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Climate Heroes - Building Reservoirs in Peru

Duolingo Spanish Podcast

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Lagunas Etamben Pritals.

The sisters decided to build the lagoon themselves, with help from their family and community. After planning how to make the lagoons, they had to decide where to build them. There was a field in the mountains that, during the dry season, kids used to play socker. During the rainy season, the site became flooded and muddy, a signal that water could accumulate there. They planned to build barriers along valleys in the mountain tops to prevent water from running down the mountain. And so the first lagoon was built.

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