Context:

The Serengeti Ecosystem (SE) is recognized as the world heritage site by UNESCO because of its large migratory animals and high diversity of birds and pre-history sites at Laetoli and Olduvai. However, it is wealthy noting that the flow of resources within the ecosystem have increasingly been challenged by increased populations, incidences of fire, extensive agricultural activities, land use changes and climatic changes which has resulted into competition over resource access, use and expose the ecosystem to extinction of key biodiversity services. This proposal therefore seeks to address biodiversity conservation challenges through addressing environmental conservation and food security challenges along the Serengeti ecosystem.

About the proponent:

TAWLAE is a non-governmental and non-political organization established in 1995 and registered under the Societies of Ordinance of 1954 on 10th November 1995 (No. SO 8527). The organization is working with people to build a better world through increasing agricultural productivity and rural employment while conserving environment.
Project?s primary objective
The goal of the project is to increase food security of local communities through climate smart agro-ecological practices and environmental conservation to women and youth groups.
Implementation strategies:
? Support selected women groups to invest in greenhouse and poultry farming activities for two selected villages
? Train local communities in sustainable and highly productive farming and non-farming income generating activities
? Build capacity of women groups to sustainably manage and engage in small and medium size non- farm investments
? Raise awareness and capacity of local communities on climate adaptation, sustainable management and use of available resources and the environmental conservation by planting trees in degraded areas

Project sustainability strategies:
? Conduct a series of trainings on how to sustainably manage resources that will be given to the community
? Train trainers of trainers who are permanently living in the community and will continue giving services even when facilitators are not there
? Design and establish voluntary groups in the form of Village Saving and Loans Associations (VICOBA) for sustaining the financial packages from IGAs and entrepreneurship
Anticipated project results:
? women groups to invest in greenhouse and poultry farming activities for two selected villages selected and supported
? Skills on sustainable and highly productive farming and non-farming income generating activities given
? Capacity of women groups to sustainably manage and engage in small and medium size non- farm investments built
? Awareness and capacity of local communities on climate adaptation, sustainable management raised
? 1000 Trees planted in selected degraded area