There are 402 projects that match your search.
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Kenya
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Land Degradation
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2020
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24,975.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y3/STAR/LD/2020/55 |
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Nduata EE Siligi youth group is a Community Based Organization based in Kailer Sub location, Baringo South Sub-County in Baringo County. It was registered as a youth group on October 2017 with the Ministry of Labor, Social Security and ( ... )
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The core purpose of Nduata EE Siligi youth group is to enhance production of pasture in the community so as to promote sustainable grazing that will ensure improved and increased livestock production within the lowlands of Baringo County that border the Lake Bogoria Nationa Reserve, a Ramsar Site and a World Heritage Site . The organization also seeks to promote practices that help reduce
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Kenya
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Land Degradation
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2020
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24,394.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y3/STAR/LD/2020/57 |
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Nasinya Women group is a community based organization focused on promoting sustainable development initiatives by empowering women in the community with an aim of building the community?s capacities necessary for women to be self-reliant and ( ... )
ve the environment. The group was founded in 1992, led by strong Ilchamus women for the promotion of community enterprises, the marketing of the different nature based enterprises from women in the community. It is registered under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development under the department of office of the district gender and social development officer in Marigat constituency.
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2020
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49,024.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y3/STAR/BD/2020/59 |
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The NGO was established in 2005 and has undertaken externally supported projects by Ford Foundation, IUCN Netherlands, Finnish Embassy, Netherlands Embassy, GEF-Small Grants Program (SGP) and German Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Food (BLE) ( ... )
s officially registered under the Kenya Non-Governmental Organizations Board (No. OP 218/051/2005/037/4080) in 2006. The organizations accounts are audited externally annually, and NGO registered bank accounts maintained with Kenya Commercial Bank Company Limited and CFC Stanbic Bank Kenya Ltd.
Directed by the WLR executive board (chairman, secretary, treasurer) the WLR NGO secretariat
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Kenya
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Land Degradation
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2020
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22,209.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y3/STAR/LD/2020/52 |
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Sosion Women Group is a Self Help Group based at Majindege Sub-location, Mochongoi ward, Loboi
Location, Marigat Division, Baringo South Sub-county in Baringo County. Ten (10) women at Loboi
founded the group in the year 2013 as a self-help group ( ... )
e promotion of community development,
advocacy for the girl child especially issues of female genital mutilation and a merry-go-round. The group
has grown and diversified the activities to include crop farming, poultry rearing and community sensitization
on hygiene and sanitation. Currently it has a current membership of 25 women ranging from 20-70 years.
The mission and vision of Sosion
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2020
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23,907.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y3/STAR/BD/2020/65 |
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Shimoni BMU Co-management area in one of the biodiversity hotspots in Kenya with high diversity of corals, fish species and seagrass beds. There are over 164 coral genera recorded within its waters in addition to over 250 species of fish and 5 ( ... )
s of turtles. The resources however face various threats which include overexploitation and resource use conflicts.
The proposed project has the primary objective of ?a healthy coastal and marine environment providing sustainable benefits for present and future generations? with project specific objectives being
1. Support the conservation and protection of sensitive habitats, recovery of
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2020
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24,648.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y3/STAR/BD/2020/61 |
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The proposed project has the primary objective of ?sustainable management of marine biodiversity and improvement of the Mkwiro village community livelihoods? with project specific objectives being
a) Strengthen the capacity of the Mkwiro ( ... )
iendly Conservation group on sustainable eco-friendly nature based business initiatives
b) Support sustainable community alternative income generating options
The proposed project is meant to address the high poverty levels within the local community particularly among the women by providing them with knowledge and skills in marketing, organizational and business management and procurement of
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Kenya
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Land Degradation
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2020
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30,000.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y3/STAR/LD/2020/54 |
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Maji Moto Women Group Self-help Group was formed and formally registered with the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services in the year 1997 with Certificate registration Number 582/1997 by a group of 25 development conscious women. It has ( ... )
een on promoting development activities, carry out bee keeping and goat rearing, environmental activities such as tree nurseries establishment and table banking activities. The Group has been active since its registration.
