Mind the Streams Water has ...

Mind the Streams

Water has always been perceived as a gift from the gods as it rains from the heavens and flows across the earth. Local water streams play an important role in the economic and social culture of the community. Community members of rural communities play an important role in local water management and should take part in the following activities: 1. Join a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) to add a community voice. 2. Include 'river restoration' in assessment of who to vote for in the upcoming elections. 3. Organizing a community river action group to replant, clean up and protect your local waterway. 4. Educating students on the importance of their participation. 5. Finding local level champions to plant trees across stream bed and parenting the tree for a year. 6. Encouraging schools to have a small corner picnic and encouraging kids to love their surrounding nature. 7. Set awareness on how to reduce the water pollution. 8. Community awareness for natural flow maintenance and water recharge structures. A lot many initiatives can be carried out depending upon the level of response we are getting form the community.