Kulima Mbobumi Training Centre (KMTC) is a registered charitable Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) registered under the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare Act of Zimbabwe. The organization has been operational in Binga District of Matabeleland North Province in the Western part of Zimbabwe since 1984 with the primary goal of improving the livelihoods of people in Binga district as well as reduce extreme poverty and hunger through provision of agricultural support in the form of conservation agriculture (CA) training, provision of inputs, equipment and community productive assets creation, water and sanitation hygiene and food assistance in extreme cases of need to save life. The organisation envisions poverty reduction and employment creation through self-help projects for subsistence farmers and the youth in Binga district. This vision is reinforced by a robust mission of facilitating access to farm and off farm training; implements to the local inhabitants of Binga to initiate projects that promote agriculture and skills development, to exploit natural resources around environment in a sustainable manner to enable farmers improve water supplies, food production, health, and incomes.

KMTC?s Vision: Poverty reduction and employment creation through self-help projects for subsistence farmers and the youth in Binga district.
Mission statement: To facilitate access to farm and off farm training, implements to the local inhabitants of Binga to initiate projects that promote agriculture and skills development, to exploit natural resources around environment in a sustainable manner to enable farmers improve water supplies, food production, health, and incomes.
Organisation values:
? Honesty
? Integrity
? Gender equity and equality

d) (i) Briefly describe organizational structure, governance and administrative framework, including staff numbers, roles, etc. Provide an indication of the legal status with any supporting registration/legal documentation as annex. If none, provide an elaboration of its nature of existence. Provide recent audited financial statement if any.

As indicated above, KMTC is a registered charitable Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) registered under the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare Act of Zimbabwe. Find annexed the registration certificate. The organisation has a governance board which is the Policy Making Board (PMB). Its key roles and responsibilities are to oversee management, finances, and quality as well as setting strategic direction of KMTC. In accordance with the organisation?s organogram, immediately under the PMB is the manager. Beneath the manager are the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Field Officer and the Finance and Administration Officer. The field Officer has subordinates who include assistant Field Officers, volunteers, and interns whilst, Administration and Finance Officer has subordinates who include the Accounts clerk, the Stores and Logistics Officers, the driver and security personnel as well as casual workers. Currently, KMTC has a staff complement of 15 staff members, 11 being officers, 5 interns, 1 Office Orderly and 1 security guard. The focal persons for the project will be Felex Ncube who will be the lead person in coordinating the programme and Tailos Siachiwele who is the accountant.

The Organogram is indicated on the figure below
Figure 1: KMTC organogram




ii) How many direct and indirect beneficiaries (gender segregated) are in the project

Number of Direct beneficiaries Number of indirect beneficiaries
Number of Men Number of Women Number of Men Number of Women
1710 2471 6272 14633

The total number of direct beneficiaries is 4181 households (2471 females and 1710 males). 161 households will directly benefit from gardens whilst 270 will benefit from Mudabala dip tank which will be supported with water from the solar powered borehole. 3670 households will access safe drinking water from the project and 80 households will benefit from the poultry production and egg incubation enterprise.




iii) How many members are in the project committee (gender segregated). List the names of project committee members and IDs

KMTC intends to work in 4 project sites. These are Mudabala wetland garden, Chilimbana garden, Tweezye garden and Sianzyundu poultry production and egg-incubation project. At Mudabala, and Tweezye the committees are already in place while KMTC will establish a committee at Chilimbana garden.

