The proposed project is to improve the lifestyles of the rural communities in Lower Nyakach of Nyando district by enabling a reasonable number of families to use low cost rice husk ash and stabilized blocks in building dwelling houses and to grow trees at soil harvesting sites in land management and reduction on trees felled for timber. The project will also facilitate the commercialization of rice husk ash, stabilized soil blocks and fuel saving Uhai charcoal stove made using rice husk residue as the binder.