Goal
Rehabilitate and reclaim marginal lands through application of appropriate conservation measures
CORE PROGRAM 5: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Goal
Rehabilitate and reclaim marginal lands through application of appropriate conservation measures
Specific Objectives
Increased women, youth and local community participation in environmental protection and management issues
Enhanced income and maintained household food security
100 hectare of degraded land size restored and planted with indigenous and fruit trees
Established two community managed nurseries
Adopted urban agriculture and backyard gardening techniques through the application of recycled and environmental friendly materials
Main Activities
Conduct physical soil and water conservation measures (construction of soil bund, stone check dam, micro basin and pitting)
Prepare community managed nurseries
Organize seedling planting campaign
Organize training on urban agriculture, natural resource management & climate change
Conduct community conversation on environmental issues
Produce and distribute different IEC materials (posters, billboards)
Strategies
Strategies
Community mobilization, campaigns
Training
Direct agricultural inputs provision
SUB PROGRAM/PROJECT: ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
Goal
Enhance the capacity of the community to proactively protect the environment and act towards environmental friendly interventions.
Specific Objectives
To benefit 20,000 people through mass education within 2 years
To promote environmental friendly stove among 200 marginalized poor women headed families
To strengthen environmental clubs at 14 primary and secondary school
Main Activities
Organize community dialogue in 9 kebele of Dire Dawa
Provide energy saving and environmental friendly stove for 200 female headed marginalized households
Produce and distribute different IEC materials (posters, billboards)
Strategies
Community mobilization
Best practice duplication
Experience sharing
Informal education