Mudabala wetland garden committee
Designation Full name Phone number
Chairperson Robson Munkuli 0787247050
Vice Chairperson George Mwembe
Secretary Vhinah Muleya
Vice secretary Annastacia Mudimba 0784189318
Treasurer Estel Siamudimba
Committee member 1 Esita Mumpande
Committee member 2 Mavis Muleya 0771554420

Sianzyundu poultry and egg-incubation project management committee

Designation Full name Phone number
Chairperson Phineas Mudenda 0778774663
Vice Chairperson Eneles Muleya
Secretary Mathias Mumpande
Vice secretary Marvis Mumpande
Treasurer Kelesia Z. Minsale
Committee member 1 Ncube Sibongile
Committee member 2 Anastazia Muleya
Committee member 3 Nomathemba Munkombe

Tweezye garden management committee

Designation Full name Phone number
Chairperson Salia Mwembe
Vice Chairperson Delia Mwembe 0782644572
Secretary Shelter Siakayuni 0778867565
Vice secretary Maina Mugande 0783204546
Treasurer Febbie Mudi
Committee member 1 Geogina Mweembe
Committee member 2 Lina Sibanda
Committee member 3 Elina Muleya


iv) If there is no project Committee in existence, indicate the management structure that will be in place for this project and what will be the role
See above



iv) What is your Current Annual budget: 150,000.00

v) Does the organization have a Constitution Certificate of Registration, please attach a copy.

Yes it is in place and please find attached the Certificate of Registration.



vi) Has the organisation received a previous grant from other sources? If yes, indicate in the table provided below; If No, place N/A in the table below:

Name of Project Name of Funder Amount of Grant (US$) Year
Food Assistance project (project #3105) Canadian Food Grains Bank (CFGB) USD1,065,991.64 August 2022 to February 2023
Binga Conservation Agriculture - Livestock Integration for Enhanced Climate Change Adaptation Canadian Food Grains Bank (CFGB) USD433,551.00
USD600,00.00
USD600 000.00
2019 to date
2016 to 2019
2013 to 2016

Food Assistance and seasonal targeting assistance (FA/STA) Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) USD450,000.00 2012 to 2013
Protracted Relief Program II (PRPII) Department for international Development (DFID) USD150,000.00 2008 to 2011

e) Describe previous experience relevant to the proposed project, including activities related to global environmental issues; or experience with projects that focus on sustainable development at community level.

KMTC has a traceable record in implementation of environmental management and climate change mitigation and adaptation projects. This experience and expertise are demonstrated in its successful implementation of a 3-year PRP2 project which dealt with livelihoods issues covering summer inputs supply, Food for Assets, Water and sanitation, small livestock promotion, Unconditional cash transfer, Internal Savings and lending scheme, and income generating projects for women. KMTC has experience in dam construction and conservation works. The organization implemented this project in partnership with Save the Children Zimbabwe. More so, in June 2012 KMTC partnered with MCC/CFGB in a food security project focusing on community Productive Assets Creation [PAC]. The project facilitated the construction of earth dams and weirs in three wards. The project ended on the 30 November 2012 with 100% achievements. KMTC partnered with CFGB from 2013 to date in a bid to implement a three-year phased food security through climate proofing agriculture in Binga district. Through this project KMTC has managed to reach a total of 15 wards in the district. KMTC established and operationalized 2 nutrition gardens in 2016. This project also had an aspect of tree nurseries and agroforestry. In 2017 to 2019, KMTC implemented the Integrating crop-livestock production and agro-ecology to enhance resilience to climate change impacts in partnership with the GEF Small Grants Programme. The project had thematic areas which included biodiversity, land degradation and climate change. Under biodiversity the project fostered small livestock production, wetland conservation as well as sustainable agriculture. The project also established moringa woodlots. The project was successfully completed in 2019. KMTC also received capacity building on Participatory Market System Development. Currently, KMTC staff members are undergoing an online course on ecosystem-based adaptation (EBA) which elevates their implementation capacity on projects related to climate change.

f) Please indicate the organization?s prior engagement with GEF SGP (e.g., grantee, partner, etc), i.e Has the organization received a previous grant from the GEF Small Grants Programme? (Yes) (No). If Yes, complete the table below. If NO, insert N/A in the table.

Project Number Project Title & Location Total Grant received Summary of achievements Gaps to be addressed by grant being applied
ZIM/SGP/OP6/Y3/CORE/CC/17/03 Integrating crop-livestock production and agro-ecology to enhance resilience to climate change

The project was implemented in Sianzyundu ward (9). USD 50 000.00 The project managed to establish 2 Moringa woodlots which supply community members with vegetables as well as income through the sale of moringa. These project beneficiaries also barter traded moringa with small grains.

