 The
region of Gao is hot and dry. The land is still recovering
from catastrophic droughts in the 1970s which killed trees
and plants and starved livestock.
Tintihigrene has a well, but the water from it is kept
for drinking and cooking. Water for livestock, or to wash
with, is collected from the village pond. Crops can only
grow in the rainy season. When the rains are good they
can grow many things; millet, sorghum, beans,and melons;
but they cannot rely on the rain. The community has a
cereal bank, so that when people have no food, they can
buy grain. "The bank is like rain for the soil to
the people of Tintihigrene," says Midi Ag Fatchiwa,
the administrator. |
