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Watch a six minute film on who we are and what we do.

Excellent Development works with community self-help groups in Africa to improve their livelihoods, health and incomes. The communities we work with face many problems in their day to day lives, in particular the shortage of water and food. Their environment is also affected by deforestation.

Our holistic approach to these problems starts with the building of small sand dams and the terracing of the adjoining land, followed by the planting of trees. These measures result in improved soil and water conservation, which enables increased food production.

Water supply is further improved by the construction of pipelines and water tanks. Food security is increased by the creation of community seed banks. Community members benefit from improved health and less time spent collecting water. They are also able to take advantage of income generation and educational opportunities which improve their long-term livelihood security.

2. We enhance development awareness in the UK and worldwide by:

• Enhancing formal development education in the British Isles.
• Improving development awareness with the general public, directly and through corporate and other partnerships.
• Improving awareness of climate change and the opportunities to: mitigate the impacts of climate change and offset carbon dioxide emissions.
• Facilitating and disseminating the results of research into the social and technical models of our work.
• Advocating wider-scale use of our self-help community development model and sand dam technology.

This is the six minute edited version of our feature documentary 'Walking on Water'.

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