They also improved livestock handling facilities by constructing standard fowl runs and goat pens. Through this project, 6 standard fowl runs were completed and are functional. 1 improved demonstration goat pen was constructed and is functional.

The members procured and operationalized a commercial poultry incubator machine with a capacity of 1056 eggs and bought 2 x 12 volts lithium batteries and an inverter.

The project managed to fence Mudabala Wetland using diamond mesh. The garden measures 70 metres by 50 meters. The project then established nutrition garden benefitting 61 households.

The project also managed to utilise 52.5 hectares of land for improved agroecological principles on crop lands and vegetable gardens.

The project also trained 16 animal health workers in collaboration with Veterinary Services Department. There is also an improved relationship between animal health workers and veterinary services department as some of them are delegated to attend to animal health issues in the villages.
The project distributed 34 he-goats and each village received 8 he-goats. However, 6 died due to predation and diseases.
The gaps are detailed on the section below.


Gaps to be addressed by the new grant being requested for:

i) Mudabala wetland
KMTC in partnership with GEFSGP fenced Mudabala garden and trained farmers on sustainable wetland utilisation. However, it was noted that farmers at Mudabala wetland garden still source water directly from the wetland which is an unsustainable practice with regards to wetland utilisation and management. In order to address this gap, KMTC through consultations from the Mudabala communities plans to drill and have a solar powered borehole to support horticultural activities and other household uses. There will be 3 central water points. One water point will serve the general community members surrounding the garden, the second one will service the garden and the third will service the dip tank which is very close to Mudabala garden project site. The distance from the proposed borehole site to the dip tank is 300 metres. A total of 61 households (10 male headed households and 51 females headed households) have plots in the garden whilst 270 (189 male headed households and 81 female headed) will benefit from the dip tank. A total of 3500 households (1400 male and 2100 females) will access water from the solar powered borehole water scheme. Mudabala wetland garden is already fenced, however, needs some w-section droppers to strengthen the fence. It was noted that there is rapid erosion between the garden and the dip tank. This is due to continuous movement of livestock going to the water point. Therefore, gabions need to be constructed to protect the area from further degradation. Water troughs will need to be established for cattle watering so that they do not further degrade the wetland.

ii) Indigenous Chicken project
The previous project implemented by KMTC in partnership with GEF-SGP, facilitated the construction of 8 fowl runs in ward 9. Each fowl run has 10 members. In these fowl runs, farmers rear chickens and guinea fowls. An incubator was purchased in the previous project. The incubator has an egg-incubation capacity of 1056 eggs. Incubation has been tried thrice, however, due to power outages, more than 2000 eggs have been lost. This was due to the fact that the incubator entirely depended on electricity and there was no back up power in the form of solar energy. The batteries only supply power for 24 hours and at times power outages would take up to three days. To address this gap, KMTC proposes to install a solar powered system for the incubator and also build an incubator room at Sianzyundu Veterinary offices. Apart from procurement of solar panels, KMTC also propose to procure a solar regulator and a solar inverter. The previous inverter is no longer functioning, so the new one will be protected by the solar regulator for it to function well. This incubator will benefit 80 households and will be managed by an 8-member management committee.
There are also two fowl runs which were not constructed fully due to shortage of cement. The two needs to be plastered and put rough floors in the fowl run. KMTC there propose to procure cement that will be used to finish the two poultry housing so that the chickens will have a proper place to stay to reduce incidences of diseases and pests.

iii) Record Keeping
It was also noted that all the groups have a gap of record keeping, therefore KMTC will train project beneficiaries on record keeping. The project will also support the groups with stationery to support record keeping. It is important to note that record keeping is key in this project so that project participants, KMTC and the funding agency will easily track and see the progress and success of the project.

