GIZ: We Were the People of Milk and Butter. 2016

Water Spreading Weirs use floods to rehabilitate degraded landscapes and riverbeds. Combined with drystone measures like small dams and retention walls this helps to control and reverse erosion in heavily degraded landscapes in Afar, Ethiopia. By training locals in masonry and the techniques to construct water spreading weirs, GIZ helps people in Afar to improve their livelihood.