Delaba Koro, village 60 kms from Selingue, Mali, 27th April 2015; This village took many people displaced by the dam. Oualama Doumbia, 56, speaking, is a farmer, fisherman, hunter, and son of the previous chief. His expectations of the dam have not been met - he hoped for good health services, clean water, electricity and an overall improvement in agriculture, but 30 years later there is still no electricity, only one broken pump, the medical centre is not well equipped and there is only primary school for the children. His family were amongst the village’s first settlers. There were 500 peop
Delaba Koro, village 60 kms from Selingue, Mali, 27th April 2015; This village took many people displaced by the dam. Oualama Doumbia, 56, speaking, is a farmer, fisherman, hunter, and son of the previous chief. His expectations of the dam have not been met - he hoped for good health services, clean water, electricity and an overall improvement in agriculture, but 30 years later there is still no electricity, only one broken pump, the medical centre is not well equipped and there is only primary school for the children. His family were amongst the village’s first settlers. There were 500 people in the village before the dam and there are 2,500 now. The villagers welcomed people displaced by the dam because the village hoped that this would bring them economic development. There is ongoing dispute as to whether electricity was actually promised as part of the dam development. Now he thinks the dam has helped the village, the diet and health. Agricultural practices have improved because of the use of fertilizer and herbicide. The fertilizer is government subsidised.
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