SECTION A: PROJECT RATIONALE AND APPROACH 1.1. Project Summary Project location is Arda Transau, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. Target population are all women residing in the project location. This project resonates to the GEF/SGP Country Programme Strategy in that it will enable sustainable income generating, and food security through fish farming for target beneficiaries. The project will empower 50 women from different households with a fish farming knowledge and skills. The project needs to address high poverty levels that have been associated with the target area. The understated project will economically, and socially empower women with fish farming knowledge and skills. The goal is to economically empower vulnerable women with an income generating activity that will improve their household food security levels. Undertaking the project comes as a result of the involuntary displacement and resettlement of people in Chiadzwa, Manicaland, Zimbabwe to ARDA Transau, Manicaland. According to 1Chimonyo, (2018:1), The formalisation of mining in Chiadzwa meant that the whole area had to have a single land use that is diamond mining. This meant that all families residing in the diamond mining area and indeed close to the diamond fields (for security purposes) had to be relocated. Government indicated that villagers would be relocated. There was no indication of a compensation package and the assistance that households were going to receive. The relocation of the villagers brought with it a plethora of challenges. These included food insecurity, loss of livelihood, disruption of education, and inadequate pasture. According to 2The Zimbabwean (2011:1), They were promised decent accommodation, proper health and educational facilities among other basic necessities, but this was never met. ARDA Transau was to be regarded as The China City, with everything from lights, nice road network, schools, clinics and shops, but the villagers say all these were empty promises. 1.2. Organizational Background and Capacity to implement the Project Youth Development Initiative Trust is a youth-led, women-led, registered Non-Governmental Organization that was formed in 2017. YDIT?s mission is to work towards the establishment of a peaceful, gender just, healthy and empowered youth citizenry participating in civic processes towards improving the standards of living of youths in a democratic Zimbabwe. YDIT has never been an GEG SGP grantee or involved in a GEF SGP funded project. YDIT uses youth participation, advocacy and empowerment in executing its program activities. Name Age Sex Designation Qualifications Nester Gombakomba 27 Female Founder / Director ? Honors Social Science Degree in Peace and Governance. ? Executive certificate in Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation. Rumbidzai Mutamba 26 Female Finance & Administration Officer ? Honours Degree in Accounting ? Certified Theory of Accounting ? Pastel V18 Nicholas Marange 28 Male Programs Coordinator ? Double major degree in Sociology & Criminology. ? Executive certificate in Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation. ? Diploma in Databases and T-SQL. ? Certificate in Implementing M&E Systems. Rutendo Maunze 28 Female Gender Officer ? BA (Hons) Development Studies

1 Chimonyo, G., Mungure, S., Scott, D. (2018). The Social, Economic and Environmental Implications of Diamond Mining in Chiadzwa, Centre of Research and Development, p.13. 2 The Zimbabwean. (2011). Zimbabwe: Relocated Chiadzwa villagers - A tale of false promises. Accessed from https://reliefweb.int/report/zimbabwe/zimbabwe-relocated-chiadzwa-villagers-tale-false-promises. Accessed on 3 March 2021.


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? Certificate in Project Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation
Louis Nyandoro 28 Male Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
? BSc: Rural & Urban Development
Prudence Mikisoni 30 Female Communications and Advocacy
? BSc: Sociology

