Since 1981 we did several projects for improving the water situation in the villages of Yougo. Dougoro is the most difficult of the three. going down to a nearby well is almost no solution, it takes at least two ours walking and climbing for one canary of water (16 litters) The first project was a small dam in the entrance cavern this worked but was not really sufficient for a long period after the rain season. In 1995 we decided to make a new dam closer to de villages which could contain more water. During the years after this we made several small improvements, while the dam was leaking.
In 1999 and 2005 we enlarged the height of the Dam to the almost maximum because the location is also the entering zone of the village. the two formed water basin with a total length of almost 70 meter contains almost 270 m3 water. This is only sufficient for the period august (beginning of the rainfall until the end of February) the frits 3 dry month, after the rain. it means about 8 litter of water for the 120 inhabitants each day) That means that there is still a long period for the women to get the water down to the foot of the hill. For restoring the houses and the village is clearly no time left. For that reason we made a proposition to solve the water problem during the whole year. When this is solved the people can collaborate with us to reinforce the village and the monuments.
