The grantee is well grounded in community development and climate adaptation project implementation as such no further capacity building training is required as part of the project.

The project builds the capacity of the beneficiary communities in the fabrication of cook stoves, fish smoking stoves, economic tree planning that have served as the livelihood options for their sustainability; and the linking of trained women?s group to financial institutions for lending and saving is a sustainable livelihood strategy

The project does not produce policy however, it encourages the chiefdom authorities to design bylaws that will protect the Gola Rain forest ecosystem thus adding to the effectiveness of the existing environmental protection policy.

The result of this project will be assessed, documented and shared with local partners, District Council and other stakeholders. The result will also be shared at the Pujehun and Kenema District Development Coordinating forums where all NGO?s, MDAs and CSOs and other development partners within the project location are represent. This project will also document outcomes, lessons learnt and best practices and share with relevant authorities. This will help popularize the outcomes of the project and increase possibilities for replication. The anticipated success of this project will lead to lobbying for the successfully model to be replicated in other communities where climate change are evident. The project is expected to have a significant multiplier effect because through this intervention SPACE-SL (Implementing Organization) will utilize methods which promote participation and community empowerment to facilitate sustainable community change. SPACE SL will share experiences of this environmental protection and management work with NGO?s, CSO?s and policy makers for wider policy development impac

There rarely any indigenous peoples within the forest edge community, however, the project ensured that every community member is able to contribute and or benefit from the activities. All training are conducted in the local languages for better understanding of the project. Immediate family members of deaf and dumb are encourage to serve as sign language interpreters during meetings and training for persons with disabilities.

Women and men will benefit equitably from the project activities. Training, exchange visits, radio discussion programs and other project activities were designed with a clear focus on empowering women who are often marginalized from mainstream society. The project enables women to make meaningful contributions relating to stove making and marketing. They play an important role in the community advocacy platforms which the project established.This ensures advocacy around women specific issues emanating from climate change in the communities targeted by this project.