Ngomongo Villages - Wet Lands

Wet Lands

Natural ponds were dug by an improvised homegrown hole and shovel. The shovel was made from an empty fifty gallon steel water storage tank whose designated shoveling edge on the tank open top was reinforced with a sharpened pick – up main leaf spring, welded on to this edge.

With two men sitting on the plough or shovel to give it weight and anchorage, the donkeys would drag the plough or shovel. This would be repeated many times until the lake was at least one meter deep below the water table. The depth of the three ponds is an average of one meter.

Crocodiles were introduced into one of the ponds that represent Lake Turkana in the village theme. (Lake Turkana is in the northern part of Kenya.)

The other pond represents in our village theme, lake Victoria that is on the Western side of Kenya. Tilapia has been introduced into this lake.

Large flocks of birds nest on and feed on these wet lands. These including king fishers, weaver birds, Egyptian geese etc.