumb|right|200px|The regions of Kajiado County. Map credit: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/albertkenyaniinima/6671928527/ Albert Kenyani Inima]]]
* '''Location:''' Kajiado central, Kajiado town
* '''Role and responsibilities of other partners:''' ICRAF will document the current situation, the changes that took place and train people on the kind of approach.
===Description===
====Objectives====
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===Outputs===
====Target group====
* '''Number of systems at schools:''' yes, one
===Other examples===
Provide a list of comparable projects including links to documents or websites:
* National Museums of Kenya Roofwater catchment demonstration site at Museum
===Documents, videos and links===
* [http://www.sasolfoundation.co.ke SASOL Foundation] and their [http://www.sasolfoundation.co.ke/index.phpresource-library/resource Resource CentreLibrary].
