Promoting Social Inclusion in Community Food Security and JJA inclusive Education through the use of smart energy
1.1. Project Summary
Zimbabwe has suffered the effects of climate change; which have manifested in the shift and unpredictable rain season, flush floods, and droughts. The net effect has been a threat to food security for the citizens. The many persons with disabilities have suffered double from the natural cause and the social exclusion that continues to marginalize them. Inconsistences in rainfall patterns have also impacted negatively on the smooth supply of hydro-energy. The disturbances in the conventional power generation systems in Zimbabwe have meant that more than 80% of day and night time is without power for cooking, lighting and industrial use. In line with inclusion principles as spelt by sustainable goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all. The project is coming at a time when smart energy is being promoted world-wide as a panacea to the challenge of climate change mitigation and adaptation. The project is thus targeted at strengthening the capacity Jairos Jiri Association (JJA) beneficiary communities in Mashonaland East to fight food insecurity using smart energy in running nutrition gardens for persons and households of persons with disabilities. The project also targets one of JJA?s Inclusive Early-Childhood Development Centre in Waterfalls Harare with smart energy technology to illuminate the centre and provide power for centre garden borehole. The smart energy will ensure sustainable energy production and thus improving productivity and safety of children under Waterfalls centre. Since the primary beneficiaries are persons with disabilities who are integrated with persons without disabilities using reverse integration approach, the project is set to achieve social inclusion of women, girls, boys and men in the fight against hunger and in fulfilling the Zimbabwe Government agenda on provision of equitable, quality, inclusive, relevant and competence driven primary, secondary and non-formal education on one hand and promotion of equality and non-discrimination on the other hand.
1.2. Organizational Background and Capacity to implement the Project
Jairos Jiri Association is a local non-governmental organization (NGO) registered under the Private and Voluntary Organizations Act (Chapter 17: 05). JJA?s niche is on the realization and full exercise of the rights of people with disabilities in Zimbabwe, especially children in the poorest and marginalized communities of the country. JJA rehabilitates, educates, trains and empowers more than 10,000 boys, girls, women and men with disabilities annually through its various centres, inclusive schools, inclusive vocational training centres and the Community Based Inclusive Development programs nationwide.
Jairos Jiri Association has more than 60 years? experience working with people with disabilities in Zimbabwe. Over 10,000 men, women, boys and girls with disabilities benefit every year through Community Based Inclusive Development programmes. The Association runs 16 centres where children and adults with disabilities get treatment, care and education. JJA interventions involve people with various forms of disabilities. Its interventions include inclusive primary schools for the hearing-, visual-, and physical impairment, hostels and homes for rehabilitation, inclusive vocational training centres for tradeable skills development, enterprise business units for entrepreneurial development, clinics and orthopaedic workshops for improved access to health facilities. The map below shows JJA?s operational areas:
JJA established community nutritional gardens across its operational areas. However; some gardens are running on boreholes mounted with manual bush pumps. From our continuous monitoring and evaluation, we learnt that those gardens operating on manual pumps are posing difficulties to persons with disabilities despite functional adaptations made to the boreholes compared to the ones running on solar powered boreholes. The following pictures clearly show this difference.
The component proposed for Waterfalls was piloted successfully at Kadoma and Gweru Centres. JJA?s inclusive education practice was recently felicitated with a prestigious Zero Project Award in Vienna at the United Nations in the category ?Innovative Practice 2020 on Inclusive Education and ICT?
The proposed action will benefit at least 150 vulnerable households in Mashonaland East who were enrolled into nutrition gardens. Three gardens will be targeted; each garden benefiting at least 50 households on a ratio of 60/40 in favour of persons with disabilities. The project will also benefit more than 60 children accessing education at Waterfalls centre.
1.3. Project Objectives and Expected Results
Problem Statement
Community members who benefited nutrition gardens in Mashonaland East (Mutoko and Mudzi) under inclusive development settings are finding it difficult especially those members with disabilities to sustain the gardens due to water supply issues. Due to drought water table went down making it strenuous for persons with disabilities to manually pump the water. This has further subjected these vulnerable households to food insecurity. At Waterfalls, JJA established a nutrition garden to cater for children residing at the centre. The borehole supplying water to the garden run of hydro-electricity, which is acute shortage. Thus the centre garden is moisture deficient most of the time. There is poor illumination at the centre due to incessant power cuts, which puts children at risk especially learners with disabilities.
Overall Objective
To promote social inclusion of men, women, girls and boys Mutoko and Mudzi who benefited nutrional gardens from JJA and to ensure productivity of Waterfalls Centre garden and the safety of learners residing at the centre.
