ORDA gives due focus for building the capacity of its staffs, partner government staffs, community based organizations and the beneficiary communities by offering training for its government partner staffs on different development approaches, animal and crop husbandry, natural resource management, etc. Training the community on soil and water conservation, nursery production and management including tree plantation, agronomic practices, livestock rearing and management, apiary production and management, horticulture production, management and marketing, safe water supply and irrigation scheme management, disaster mitigation/risk management, gender and HIV/AIDS awareness and mainstreaming.

ORDA sees its role as complementary to the roles of the community by creating conducive environment and fostering the development effort of the community. In this regard, it will devise alternative income source for those whose livelihood largely depended on fuel wood and charcoal selling through introduction and popularization of horticultural crop production technologies and productive safety net and livelihood project that include environmental rehabilitation.

One of the missions of ORDA is achieving gender equity and mainstreaming. On this regard, awareness training on Gender is also considered and some activities targeted to address gender issues include installation and technology training on solar energy plants will be placed.

The community has taken up the project and will ensure its sustainability.

The project is targeting to contribute its share to secure the global environmental benefits by harnessing biological biodiversity problem prevalent in the area and by creating awareness on the healthy co-existence of the communities and the natural resource base of the area. This will result in improved awareness on the sustainable management of the natural resources and sustainable management of forests. Moreover, through its afforestation and reforestation proposed activities, it will contribute to fight global warming.