From its inception, Maji Moto Women Group has been involving itself in various activities ranging from Bee keeping, goat rearing and fattening, environmental activities such
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Kenya
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Land Degradation
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2020
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29,916.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y3/STAR/LD/2020/56 |
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Elite Youth Self-Help Group is based at Ilchamus Ward, Ng?ambo location, and Baringo South Sub-County in Baringo County. The group was founded and registered in August 2006 under the Department Of Social Services as a Self-Help Group for the ( ... )
ion of development through pasture production, beekeeping and crop farming. Thereafter Elites Youth Self Help Group has grown in membership and activities engaged in different activities with the outstanding ones being the production of pasture in a large scale, animal breeding, crop farming and animal fattening. The group has a current membership of 15 comprising of 8 males, 7 females whole age
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2019
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48,140.00
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OP6 - Y2 (Jul 16-Jun 17)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y2/STAR/BD/2019/24 |
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Due to population pressure, land use change, land for agriculture, infrastructure development has contributed to the need to clear more land for settlement and agriculture. Pressure on protected natural forest by the adjacent rural population is a ( ... )
n faced by most of the natural resources managers; the Kenya?s kaya is not exceptional. In order to win the community support and change their perception and attitudes on the kaya forest, there is need to initiate a livelihood program for them to elk a living. With the high poverty level in Kilifi County, engaging the rural population in butterfly farming will help the household earn extra income
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2019
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19,375.00
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OP6 -Y4 (Jul 18 - Jun 19)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y2/STAR/BD/2019/17 |
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The overall objective of this project is to ensure that by end of 2020, community
participation is enhanced in biodiversity conservation leading to greater
support for the conservation of greater kudu and its habitat around Lake Bogoria
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ic objectives are by December 2020:
i) Data on the kudu population, their movements and key conservation threats
are available to inform management decision making.
ii) There is increased knowledge and awareness on greater kudu conservation
and thereby influencing local level policy and decision making amongst
protected area managers.
iii) An alternative nature based livelihood option has
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2019
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41,566.00
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OP6 - Y2 (Jul 16-Jun 17)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y2/STAR/BD/2019/23 |
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Kaya forests are important to biodiversity locally and globally, as well as playing a significant role in the conservation of biodiversity and preservation of the local traditional culture and heritage. However, these kayas are faced by several ( ... )
nges that threaten their continued existence. These threats include, the declining respect of traditional management systems and practices, limited knowledge of values and importance of Kaya forests and lack of alternative income to the local communities as envisaged in the Kaya Forest Adaptive Strategy .
The declining respect for the cultural and traditional practices that were central to
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Kenya
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Land Degradation
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2019
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29,918.00
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OP6 - Y2 (Jul 16-Jun 17)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y2/STAR/LD/2019/36 |
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The Lakes System within the Great Rift Valley contains a variety of geological and biological
topographies of outstanding natural exquisiteness. This includes falls, geysers, hot springs, open
waters and marshes, forests, and grasslands focused in ( ... )
ratively small area. There are
three inter-linked relatively shallow alkaline lakes - Lake Bogoria, Lake Nakuru and Lake
Elementaita - and their surrounding terrains. The natural setting of all three lakes surrounded by
the steep escarpment of the Rift Valley and associated volcanic features provides an exceptional
experience of nature.
The River Loboi-Koitegan catchment is one of the main
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2019
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29,628.00
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OP6 - Y2 (Jul 16-Jun 17)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y2/STAR/BD/2019/37 |
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Wildlife and habitat protection and conservation are paramount for attainment of sustainable development goals. Lake Bogoria Landscape is endowed with quite a number of ecosystems with free-range wildlife and unprotected wetlands, Kiborgoch ( ... )
ed. Lake Bogoria, an Important Bird Area with more than 350 bird species, was in 2002 designated as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. The spectacular lesser flamingo and the endemic Greater Kudu are among the wildlife species found. Despite its great significance, the region is plagued with environmental issues of biodiversity loss and land degradation occasioned
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Kenya
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Land Degradation
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2019
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29,071.00
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OP6 - Y2 (Jul 16-Jun 17)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y2/STAR/LD/2019/35 |
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The proposed project is designed to enhance integrated land Use management and agro-biodiversity conservation at Loboi and Sandai by working with farming communities. The key economic activities in the area are; Livestock production, crop ( ... )
tion, tourism and charcoal burning all of which depends on natural resources.
As a consequence, there is overstocking leading to over grazing, siltation, community conflicts, unsustainable utilization of water resource, high rate of deforestation, loss of biodiversity, water pollution from agricultural chemicals and high poverty level.
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2019
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22,320.00
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OP6 - Y2 (Jul 16-Jun 17)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y2/STAR/BD/2019/49 |
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Over the year?s women have been faced with a lot of challenges such as women?s right to sexual and reproductive health, the right to be free from gender-based violence, and equal rights for women and men to access and control land-based rights, ( ... )
rmore women have had limited access to acquiring the requisite skills and knowledge, being hired, paid or even doing business.
Scenario in the coast of Kenya women in these community have long discriminated due heavy cultural and religious believes. Women were never exposed to education, leadership and business activities. Fishing in the Coast of Kenya is a male dominated industry from fishing
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Kenya
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Land Degradation
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2019
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29,355.00
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OP6 - Y2 (Jul 16-Jun 17)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y2/STAR/LD/2019/34 |
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Lake Bogoria Landscape (LBL) is known locally, nationally and regionally for important wildlife species, including the lesser flamingo and the Greater Kudu. The combination of landforms, biodiversity content, availability of water and livestock ( ... )
makes this site important at community, national and global levels. The LBL being the surrounding of the National Reserve of international significance is at risk from degradation arising from unsustainable exploitation and management of resources due to poverty, poor land use, and inadequate natural pasture, persistent droughts overstocking and unsustainable farming systems. It is against this
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2019
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19,780.00
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OP6 - Y2 (Jul 16-Jun 17)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y2/STAR/BD/2019/29 |
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The proposed project will be implemented in Kibuyuni village within Shimoni-Vanga seascape of Kenya?s South coast. Kibuyuni land area is largely covered by a coral rag that is unsuitable for agriculture. This means majority of Kibuyuni inhabitants ( ... )
on marine resources for a livelihood. This is evident in the choice of Kibuyuni to be selected as a piloting area for seaweed farming in 2009 under the ReCoMaP project. This importance of marine resources to Kibuyuni people therefore means that they must be safeguarded at all times by all means. However, the capacity of the local resource management institutions such as the Beach Management Unit
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2019
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24,027.00
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OP6 - Y2 (Jul 16-Jun 17)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y2/STAR/BD/2019/31 |
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The reef along the Kenyan coast is being overfished, which has resulted in decreasing catches, reduced coral reef resilience and impoverished aesthetic value. The LMMA is in response to growing public concern about the depletion of unique marine ( ... )
nment around the south coast of Kenya. The LMMA addresses this concern by restricting activities which could adversely affect the marine habitat whilst providing opportunities for income generating from sustainable fisheries (i.e. octopus and mixed reef fish) livelihoods, eco-tourism and other related activities. Most of the local community members living within these villages depend on coastal
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Kenya
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2019
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96,040.00
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OP6 - Y2 (Jul 16-Jun 17)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y2/STAR/CC/2019/22 |
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The project targets two boreholes in Lelen and Cheparan villages, Kaplelwo Sub-location, Koibosoi Location, Emining Ward, Mogotio Sub-County, Baringo County. The villages have boreholes which serve other villages namely; Kasagatia, Kapkomorwo, ( ... )
Kaplelwo primary and secondary schools, Lelen primary school as well as Kaplelwo and Maoi markets with a population of 600 households with an average of 6 members per family; this gives an approximate population of 3,600 people. This area is predominantly inhabited by the Endorois community which is a minority indigenous group in Kenya.
For this project, Farming Systems Kenya (NGO) is
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Kenya
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Biodiversity
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2019
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29,293.00
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OP6 - Y3 (Jul17 - Jun 18)
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Project Number: KEN/SGP/OP6/Y2/STAR/BD/2019/14 |
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ASALs cover about 70% of the greater Horn of Africa and about 90% in Kenya (ASARECA,
2011). In Kenya, these lands are inhabited by about 70% of the national livestock herd and about
fourteen million of the human population. Nearly 80% of the honey ( ... )
a is produced within
the ASALs, making them very important but vulnerable ecosystem that needs to be conserved for
the present and future generations. Water scarcity is a challenge due to the erratic rainfall
experienced in these lands (GOK, 2004; GOK, 2012). Besides water scarcity, arid and semi-arid
lands (ASALs) are faced with a number of environmental and anthropogenic issues that
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