Specific Objectives
1. To increase the capacities of two JJA established nutrition gardens in Mashonaland East to accommodate persons with disabilities by 2021
2. To increase the capacity of JJA established nutrition garden at Waterfalls Centre to provide enough vegetables for learners 2021
3. To improve illumination of Waterfalls Centre by June 2020
Rationale/Justification of the project
Inclusion, especially of persons with disabilities is at the centre of community-based inclusive development, which is a key priority for the United Nations family as propounded by SDG 4 & 10; UNCRPD: Leave no-one behind and the country strategy for inclusive education, and principle of non-discrimination. Clean or Smart energy is key to achievement of SDG 13 on climate change. The project therefore contributes to the fulfilment of inclusive development, empowerment of the disadvantaged and sustainability.
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1.4. Description of Project Activities
Objective 1: To increase the capacities of JJA established nutrition gardens in Mashonaland East to accommodate persons with disabilities by 2021
Outputs Activities Outcome
1.1 Equipment put in place 1.1 Purchase solar equipment for nutrition gardens Increased food and nutrition security for beneficiary households of persons with and without disabilities
1.2 Fully functional solar powered garden 1.2 Install solar on selected boreholes
Flourishing fruits and vegetables 1.3 Support gardens with inputs
1.3 Increased knowledge 1.4 Train beneficiaries on value addition and preservation of fruits & vegetables
Objective 2: To increase the capacity of JJA established nutrition garden at Waterfalls Centre to provide enough vegetables for learners 2021
Outputs Activities Outcome
2.1 Equipment put in place 2.1 Purchase solar equipment for Centre garden Increased food and nutrition security for learners at Waterfalls
2.2 Fully functional solar powered garden 2.2.1 Install solar on Centre borehole
2.2.2 Support gardens with inputs
Increased knowledge 2.3 Train ancillary staff on value addition and preservation of fruits & vegetables
Objective 3: To improve illumination of Waterfalls Centre by June 2020
Outputs Activities Outcome
3.1 Solar equipment put in place 3.1 Purchase solar equipment for centre illumination -Increased security of learners during the night
-Increased productivity (administration and learning outcomes)
Zimbabwe has suffered the effects of climate change; which have manifested in the shift and unpredictable rain season, flush floods, and droughts. The net effect has been a threat to food security for the citizens. The many persons with disabilities have suffered double from the natural cause and the social exclusion that continues to marginalize them. Inconsistences in rainfall patterns have also impacted negatively on the smooth supply of hydro-energy. The disturbances in the conventional power generation systems in Zimbabwe have meant that more than 80% of day and night time is without power for cooking, lighting and industrial use. In line with inclusion principles as spelt by sustainable goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all. The project is coming at a time when smart energy is being promoted world-wide as a panacea to the challenge of climate change mitigation and adaptation. The project is thus targeted at strengthening the capacity Jairos Jiri Association (JJA) beneficiary communities in Mashonaland East to fight food insecurity using smart energy in running nutrition gardens for persons and households of persons with disabilities. The project also targets one of JJA?s Inclusive Early-Childhood Development Centre in Waterfalls Harare with smart energy technology to illuminate the centre and provide power for centre garden borehole. The smart energy will ensure sustainable energy production and thus improving productivity and safety of children under Waterfalls centre. Since the primary beneficiaries are persons with disabilities who are integrated with persons without disabilities using reverse integration approach, the project is set to achieve social inclusion of women, girls, boys and men in the fight against hunger and in fulfilling the Zimbabwe Government agenda on provision of equitable, quality, inclusive, relevant and competence driven primary, secondary and non-formal education on one hand and promotion of equality and non-discrimination on the other hand.
1.2. Organizational Background and Capacity to implement the Project
Jairos Jiri Association is a local non-governmental organization (NGO) registered under the Private and Voluntary Organizations Act (Chapter 17: 05). JJA?s niche is on the realization and full exercise of the rights of people with disabilities in Zimbabwe, especially children in the poorest and marginalized communities of the country. JJA rehabilitates, educates, trains and empowers more than 10,000 boys, girls, women and men with disabilities annually through its various centres, inclusive schools, inclusive vocational training centres and the Community Based Inclusive Development programs nationwide.
Jairos Jiri Association has more than 60 years? experience working with people with disabilities in Zimbabwe. Over 10,000 men, women, boys and girls with disabilities benefit every year through Community Based Inclusive Development programmes. The Association runs 16 centres where children and adults with disabilities get treatment, care and education. JJA interventions involve people with various forms of disabilities. Its interventions include inclusive primary schools for the hearing-, visual-, and physical impairment, hostels and homes for rehabilitation, inclusive vocational training centres for tradeable skills development, enterprise business units for entrepreneurial development, clinics and orthopaedic workshops for improved access to health facilities. The map below shows JJA?s operational areas:
JJA established community nutritional gardens across its operational areas. However; some gardens are running on boreholes mounted with manual bush pumps. From our continuous monitoring and evaluation, we learnt that those gardens operating on manual pumps are posing difficulties to persons with disabilities despite functional adaptations made to the boreholes compared to the ones running on solar powered boreholes. The following pictures clearly show this difference.
