15/05/2026
🌱💧 Turning Challenges into Opportunities in Ekiriyankumbura 💪🚜
Renaissance Sri Lanka is leading an impactful project, in partnership with MONLAR, and generously sponsored by EConsulate, a Sri Lankan Tech company.
We are helping transform livelihoods in the village of Ekiriyankumbura. 🌾🏡
Our original goal was to build an agro well so villagers could grow crops all year long, even during dry seasons and prolonged dry spells, ensuring a more stable and decent income for families throughout the year. 🌞🌱💵
Alongside the infrastructure development, villagers are also receiving training in agroecology, empowering them with sustainable farming practices for long-term resilience, food security and food sovereignty. 🌍🌿📚
However, nature had other plans. 🌧️🌊
Following the severe flooding caused by Cyclone Ditwah, the soil surrounding the planned well site became completely waterlogged and unstable. Despite multiple attempts by the excavator team to dig at alternative locations, the damp ground conditions made it impossible to safely proceed. 🚜⚠️
Rather than giving up, we worked closely with the villagers to brainstorm practical alternatives. 🤝💡 Together, we decided to shift from constructing an agro well to building a small agro reservoir (පතහක්). 💧🏗️
We are happy to share that:
✅ The reservoir digging work has now been completed
✅ Concrete work has already started
✅ The project remains on schedule ⏳
This phase of the work is highly challenging because the reservoir continuously fills with water. Additional motors are being used to pump out excess water so the concrete work can proceed properly and dry successfully. 🔧💦🏗️
This project is a beautiful example of resilience, collaboration, and community-driven problem solving. ❤️🌱
Learn more about our work: www.renasl.org
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