Strategies for Gender Equality and Poverty Reduction Through Sustainable Fisheries Development and Ecotourism Related Enterprises
Samochima Interim Conservation Trust aims at building consensus on strategies for development of fish industry and ecotourism related enterprises. The project will solve the upsurge in commercial fishing in the Okavango Panhandle and decline of such resources is not desirable as it is the livelihood of the people in the Okavango area, especially women. The envisaged legal entity will empower and accord the community (especially women) a chance to fully realise their potential allowing them to fully address issues related to HIV/AIDS, gender, poverty and sustainable use of fishery resources.
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Samochima Interim Conservation Trust
Country:
Botswana
Area Of Work:
Multifocal Area
Grant Amount:
US$ 2,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:
Co-Financing in-Kind:
Project Number:
BOT/OP3/2/06/23
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
Project Characteristics and Results
Inovative Financial Mechanisms
One of the projects the trust intends to undertake is intergrated fish farming in order to stem what they perceive as over exploitation of the fish stocks in order to maintain biodiversity and sustain the fishing industry in the Okavango delta panhandle. In addition, the women wish to engage in ecotourism and activities such as propagation of indigenous trees to reforest some of the degraded areas in panhandle.
Gender Focus
The Samochima trust is exclusively composed of women from differnt settlements, most of whom are not married, unemployed and poor with limited sources of income.
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