Linkages will be established with large GEF project working in the areas of climate change.
Participatory community input and planning are used throughout to ensure that activities are flexible and reflect community interests.
Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment
Periodic consultations with the beneficiaries, issue of progress reports.
Project sustainability
The design of the project ensures that the project becomes sustainable as local skills in the manufacture of energy saving cook stoves was a major project activity. After SGP support ends, local people in the community whose entrepreneurial skills have been developed, would continue to make available on demand the products.
Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods
The introduction and use of bio mass products (energy saving stoves) for energy generation for household/domestic use. sustainable livestock management shall be introduced as well.
Replication of project activities
The project activities will be replicated in other places given the availability of local resources.
Policy Impact
The project aims at complementing Government's efforts in combating climate change and preserving biodiversity.
Capacity - Building Component
The project aims to train local farmers in promoting renewable energy technologies, ecological agriculture and soil conservation practices; as well as train women in women empowerment, gender analysis, education in sustainable agricultural mechanisms (soil fertility, cropping systems, farm planning, green manures/cover crops soil and water conservation, agro-forestry, food security/dry-season vegetable production and nutrition, marketing, seed-banking, and sustainable household cooking
Policy Influence
The project seeks to influence national policy on enery specifically the policy on promoting energy efficiency through the development of appropriate technologies.
Gender Focus
The project targets more women than men. This is because it aims at raising women's` awareness on their roles in the move to sustainable land and environmental management techniques. as well as be aware of the importance of environmental climate change mitigation and sustainable land management strategies through step down training.
Planning gef grant
The results of the project would form a strong basis for scaling up this project.
Planning non gef grant
The results of this project will provide the basis for scaling up the project activities through other non-GEF resources.
Notable Community Participation
Youth groups in the target area shall partake in the Farmer to Farmer training for sustainability.
Project Results
? 3 sensitization workshops on the objectives of the Project for the 3 target villages of Kerr Jarga, Kerr Ndongo and Alkali Kunda was conducted. It was attended by a total of 112 participants of which 41 participants are from Kerr Jarga, 19 from Kerr Ndongo and 52 from Alkali Kunda.
? Procurement of assorted fencing materials for the woodlot sites were concluded and delivered to the 3 communities at the start of the project in November 2016. The communities mobilized labor and completed fencing of the sites by the end of February 2017.
? Purchased 100 iron plates for the production of energy saving stoves by the NATC blacksmith at Njawara. This strategy ensured that there would be minimal costs in transporting the stoves to the beneficiary communities.
? Establishment of 3 woodlot sites of 1 hectare each in the 3 target communities: 1 woodlot site of 1 hectare in each village which was fenced with chain link wire for protection against livestock.
? Training of trainers workshop on gender equality, women empowerment and promotion of energy saving technologies for 28 participants from Kerr Jarga, Kerr Ndongo and Alkali kunda.
? Step down training on gender equality , women empowerment and promotion of energy saving technologies for 284 participants from the 3 target communities.
- Produced and distributed 1, 003 energy saving cook stoves to 1, 003 households in the project communities. Surveys conducted on the impacts showed the following:
- Each household consumes an average of 3 kg wood per day and in a year consumes about 1, 095 kg wood. i kg of wood produces 1.8 kg CO2.
