The Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Livelihood Improvement Program (MCCALIP) is designed based on results of VRA which was conducted in the targeted villages and with TDSP?s stakeholders. The project contributes to reducing the climate change impacts on communities in the project?s target areas in 5 villages, Chobvary commune, Preah Netr Preah district, Banteay Meanchey province where the communities always faced natural catastrophe.

The key problems identified during VRA are low knowledge related to the climate change concept, lack of water for consumption and irrigation system, and lack of agricultural techniques.

The key project interventions to help the target communities to reduce their vulnerability to climate change impacts are the application of agricultural Climate Change Resilience techniques such as integrated farming, home gardening, chicken raising and establishment of women saving group in order to improve family food security. And the projects will rehabilitate community ponds for household consumption; get farmers to set up home gardens and to raise animals. Moreover the projects will promote public awareness about the impacts of climate change on their livelihood by trainings, community forums, and world environmental day, and be able to integrate the Climate Change priorities/projects into the Community Development Plan / Community Investment Plan. The action will promote women?s empowerment, enable indigenous people to address pernicious issues caused by the climate change and mobilize multi-stakeholders? active involvement in order to improve poor communities? livelihoods in the selected villages.

TDSP will provide scholarship to the 15 key farmers to stay and learn about integrated farming/Agriculture Resilience Technique from Model farmers/CEDAC demonstration site, and they become a resource person in the long run at the project target areas. TDSP will work closely with Commune Council and Community representative to select a company to rehabilitate of 3 ponds and will organize a pond management committee to make ensure that the ponds will be well used and managed in the long run. Through developing new ways in strengthening coordination and cooperation between communities, civil society and local authorities, in strategically focusing on transforming attitude towards adaptation, the project will bring a sustainable course in reducing poverty status in the target areas.

Goal and Objectives
General Goal: To increase adaptive capacity and reduce Climate Change impacts of communities in five villages, Chabvary commune, Preah Netr Preah district, Banteay Meanchey province
Specific Objectives: at the end of project cycle;
1. To increase income of 350 families in the target groups through the application of agricultural Climate Change Resilience techniques such as integrated farming, home gardening, chicken rises and provision of women saving group in order to improve family food security. .
2. At least 270 families in the target areas have better access to water year round through rehabilitation of three Community ponds for household consumption, home gardens and animal rising.
At least 4000 people in the target areas, and commune authority gains understanding about the impacts of climate change on their livelihood and able to integrate the Climate Change priorities/projects into the Community Development Plan or Community Investment Plan.

Outcomes
Outcome 1.1: At least 350 families (1750 people/ 1050-women) have improved food security through growing crops around their house and chicken raisings as well as increase the option of livelihood opportunity.
Outcome 2.1: At least 270 families in Chrobthmey and Pradak villages have better access to clean water for consumption year round
Outcome 3.1: At least 4000 communities and stakeholders aware about climate change impacts and be able to response to the climate change
Outcome 3.2: Project plan and adaptation priorities have integrated into commune development plan and commune investment plan

Outputs and Activities
Output 1.1.1: 350 community?s people gained capacity and technical skills on home gardening and animal raising and small business

Activities
i) Organize village meetings to select the project beneficiaries and group leaders
ii) Develop training materials and curriculums and produce documentation related to the home gardening, and animal raising
iii) Provide five training events on home gardening, animal raising technical skills and small business to target groups
Output 1-1-2: Five loan management committees organized and well function

Activities
i) Organize village meetings to establish 5 loan management committees with total 15 members (10-women)
ii) Provide one training event on budget and loan management to loan management committee members
iii) Develop internal rules and regulations for loan the management committees
iv) Submit internal rules and regulations to commune for acknowledgement and cooperation
v) Follow-up support and monitor the progress

Output 1.1.3: 350 families (1750 people) implemented home garden and animal raising projects and increased the option of livelihood opportunity

Activities
i) Organize community?s exposure visit to CEDAC site in Siem Reap province
ii) Provide technical assistance to the target groups
iii) Provide loan to 100 families to start up home gardens
iv) Provide loan to 100 families to start up chicken raising
v) Provide loan to 150 families to start up small businesses for livelihood opportunity
vi) Follow-up and monitor chicken raisings, home gardens cultivations and small business after provision of loans

Output 1.1.4: 15 key farmers become good model farmers

Activities
Provide 2 day-technical capacity building to 15 key Farmers
Provide scholarship for 15 key farmers to learn technical experience through learning by doing from the model farmers in Takeo province
Provide technical follow up to 15 families and ensure they become good model framers in applying Resilience Agricultural Technique after they come back from Takeo province
Output 2.1.1: Three community ponds rehabilitation and have enough water for domestic usages year round

Activities
i) Pond rehabilitation Technical visit with participation of commune authority
ii) Announce the call for pond rehabilitation to companies through the commune procurement committee
iii) Select a company for ponds rehabilitation (procurement process)
iv) Follow-up to control the rehabilitation quality
v) Plant trees around the three community ponds

Output 2.1.2: Three pond management committees organized and well function

Activities
Organize village meetings to select pond management committee
Provide training events to committee members
Create the pond committee?s internal rules and regulations
Submit internal rules and regulations of pond committees to the commune for acknowledgement and cooperation
Follow-up and monitor the committee operation

Output 3.1.1: At least 2500 people (1500-women) have better understanding about climate change impacts on their livelihood

Activities
i) Develop dissemination materials and curriculums and produce documentation related to the climate change
ii) Provide five training events on climate change to community?s people and local authorities
iii) Conduct three community public forums concerning on climate changes issues
iv) Organize World Environmental Day (WED) to raise public awareness on climate change in the target areas

Output 3.1.2: 1500 Students and teachers (900-women) gain awareness on the impact of the climate change

Activities
i) Disseminate climate change issues through screening related video documentary
ii) Organize school debates on climate change issues with school students
iii) Develop two case studies on Climate Change adaptation successful activities for student debates

Output 3.2.1: Commune used the results of VRA for commune development plan and commune investment plan
Activities
i) Encourage the commune to participate in conducting VRA
ii) Meet with commune to present and discuss on VRA results and get the commune to integrate them into CDP/CIP
iii) Participate in the district integrated workshop
iv) Participate commune monthly meetings to mainstream climate change adaptation

Output 3.2.2: At least a photo story and a video documentary produced
Activities
i) Collect photos for at least two photo stories
ii) Produce the photo story
iii) select a company to produce a 15 mins video documentary
iv) Print and publish Knowledge Management products for dissemination