PART 2: PROJECT PROPOSAL

SECTION A: PROJECT FRAMEWORK

2.1 Project Summary

The proposed project is a climate change mitigation project to be implemented in 2 wards that include Sikalenge and Sianzyundu under Binga district. Climate change mitigation will be achieved through promoting use of renewable solar energy. The project mainly builds on the gaps of the previous project implemented by KMTC in partnership with GEF-SGP as well as projects implemented by KMTC in partnership with other donors. As such the project will have 4 project sites namely Mudabala wetland garden, Tweezye garden, Chilimbana garden and Sianzyundu poultry production and egg-incubation project. At Mudabala wetland garden, KMTC through the previous project, fenced the garden and worked on restoration of the wetland. However, the farmers still source water directly from the wetland, a practice that continues to disturb the natural restoration of the wetland.

Figure 1: A garden member fetching water from the wetland at Mudabala garden
At Mudabala wetland garden, KMTC proposes to strengthen the garden fence by adding more w-section droppers as well as drill a borehole outside the wetland to supply water to the garden, dip tank and the community at large. KMTC proposes to install a solar submersible water pump and pump water through pipes to the garden, dip tank and community water points. Through this effort, 61 households will benefit from the Mudabala garden whilst 270 households will benefit from the dip tank and 3500 people will benefit from accessing water from the solarized borehole water scheme.

KMTC will drill two more boreholes at Chilimbana wetland garden and Tweezye garden both located in Sikalenge ward. The two sites were supported previously by KMTC food security projects in 2009. Tweezye garden does not have a standard fence and the women continue to cut trees each year to repair the fence resulting in extensive deforestation. At this site as well, KMTC proposes to fence and expand the garden and install a solar powered borehole. This site will benefit 20 households (direct beneficiaries) and 600 households (indirect beneficiaries) surrounding the garden. Chilimbana garden was also previously supported by KMTC and other partners. A weir dam was constructed and this dam is supplying water for gardening activities. Currently gardens at Chilimbana dam are small plots fenced using wooden poles doted on the eastern side of the dam. KMTC proposes to establish a consolidated garden by fencing the area so that households can have their plots inside the fenced area just like what happened at Mudadala garden. Borehole drilling will be done up to 80m -100m deep and this plan came about as community members indicated that that?s the range of borehole depth in these areas and some borehole less than that usually poses challenges of running dry in months of October and November before the rain season commences. This will again reduce the rate of tree cutting. At all the gardens, KMTC will support farmers with starter packs of tomatoes, kale vegetables, onions and seed maize.

KMTC also procured an incubator to facilitate egg incubation for 10 poultry production groups in ward 9. The attempt to incubate some eggs from the 10 groups resulted in loss of more than 2000 eggs due to power outages. Therefore, KMTC seeks to set up a solar powered system to serve as an energy efficiency option that will be backed up by lithium batteries inverter and a regulator. The enterprise will support 80 households who are in 8 groups of 10 members each. An incubator room will be constructed at Sianzyundu Centre Veterinary Services Office. It is envisaged that farmers of the poultry production and egg incubation enterprise will access technical services on chicken production and incubation from the veterinary services office.

The project will conduct a baseline survey at project inception to capture the current environmental information as benchmark for determining the project impact. The baseline will focus on biodiversity indicators like species (flora and fauna) present and the production trends.

In procuring project materials, KMTC will work with professional companies in Bulawayo like Halsted Builders (supplies fence, steel poles), Farm and City (supplies starter kits), National fencing (supplies fence, poles) and Forster Irrigation (renders solar system installation services). KMTC will also consult GEFSGP for other reputable suppliers to ensure that the procurement process is done in a competitive manner.

The project will also carry out an exchange visit to Mudabala wetland garden. The objective of this activity is to enable farmers to exchange wetland management approaches and practices. The activity will involve taking Tweezye garden members and their traditional leaders to Mudabala wetland garden. Through this activity, it is envisaged that Tweezye garden members will be inspired to manage their own wetland.

