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bilby commented on the word berkad
"We help communities build large underground water storage tanks called berkads. These berkads collect, channel, and filter torrents of rainwater, capturing it for use between rains. The result of just one day of rain: enough clean, fresh drinking water for an entire community for months. In fact, one berkad can hold up to 80,000 gallons of water..."
- World Concern, 'How One Day of Rain Can Change Everything', https://humanitarian.worldconcern.org/tag/somalia/
July 19, 2021
bilby commented on the word berkad
Presumably a Somali term.
July 19, 2021