1.3. Project Objectives and Expected Results Problem Statement ? As a result of the involuntary displacement and resettlement of households in Chiadzwa, Manicaland, Zimbabwe to ARDA Transau, many families lost their fertile lands for farming and income which was coming from diamond mining. A few men have managed to continue artisanal mining in Odzi, which forces them to work long days away from home and return home with a few proceeds. Women have been struggling to cultivate the infertile and unproductive lands of ARDA Transau. According to a research conducted by the 3Centre of Research and Development (2018:13), relocated families in ARDA Transau are living in abject poverty as a result of lack employment opportunities, lack of arable land and negligence by the government and mining company to compensate losses incurred duting resettlement. With reference to the baseline survery done by YDIT, ARDA Transau environment is conducive for fish farming. Hence it is plausible to kickstart a fish farming project that will enable vulnerable women to farm fish and improve livelihoods. Goal ? Empowering women in ARDA Transau in semi-intensive fish farming for sustainable economic resilience and food security by August 2022. Specific Objectives ? Capacity development of women to meaningfully participate in fish farming ? Develop, support and sustain fish farms for women in ARDA Transau. ? Forge and facilitate sustainable Market linkages for rural women fish farming. Rationale ? Lack of women?s participation in fish farming has been a common practice in Zimbabwe?s marginalized communities where culture dictates what roles women have to play in society. Agitating the situation was the launch of the fast track land reform program which brought in a new dispensation in the country?s land tenure systems, where major resources inclusive of land were allocated to men, who eventually became the major beneficiaries of such schemes. The widening gap of women?s involvement in the community projects impacted negatively on the sustainability of management practices and the viability of a wide range of projects in most communities as men would at any given time migrate to urban settings to seek for better options on income generating. Women represent just 12% of the fish farmers in Zimbabwe. Many more women are interested to start fish farming either on an individual basis or in groups in order to gain some additional income. Most women lack information on fish farming. Women lack access to capital. In the fisheries service, it is also difficult to attract women to field jobs due to the conflict with household duties. Despite this, there is currently a lack of information regarding women?s roles and more fundamentally, the outcomes for women and factors that enable or constrain these. This represents a critical gap in the knowledge needed for effective aquaculture programmes and policies. Addressing this gap is of particular importance given the significance of the aquaculture sector: as such a vital economic sector, aquaculture has notable potential to contribute to women?s economic and social empowerment, as well as to Zimbabwe?s broader performance on gender equality and economic development indicators. Enabling women to fully engage in and benefit from aquaculture and fisheries can boost production, reduce poverty and enhance nutrition security for fish-dependent households. 4According to Nkala (2021:1)
3 Chimonyo, G., Mungure, S., Scott, D. (2018). The Social, Economic and Environmental Implications of Diamond Mining in Chiadzwa, Centre of Research and Development, p.13. 4 Nkala., I. (2020). Funding success for Zimbabwe?s fish farmers, The Fish Site. Accessed from


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Zimbabwe only produces 18,400 tonnes of fish a year, despite a demand for 60,000 tonnes, hence this project will have a market that is ready to support the initiative. In support to the above statement, 5According to Startup Bizz Zimbabwe (2017:1), Tilapia fish, commonly known as ?Bream? is the most consumed type of fish in Zimbabwe. Outcomes ? Reduced economic dependency of women. ? Reduced socio-economic violence. ? Increased food consumption score. ? Sustained incomes. 1.4. Description of Project Activities






















https://thefishsite.com/articles/funding-success-for-zimbabwes-fish-farmers. Accessed on 04 March 2021. 5 StartupBiz Zimbabwe. (2017). STARTING TILAPIA FISH FARMING BUSINESS IN ZIMBABWE AND THE BUSINESS PLAN.


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Objective Activities Indicators for each activity Outputs Outcomes State Objective 1 Capacity development for women to meaningfully participate in fish farming Activity 1.1 Staff and Stakeholder Inception meeting Baseline: Draft strategic plan formulated only. Target: 6 Stakeholder repreesentatives Project strategic plan outlined and course of action agreed on. ? Well informed strategic layout. ? 50 women in ARDA Transau with the capacity to successfully farm fish. ? Support Officers will be recruited within the initial 60 women. Support Officers closely advising, monitoring, and reporting on the project progress. Activity 1.2 Train vulnerable women ARDA Transau in semi-intensive fish farming. Basline: 0% of women in ARDA Transau trained for fish farming. Target: 50 women 50 women successfully trained on semi-intensive fish farming. Activity 1.3 Conduct a Training of Trainers (T.O.T) for women Support Officers.
Baseline: 0 women who can support and advise on fish farming in ARDA Transau. Target: 6 Support Officers 6 successfully trained female support officers State Objective 2 Develop, support and sustain fish farms for women in ARDA Transau. Activity 2.1 Procurement of fish pond construction services. (Fix & Supply). Baseline: Service/Tender quotations Target: Procurement of contruction services for 50 fish ponds. Successful procurement of project inputs for 50 fish ponds. ? Project ground ready for fish prodcution. ? 50 Functional fish ponds. ? Knowledge gained from evidence and analysis to improve development outcomes and ensure accountability for the resources used to achieve milestones and the overall goal of the project. Activity 2.2 Contrustion and service of fish ponds. Baseline: Ground zero Target: 50 10mX10mX1.5m Fish ponds 50 10mX10mX1.5m Fish ponds contructed and serviced. Activity 2.3 Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning. Baseline: No learned information towards fish farming in the target area. Target: 50 beneficiaries
Tracked and Informed programming.
State Objective 3 To forge and facilitate sustainable Market linkages for rural women fish farming.
Activity 3.1 Connect project beneficiaries to fish market linkages.
Baseline: No market linkages exist for beneficiaries. Target: 50 women linked to functional and sustainable markets.
Newly formed and promising market links established for beneficiaries.
? Women in ARDA Transau have the autonomy to access fish farming markets and sustain their projects.
Activity 3.2 Baseline: