How Anna Hazare Greened Ralegan

Another great example of local earth repair through watershed rehabilitation. With only 15 inches of rain a year, this village now has water for the whole year. Today not a single villager goes to sleep on an empty stomach. No one buys grain from outside or borrows from moneylenders. How one man made a difference in the lives of the entire village of 2,000 people. Voluntary labor was key. Very little outside funding. “The management of the environment can be done by villagers alone.”