Community driven development sub-project grant to reverse environment degradation in Nyakach North District - Kenya
For the Upper North Kabodho Women Group, their mandate of improving the living standards of groupmembers and their community as a whole is being realised as they benefit from the The Lake VictoriaEnvironmental Management Project (LVEMP II) Community Driven Development sub-project (COD) grants.The group received the first grant of Kenya Shillings 3,350,58, while the community contribution is Kshs846,210 making a total of Kshs 4,196,790. The group COD sub-project on soil and water conservation andlivestock rearing is one of the LVEMPII best practices in Nyakach district, Kisumu County.It is among the 93 groups that have received funding. The Women's group is implementing control of soilerosion and have currently planted more than 2,000 indigenous seedlings which they plan to sell to thecommunity around. The group envisages becoming a leading supplier of indigenous trees in the area. Thegroup has also upgraded local cows in 20 homesteads and has established 100 roof catchment units forwater harvesting
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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East African Sustainability Watch Network
2013-04
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| Subjects: | Fisheries, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/32979 |
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