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Harro Tetesa Community Based Land Use and Resource Management Project

This project aims organizing awareness creation sessions for all the re-settlers to internalize the problem of land and environmental degradation and to seek solution; render seed and technical assistance to farmers to develop private nursery sites; prepare hand-dug wells to manage water scarcity for human and animal consumption and for watering their newly planted trees, fruits, and vegetables; access farmers to plant 1 million fast growing and environment friendly trees, fruits, and vegetables as wind breaks at farm land and in their homestead for their food, construction and energy needs as well as conservation and economic purposes; encourage and support the community to plant fruit and crop trees in their homestead for personal needs to divert their deforestation activities and to transfer the area in to ?echo-cultural villages?.

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Grantee:

Friends Association for Children and Elders

Country:

Ethiopia

Area Of Work:

Biodiversity
Climate Change Mitigation
Land Degradation

Operational Phase:

Phase 3

Grant Amount:

US$ 30,048.00

Co-Financing Cash:

US$ 7,840.68

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 2,147.00

Project Number:

ETH/OP3/2/06/005

Start Date:

12/2006

End Date:

11/2008

Status:

Project Terminated Before Completion

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Project Characteristics and Results

Gender Focus

Arrangement of small loan schemes for animal husbandry to poor and landless women and benefit them from the sell of sheep and goat, organized needy women groups and provide technical and financial supports to produce fuel saving stoves and thereby started using good quality fuel saving stoves and generated income that improved their livelihood.

Capacity - Building Component

As an integral part of implementation, the project will try to improve the present land use planning and management practices at grass root level by building the planning, management and problem solving capacity of the resettlement community.

Notable Community Participation

As beneficiaries of the project, the community will make in-kind contribution amounting to US$ 2,147.00

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

Creating a social platform among the villagers for seeking solution for land use conflict and to enhance environmental protection mechanisms through continuous dialogue among indigenous people, settlers and all stakeholders

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

During the project implementation period, the whole community of Harro Tatessa settlers is accessed for awareness creation to internalize the adverse impact of environmental degradation, causes, solutions, and the importance of maintaining safe environment which will enables the whole community to involve actively in the project to prevent the well being of their common home and the environment.

Policy Impact

The current general trend in the country and the existing government policy support the project initiation and its concern in the rural parts of the country where there is the real need and gap for intervention.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The project aims at ensuring sustainable livelihood through rehabilitation of the degraded environment, capacitating the resettlers to use natural resources in rational manner, improving the present land use planning and management practices at grass root level by building the planning, management, and problem solving capacity of the resettlement community and building the productive assets of the resettlement community aiming at improving their income at household level and reducing the Burdon over the land.

Project Results

The project has generated 55 fuel saving stoves in the community, as well as 81 quintals of rice to help farmers. A number of awareness raising trainings have taken place and out of this 5 womens groups have been created to share experiences. It is estimated that 55 households benefit from the project activities and results.
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Indicators

Biophysical

Number of local policies informed in biodiversity focal area 1000

Biophysical

Number of innovations or new technologies developed / applied 300

Empowerment

Number of women participated / involved in SGP project 5

Biophysical

Number of innovations or new technologies developed / applied 120

Livehood

Number of households who have benefited* from SGP project 110

Livehood

Number of individuals (gender diaggregated) who have benefited* from SGP project 300

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