[[Image:Kajiado tank.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Building a rainwater harvesting tank in Kajiado, Kenya. Photo: [http://blog.ryanswell.ca/prevention-before-crisis-occurs/ 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. 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. The aim of the project is to demonstrate and research, but also to familiarize an important group of people with the 3R method.
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==
* Kajiado central, Kajiado town
:: SASOL
:: Masai Technical Training Institute
:: ICRAF
* Role and responsibility of main partner:
:: SASOL will organise the pilot with MTTI. They will negotiate the terms of reference with them and start construction.
* Other partners:
:: ICRAF
:: MTTI
* 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.
:: MTTI will use the site as demonstration. They will also maintain it and use it for fieldtrips.
