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Environmental Conservation and rainwater harvesting at Wazalendo Secondary School.

This project is implemented by a club of students from Wazalendo Secondary schools who have interest in environment conservation. The students want to increase their knowledge in environment conservation as well as to contribute in conservation work through tree planting activities.
This club will plant trees along water ways and on gullies to prevent soil erosion. The project main activities will be to establish a tree nursery, to construct rainwater harvesting tank which will collect water for irrigation purposes. The use of rainwater will reduce the cost of water for tree nursery irrigation by 50% per month. The project will also construct Fuel wood efficient cooking stove for the school in order to reduce the consumption of fuel wood at school.
Some of the seedlings from this tree nursery will be distributed to students for planting in their homesteads.

Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Mazingira Club of Wazalendo Secondary School

Country:

Tanzania

Area Of Work:

Land Degradation

Operational Phase:

Phase 3

Grant Amount:

US$ 4,331.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 1,082.75

Project Number:

TAN/COMPACT/GEF/06/11

Start Date:

6/2006

End Date:

12/2008

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Linkages gef projects

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Planning gef grant

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Planning non gef grant

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Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

School environemtal club and other students will be involved in the project.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The project adrees cost reduction in water and fuel wood at the school hence increased time in school activities and education.

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

The project has been financed by COMPACT and the Wazalendo School in kind.

Replication of project activities

The project has been replicated by other neighboring secondary and primary schools

Policy Impact

The project may influence policy environment conservation education at schools.

Notable Community Participation

The project target students community to participate in practical environmental conservation education.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

The project will focus on combating land degradation and raise public awareness in preventing soil erosion.

Policy Influence

The project will influence policy on environmental conservation education in schools.

Capacity - Building Component

Training of students will equip them with tree planting techniques, the knowledge that will be expanded to community.

Project sustainability

Trainned students will be exposed to importance of environmental conservation.The school will reduce the consuption of fuelwood which minimize destruction of Mount Kilimanjaro forests.

Gender Focus

Tree planting activities will in the long run reduce women workload by collecting wood fuel from reasonable distances.

Project Results

The project has constructed rainwater harvesting tank which has the capacity of 30,000 liters. The project has also established tree nursery with a working shade and plant trees along the water way which passes close to the school compound.

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Biophysical

Number of innovations or new technologies developed / applied 1

Livehood

Total monetary value (US dollars) of ecosystem goods sustainably produced and providing benefit to project participants and/or community as a whole (in the biodiversity, international waters, and land degradation focal areas as appropriate) 50

Livehood

Increase in household income by increased income or reduced costs due to SGP project 4

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