? Project Justification and Baseline
Please describe the following:
? The challenges/problems that the project intends to address in relation to global environmental and development issues.
Zimbabwe ranks among the most vulnerable countries to climate change, with significant biodiversity and ecosystem characteristics that are at risk. The targeted areas have already witnessed drastic changes as a result of climate change, becoming drier than previously experienced. Chronic food insecurity and poverty in target areas, worsened by climate change, has led to use of negative coping strategies for income generation including unsustainable exploitation of forests, wetlands and other natural resources. In the target wards, women and girls are disproportionately affected by the effects of climate change due to increased demand on their labour. Women lack decision-making power and access to and control over resources such as land and livestock. The target areas? forest cover is declining significantly due to deforestation and degradation from expanding agricultural land use, unsustainable harvesting of fuel wood, wildfires, lack of effective land-use and forest management, and exploitation of natural resources for livelihoods in response to recurring crop failures. The grazing areas have significantly declined to due to poor rainfall patterns and herbage is low. In general, in these wards, poor management and human-wildlife conflicts contribute to biodiversity loss.

The proposed action endeavors to increase access to clean water, food and income. The project will promote the use of clean energy in the form of solar powered boreholes to supply water for gardening activities, other domestic uses and livestock. The proposed solution will involve production of high value vegetables and crops. The proposed project intends to build on the Mudabala wetland garden where fetching water directly from the wetland is negatively affecting the natural regeneration of the wetland. It is against this background and context that KMTC proposes to rehabilitate and install a solar powered water pumping system.

The project also builds on gaps of projects previously implemented and supported by KMTC and partners. KMTC supported Tweezye garden in 2008 through a Protracted Relief Program (PRPII). The garden also supports 20 women in Musenampongo village of Sikalenge ward (06). Currently the garden does not have a standard garden fence and fetch water at a distance of 1 km. Similarly, Chilimbana dam gardens were a result of a KMTC-implemented food for work project which constructed weir dam. The dam is supporting wooden-pole fenced gardens of individual households. The dam has a water holding capacity of an average of 6 to 7 months. At both sites, KMTC intends to drill boreholes and install a solar powered system for pumping water.


Figure 2: One of the several small gardens doted on the eastern side of Chilimbana dam
The 8 poultry production enterprises established by KMTC in the previous project has resulted in increased capacity of producing eggs. The enterprises have been trying to incubate their chicken eggs through the incubator, however, the results are so far not very impressive as more than 2000 eggs have been lost in the process. The proposed solar system therefore brings in energy efficiency in the incubation processes resulting in minimized losses. Chickens (road runners) and guineafowls have a ready market at Binga town as well as Victoria Falls. KMTC also proposes to construct an incubator room because there no central place or common place with electricity to power the incubator. Currently, the communities were traveling 80km to Binga transporting eggs for hatching and this also compromises their hatching rate.

Problem Analysis:

State the Problem/Issue or Challenge
What are the causes of the problem/issue or challenge? Direct Causes Indirect Causes
1. Fetching water directly from the wetland resulting in degradation of the wetland.
2. Practice of repairing gardens each year with wooden poles ? rampant clearing down of trees.
3. Inadequate water for horticultural activities due to limited water supply from existing sources.
1. Population growth ? The 2022 national census revealed that Binga district increased its population by. Particularly Sianzyundu ward population increased from 5461 in 2012 to 5834 in 2022 and Sikalenge ward population increased from 5217 in 2012 to 5516 in 2022. This has led to increased
2. Poverty ? people cut down trees to gather firewood for sale
3. Low knowledge of climate change mitigation and adaptation.
4. Poor natural resources policy enforcement in wetlands and forests.

This project is in line with the RDC strategic plan that aims at enhancing food security in the district through supporting irrigation schemes by constructing boreholes and establishing solar powered systems. The project also contributes to achievement of SDGs as well as National Development Strategic goals on climate change.

