The project is one out of ten projects in the Kilome Division Land Degradation Cluster in Makueni district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. The Kilome division land degradation cluster projects lie within about 40 square kilometres. All ten projects aim at reducing / preventing land degradation by focusing on the rehabilitation of gullies, water tanks for domestic and agricultural use, establishment of terraces and intercropping methods and reafforestation of catchment areas. The ten CBOs implementing the respective projects are supervised and coordinated by Kenya Initiatives for Development (KID) which has the role of a lead NGO.

This project plans to carry out the following activities:


? Purchase working tools of high quality - Oct. 1st -10th 2006.
? Purchase 420 PVC pipes (2mm diameter 6m long) - Oct. 1st -10th 2006
? Digging a trench 2.5 Km long (0.5m wide x 1m deep) and backfilling - Oct. 15th 2006 - January 2007

? Construct a Pump house at Kyundu hill in March - April 2007.
? Install an electronic water pump at Kyundu hill to deliver 10m3 per hour against static head of 200m in May 2007.
? Construct a water kiosk at Kyundu hill in June 2007.
? Plant 50 trees in each member?s farm in July 2007 (CBO?s contribution).

? Plant 50,000 trees and 10,000 sisal at Kyundu hill - Sept.2007-Jan. 2008


? Write and submit final project report to UNDP-GEF/SGP - Feb -March 2008.