Wash water is also a source of drinking water for some 7 types of birds that visit the compound. They feed on food debris and algal mats.

FUTURE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

There is an ambition to green the compounds of the Maikona Catholic Parish and its outer boundaries, and the 6 PACIDA lodges.


Immediate steps taken by Maikona Parish:
(i) In the inner compound, there are about 20 wash water outlets. Where possible, wash water from nearby outlets are directed to plants.
(ii) Wash waters from the primary outlet from the Parish dinning hall/kitchen and from the house of the Sisters are now used to irrigate two germination seed beds for palms. Seedlings may take 1-2- years before they can be transplanted.
(iii) A project activity is currently (Feb 2009) being developed to collect all the wash water discharged (except from the laundry which may have a high concentration of washing powder) at the Parish into gerry cans and to use wash water efficiently for watering plants and trees in the Parish compound.

Project Grant
A grant application is being prepared to include an activity on the "Greening of the Desert" for the Maikona Parish compound, school nurseries, homes of the nursery school children and PACIDA lodges. The approach is to provide a kit which contains a bucket and one or more tree seedlings to each target site so that wash water is collected into the bucket and the wash water is used to water the seedlings daily.