The component proposed for Waterfalls was piloted successfully at Kadoma and Gweru Centres. JJA?s inclusive education practice was recently felicitated with a prestigious Zero Project Award in Vienna at the United Nations in the category ?Innovative Practice 2020 on Inclusive Education and ICT?
The proposed action will benefit at least 150 vulnerable households in Mashonaland East who were enrolled into nutrition gardens. Three gardens will be targeted; each garden benefiting at least 50 households on a ratio of 60/40 in favour of persons with disabilities. The project will also benefit more than 60 children accessing education at Waterfalls centre.
1.3. Project Objectives and Expected Results
Problem Statement
Community members who benefited nutrition gardens in Mashonaland East (Mutoko and Mudzi) under inclusive development settings are finding it difficult especially those members with disabilities to sustain the gardens due to water supply issues. Due to drought water table went down making it strenuous for persons with disabilities to manually pump the water. This has further subjected these vulnerable households to food insecurity. At Waterfalls, JJA established a nutrition garden to cater for children residing at the centre. The borehole supplying water to the garden run of hydro-electricity, which is acute shortage. Thus the centre garden is moisture deficient most of the time. There is poor illumination at the centre due to incessant power cuts, which puts children at risk especially learners with disabilities.
Overall Objective
To promote social inclusion of men, women, girls and boys Mutoko and Mudzi who benefited nutrional gardens from JJA and to ensure productivity of Waterfalls Centre garden and the safety of learners residing at the centre.
Specific Objectives
1. To increase the capacities of two JJA established nutrition gardens in Mashonaland East to accommodate persons with disabilities by 2021
2. To increase the capacity of JJA established nutrition garden at Waterfalls Centre to provide enough vegetables for learners 2021
3. To improve illumination of Waterfalls Centre by June 2020
Rationale/Justification of the project
Inclusion, especially of persons with disabilities is at the centre of community-based inclusive development, which is a key priority for the United Nations family as propounded by SDG 4 & 10; UNCRPD: Leave no-one behind and the country strategy for inclusive education, and principle of non-discrimination. Clean or Smart energy is key to achievement of SDG 13 on climate change. The project therefore contributes to the fulfilment of inclusive development, empowerment of the disadvantaged and sustainability.
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1.4. Description of Project Activities
Objective 1: To increase the capacities of JJA established nutrition gardens in Mashonaland East to accommodate persons with disabilities by 2021
Outputs Activities Outcome
1.1 Equipment put in place 1.1 Purchase solar equipment for nutrition gardens Increased food and nutrition security for beneficiary households of persons with and without disabilities
1.2 Fully functional solar powered garden 1.2 Install solar on selected boreholes
Flourishing fruits and vegetables 1.3 Support gardens with inputs
1.3 Increased knowledge 1.4 Train beneficiaries on value addition and preservation of fruits & vegetables
Objective 2: To increase the capacity of JJA established nutrition garden at Waterfalls Centre to provide enough vegetables for learners 2021
Outputs Activities Outcome
2.1 Equipment put in place 2.1 Purchase solar equipment for Centre garden Increased food and nutrition security for learners at Waterfalls
2.2 Fully functional solar powered garden 2.2.1 Install solar on Centre borehole
2.2.2 Support gardens with inputs
Increased knowledge 2.3 Train ancillary staff on value addition and preservation of fruits & vegetables
Objective 3: To improve illumination of Waterfalls Centre by June 2020
Outputs Activities Outcome
3.1 Solar equipment put in place 3.1 Purchase solar equipment for centre illumination -Increased security of learners during the night
-Increased productivity (administration and learning outcomes)
Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Jairos Jiri Association
Country:
Zimbabwe
Area Of Work:
Biodiversity
Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation
Grant Amount:
US$ 50,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 33,000.00
Project Number:
ZIM/SGP/OP6/Y6/CORE/PWD/2020/02
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
Project Characteristics and Results
Policy Impact
1.13. Any Policy Influence either at local or national level
The project will continue to advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities and their inclusion at both the local and national level.
Gender Focus
Benefits to men and women with disabilities and without disabilities will be trekked in garden beneficiaries, the same way the project would impact on boys and girls at Waterfalls Centre. Deliberate effort will be given to disaggregation of results trickling from the project in answering the specific needs of girls, boys, women and men with and without disabilities.
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