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.
? Dig 4 cut-off trenches at Ndaatai hill measuring 1.5m wide x 1m deep x 1.5km long ? Oct. 13th - Jan 2007


? Plant 65,000 trees and 5,000 sisal at Ndaatai hill - March - June 2007.
? Plant 50 trees in each member?s farm in July 2007 (CBO?s contribution).

? Plant 65, 000 trees and 5,000 sisal at Ndaatai hill Sept. 2007- Jan 2008.

? Write and submit project final report to UNDP-GEF/SGP between February and March 2008