3. Project Goal, Objectives, Activities, Outputs and Outcomes (see Table below)






Table 1 - Results Framework:

GOAL
(Every project should
have one goal) OBJECTIVES ACTIVITIES
INDICATORS FOR PLANNED ACTIONS OUTPUTS OUTCOMES
To contribute towards climate change mitigation in 2 wards of Binga district through use of solar energy technology. i) To set up 3 solar powered water pumping systems to support horticultural activities and domestic uses by December 2024.

? Water/geological surveys at 3 sites
? Drilling and casing of 3 boreholes at Mudabala, Musenampongo and Chilimbana garden sites.
? Installation of 3 solar powered systems.
? Installation of pipes, tanks and tank stands at 3 sites.
? Fencing of 2 small irrigation schemes (Mudadala already fenced).
? Procurement of starter pack seeds (vegetables, maize and chemicals)
? Construction of 3 storerooms (1 at each site)
? Production of vegetables crops in the 3 gardens






Baseline:
? No solar powered water supply systems for the targeted 3 gardens.
? 1 Mudabala wetland garden already fenced and producing vegetables, bananas, sugar cane and maize
? 61 households of Mudabala (10 male and 51 female) reached through awareness raising on wetland management.

Target:
- 3 solar powered water supply systems for the 3 gardens installed.
- 2 gardens properly fenced.
- Starter pack seeds for the 3 gardens distributed.
-3 storerooms constructed.
-61 households benefitting at Mubadala wetland
- 270 households benefitting from the dip tank.
- 3500 households will access water for domestic uses at the borehole at Mubadala wetland. - 3 boreholes drilled and solar water supply systems installed.

- Vegetable crops starter packs purchased, distributed and grown in 3 small irrigation schemes supporting 161 farmers.

- 161 participants reached through awareness raising on wetland management ? Increased wetland restoration at Mudabala wetland
? Increased access to clean water for the 3 groups.
? Improved household food, nutrition security and income for participating households.


ii) To install a solar powered hatchery to increase chicken and guineafowl production by March 2025.
? Procurement of solar panels, regulator and inverter for hatchery
? Installation of solar system for the incubator.
? Training project members on managing the hatchery and its maintenance.
? Training of all enterprise groups on record keeping.
? Construction of incubator room.
? Formulation and training on ISAL groups.









Baseline:
? 1 incubator purchased with egg-incubation capacity of 1056 eggs.
? No solar system installed.
? No training conducted on operation and maintenance of incubator.
? No households engaged in ISALs.
? No record of assets procured through income generated from the project and ISALs.

Target:
? 1 Solar system for incubator installed and operational.
? Room for hatchery constructed at Veterinary offices.
? Refresher training of 80 members that are into poultry production on managing hatchery and record keeping.
? 8 groups of ISALS formed and operational.
? Number and list of assets procured through income generated from the project.
? 1 solar system installed on incubator
? 1 incubator in place and operational
? 1 training session conducted
? 1 incubator room constructed
? 8 ISAL groups established
? Increased production of chickens hatched through incubator.
? Increased number of guinea fowls hatched through incubator.

? Increased income levels for project participants.
? Increased capacity of participating groups in managing hatchery and increased production levels at the hatchery.
? Improved living standards through purchase of household assets for project participants.

iii) To document on project activities implemented in the 3 sites by October 2025 - Procure 1 digital camera
- Produce photo stories and video documentary
- Produce case studies featuring the different project sites Baseline
- No camera
- No video documentary, banners and photo - stories
- 1 digital camera procured
- 1 video documentary produced
- Banners and photo-stories Video documentary and case study produced featuring the work by KMTC and the beneficiaries. Increased visibility of the work being done in Binga in the participating wards.
iv) To promote networking and information exchange on sustainable wetland management


- Carry out an exchange visit to Mudabala wetland garden BY Tweezye garden members and their traditional leaders.


Baseline:
-No exchange visit conducted.

Target:
20 households at Tweezye garden and their local leadership 1 exchange visit conducted to Mudabala wetland by 20 households from Tweezye garden Increased awareness on wetlands protection and sustainable use.