Children fill cans with water from a sand dam in Makueni County, Kenya, on Friday, March 1, 2024. Building sand dams, a structure for harvesting water from seasonal rivers, helps minimize water loss through evaporation and recharges groundwater. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A sand dam is constructed in Makueni County, Kenya on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Building sand dams, a structure for harvesting water from seasonal rivers, helps minimize water loss through evaporation and recharges groundwater. (AP Photo/Carlos Mureithi)
Rhoda Peter fills containers with water from a sand dam in Makueni County, Kenya on Friday, March 1, 2024. She was fetching water to clean utensils and wash clothes. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Residents in Machakos County, Kenya, carry rocks for construction of a sand dam on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Building sand dams, a structure for harvesting water from seasonal rivers, helps minimize water loss through evaporation and recharges groundwater. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A sand dam operates in Makueni County, Kenya on Friday, March 1, 2024. Building sand dams, a structure for harvesting water from seasonal rivers, helps minimize water loss through evaporation and recharges groundwater. (AP Photo/Carlos Mureithi)
Members of Kyemoo Power, a self-help group, construct a sand dam in Makueni County, Kenya on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Building sand dams, a structure for harvesting water from seasonal rivers, helps minimize water loss through evaporation and recharges groundwater. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Children fill cans with water from a sand dam in Makueni County, Kenya on Friday, March 1, 2024. Building sand dams, a structure for harvesting water from seasonal rivers, helps minimize water loss through evaporation and recharges groundwater. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Residents in Machakos County, Kenya, construct a sand dam on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Building sand dams, a structure for harvesting water from seasonal rivers, helps minimize water loss through evaporation and recharges groundwater. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Children and a donkey walk on a sand dam in Makueni County, Kenya on Friday, March 1, 2024. Building sand dams, a structure for harvesting water from seasonal rivers, helps minimize water loss through evaporation and recharges groundwater. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A dog walks through a sand dam in Makueni County, Kenya on Friday, March 1, 2024. Building sand dams, a structure for harvesting water from seasonal rivers, helps minimize water loss through evaporation and recharges groundwater. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Farmer Shedrack Mutie Mwanza sprays water from a sand dam at his pepper farm in Makueni County, Kenya on Friday, March 1, 2024. Building sand dams, a structure for harvesting water from seasonal rivers, helps minimize water loss through evaporation and recharges groundwater. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)