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Category: Tenders December 31st, 2008

Community-based Trainers at the hearth of sustainable livelihood in Nias

ACTED is implementing a project aimed at restoring and developing the agricultural and fishing sectors in Lahewa district, Nias. Like many livelihoods initiatives, the project will replenish communities’ supply of goods such as seeds, tools, fishing equipment and boats. But what is unique about this project, however, is its use of community-based volunteer trainers to transmit knowledge to programme beneficiaries. This innovate methodology will help to ensure that communities have a sense of ownership of the project and that skills transfer is sustainable.

Based on the livelihoods needs of the 24 targeted villages, the project has three components, all of which use volunteer trainers to pass on the acquired skills to their community members. The fishery programme trains marine carpenters in fisheries techniques, engine installation, boat maintenance and critically, boat building. The learning group programme involves the facilitation of learning groups, where beneficiaries are trained in the management of household and business finances, the benefits of group work and credit union formation. The third component, agricultural skills training, focuses on better production methods for vegetables, cacao and rice. Read more…

Category: News December 23rd, 2008

ACTED UGANDA - PPR vaccination in North Pokot (Kenya)

Peste des Petits ruminants (PPR), or “goat plague”, is a severe, fast-spreading disease of domestic small ruminants. Since August 2007, an outbreak of PPR has been reported in Pokot, Turkana and Karamoja regions of Kenya and Uganda respectively. ACTED’s general objective in this project is to contribute to improved shoat (sheeps and goats) health and survival in North and West Pokot districts of Kenya, and ultimately improve pastoralists’ livelihoods through increased food security and income. During this 3 month project, 200,000 shoats will be vaccinated against PPR in North Pokot and 300,000 in West Pokot Districts of Kenya. ACTED will also conduct an awareness raising campaign through workshops, as well as will organise one public discussion, design and publish PPR leaflets, hold coordination meetings, and sensitize livestock owners about PPR at field level. 71,000 people in North Pokot and 85,000 in West Pokot whose livelihoods directly depend on animal husbandry will benefit directly from this project.

Donor: FAO

Project code: 25 ADR F9

Category: Projects December 23rd, 2008

ACTED CAR - Poverty reduction in the Vakaga thanks to the opening up of the rural populations

The préfecture of Vakaga is located at the extreme North-East of the country, bordering Sudan and Chad remains isolated from the rest of the country because of damaged roads. The 8 month project implemented by ACTED aims at rehabilitating the road between Birao and Boromata for the 7189 inhabitants living in 20 villages located on this track but also for the estimated 15 000 people living in the area. 11 crossing points will be built on the 10 most important wadis between Birao and Boromata and 272 workers (and their families for a total of 1 792 people) will benefit from a small complementary. GPS data collected along the road will be used for thematic mapping of the map which will be shared with local authorities.

Donor: EuropeAid

Project code: 26 ADP 11D

Category: Projects December 23rd, 2008

ACTED INDIA - Meeting basic needs of most vulnerable flood-affected IDPs in Supaul District of Bihar

This project aims at improving access to water and livelihoods of the most vulnerable IDPs affected by floods in the informal camps of Supaul District, Bihar (25,000 beneficiaries), and at contributing to the creation of a coordinated humanitarian response mechanism. The following activities will be implemented over a 9 month period: provision of safe drinking water through water treatment both at the water point (chlorination and platforms) and household levels (water purification tablets), provision of adequate water storage containers, construction of appropriate communal facilities, organisation of hygiene and health education campaigns and trainings, distribution of hygiene kits, CFW activities provided for 1900 families, and set up of Information & Coordination Centre, etc.

Donor: OFDA

Project code: 07 ADO 16O

Category: Projects December 23rd, 2008