Project Detail

Consultation on the Climate Science, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Disability Data Consolidating advocacy trip to the three Northern Islands of Tuvalu, Nanumea, Nanumaga and Niutao

The project focus to address
(i) The delivering of climate science to disabilities and to explain their contribution to the
changing climate
(ii) The understanding of the public interpreting the Convention on the rights of persons
with disabilities (CRPD) to take care of Persons with disabilities during environment
disasters and the roles disabilities should play during disasters.
(iii) The collecting of data on disabilities to supplement the existing report which have gaps
to close

The key environment problem is to raise the knowledge of disabilities on issue related to climate
change and sea level rise. The knowledge gain will be useful to prepare disabilities on the numerous
consultations in Tuvalu on adaptation options that will save Tuvalu and eventually the world at
large. Giving them the knowledge will pull them out of their usual comfort zone and educate them
on the contribution they should render to their families in support on the community effort to
address climate change

Secondly, the understanding of disabilities on their rights and the understanding of the public on
the rights of disabilities is crucial for the welfare of the country. Tuvalu ratified the CRPD in 2013
and it has not understand in the outer islands. Funafuti, the capital where most of the consultation
are done, shows a great improvement on the treatment of disabilities.

Lastly, is the closing of gaps on the report that was done in 2017. Sample work is not enough to
capture the reality of disabilities and we are the only Organisation (Fusi Alofa) that should work
on improving the data that will be used to assess the assistance needed.

The propose approach will be to travel to the outer islands and conduct consultation on the three
islands on the regular shipping schedule or to hire a boat and spend three days on each island
depending on the cost to fall within the budget.

The consultation will be for the whole island communities, then to Primary School pupils and
disabilities on the island.

Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Fusi Alofa Association (FAA)

Country:

Tuvalu

Area Of Work:

Climate Change Mitigation

Operational Phase:

OP6 - Y6 (Jul 20-Jun 21)

Grant Amount:

US$ 29,541.76

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 7,796.00

Project Number:

TUV/SGP/OP6/STAR/CC/2020/06

Start Date:

12/2020

End Date:

3/2022

Status:

Project Terminated Before Completion

Project Characteristics and Results

Gender Focus

Both men and women will be involved in the project. Not only a balance of both genders will be involved in the facilitation of the project, but even the invited audience to the workshops in the outer islands will be geared towards balancing the number of male and females attending the workshops. This goal of involving a balance of males and females in the number of invited audiences was to get the required information to both gender at a single delivery.

Planning non gef grant

Likewise, there is no intention for the project to be up scaled using no-GEF grants.

Notable Community Participation

Not only youths are one of the stakeholders identified in this project as they would be in the community in which the team of facilitators will be conducting workshops on, but within the team of facilitators who will be doing the workshops, there will be 3 or 4 youths.

Policy Impact

Policy impact will only be relevant when it comes to the application of concepts in the CRPD to policy makers in the government level. However, at the community level, there is still work that relates to the impacting of policies in the sense that the more the public understand about the CRPD, the more the understanding and knowledge the public can influence how policies that affect the livelihood of people with disabilities are designed.

Capacity - Building Component

The Fusi Alofa Association (FAA) is the Disability Organisation in the country and one of their key capacity needs is to get them equipped with aid such as wheelchairs, crutches, reading specs among others.

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

The key concern of the project was to communicate the information within the Convention on the Rights of People With Disabilities (CRPD). This means the visiting team's objective was to build the capacity of people in the outer islands in relation to the information included in the CRPD. The Communication Strategy therefore of the project, in a nutshell, is to get people in the outer islands fully aware of the concepts described in the CRPD, Videos and drama will be used in the delivery, but they will be all in the local language. In addition to the enlarging of the awareness of the people in these three outer islands about the CRPD, additional information of Climate Science will also be introduced to the communities.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

The project seeks to reach out to communities in the northern islands with respect to the building of their awareness on concepts in the Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (CRPD), as well as on Climate Change. The visitation to these three northern islands will also collect data on the status of people with disabilities on these islands - i.e. how many are on the island, location of their homes, their disability and their special needs.

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

The project will be sharing the knowledge captured in its implementation as in the reports that will be shared to the Secretariat, which is the FYD Liaison Officer.

Replication of project activities

The project would only be applicable to people with disabilities and maybe with groups of lesbians and gays who would like to promote their unique rights and preferences.

Project sustainability

The sustainability of the project will depend on the availability of funds GEF or non-GEF grants. This is because for such a community of disabled people it is very difficult to sustain such a project.

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

The workshops will be delivered in the local vernacular, and from the outset the FAA has been delivering their activities and outreach in the local language. Their ongoing activities include their teaching programmes to the disabled. These programmes are taught by trained locals.

Planning gef grant

There is no intention for up scaling of this project using GEF grant.

Linkages gef projects

There is no linkage of this project to larger GEF projects.

Policy Influence

This project would look into ensuring the rights of the disabled community are considered by all different stakeholders within and outside of Tuvalu.

Project Results

The project result will be as follows:

(i) the delivery of the workshops on the islands of Nanumea, Nanumaga and Niutao.

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Indicators

Biophysical

VRA3: Vulnerability to future, anticipated climate hazards 10

Biophysical

Number of local policies informed in climate change focal area 5

Livehood

Number of individuals (gender diaggregated) who have benefited* from SGP project 20

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