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| Burundi |
| Title |
Improving the living standards of the Batwa community (indigenous peoples) in Busoni Commune |
| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
Association Protection des Ressources Naturelles pour le Bien-Etre de la Population au Burundi [Association for the protection of natural resources for the well-being of the population of Burundi] |
| Area of project implementation |
BURUNDI; Kirundo Province; Busoni Commune; Gatete area |
| IP Group |
Garukirabatwa Association |
| Grant amount |
US$33,000 |
| Project description |
Traditionally, the Batwa population of Busoni Commune lived by making earthenware pots, hunting in the Murehe Nature Reserve, fishing in Rweru lake and making baskets using the abundant bulrushes growing in the swamps of Busoni. Today, the practices described above no longer provide a livelihood for the community because they do not correspond to the current Burundian lifestyle . The project will develop and adapt these practices to technological requirements and current market demand. To this extent, the following activities will be carried out: production of improved stoves and promotion of bee-keeping, basket-weaving and tourism. |
| Cameroon |
| Title |
Empowering the indigenous mbororo-fulani pastoralists of north west Cameroon to participate in the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of public policies and decisions |
| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
Mbororo social and cultural development association |
| Area of project implementation |
North West Region of Cameroon |
| IP Group |
Mbororo-Fulani pastoralists |
| Grant amount |
US$32 000 |
| Project description |
The project aims to improve the food security of Baka of Bitsouman, increasing their income, rural micro-enterprise organization, socio-cultural organization in support of the community, the valorisation of knowledge and traditional know-how on natural resource management. This proposal seeks support for indigenous Baka people on techniques for sustainable agriculture, agro-processing and non-timber forest products. |
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| Title |
Support for the Bakas indigenous group in sustainable agriculture techniques and processing of agricultural products and non-timber forest products |
| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
Alternatives Durables pour le Développement [Sustainable alternatives for development] |
| Area of project implementation |
Cameroon: East Region, Mindourou Commune, Bitsoumam Village |
| IP Group |
Common Initiative Group of Baka Subsistence Farmers in Bitsoumam (GIC ABEPAGVIB). The organization is composed of 90 Baka people (70 men and 20 women) from the Bitsoumam/Mindourou settlement |
| Grant amount |
US$29,500 |
| Project description |
The Baka very poor indigenous peoples rely on forests for their livelihoods. Their way of life appears to be threatened by many activities related to forest exploitation. The aim of this project is to contribute to the improvement of the socio-economic conditions of the Bakas through the provision of training on the development and sustainable management of natural resources, while respecting their alimentary and cultural habits.
Despite the rising population and growing demand on local markets for non-timber forest products, especially for Gnetum spp in Central African Republic, the Baka peoples are still predominantly involved in subsistence activities.
The project aims to engage the Baka indigenous population in the communities of Bakota liberté, Moluku and Londo in the production and marketing of two varieties of Gnetum. |
| Central African Republic |
| Title |
Production et Commercialisation du Gnetum spp par les Communautés Pygmées (PCGCP) |
| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
Dans trois (03) villages; bakota liberté ; mouluku et Londo |
| Area of project implementation |
North West Region of Cameroon |
| IP Group |
Communauté Bayaka |
| Grant amount |
US$33,000 |
| Project description |
The project aims to improve the food security of Baka of Bitsouman, increasing their income, rural micro-enterprise organization, socio-cultural organization in support of the community, the valorisation of knowledge and traditional know-how on natural resource management. This proposal seeks support for indigenous Baka people on techniques for sustainable agriculture, agro-processing and non-timber forest products. |
| Congo, D.R. |
| Title |
Enhancing the territories/traditional lands of indigenous peoples through community forestry at Walikale |
| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
Programme d'intégration et de développement du peuple pygmée au kivu [Programme for the integration and development of the Pygmy population in Kivu] |
| Area of project implementation |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, North Kivu Province, Walikale Territory |
| IP Group |
Batwa, Bambuti and Babuluko Indigenous peoples |
| Grant amount |
US$ 27,000 |
| Project description |
The forest is the natural habitat for indigenous peoples. Their knowledge and traditional practices contribute to the protection of the forest and its natural resources. Accordingly, this project will be implemented in Walikale territory and will support indigenous peoples in setting up local communities’ forests (LCFs). The creation of these communities’ forests will provide a significant foundation for land tenure security in indigenous territories, addressing poverty in indigenous communities and climate change. The project will also promote access to natural resources by indigenous communities and also by neighbours who are not members of the indigenous community. |
| Ethiopia |
| Title |
Chencha- Guggie Indigenous Tree Species Restoration, Local Climate Change Adaptation and Indigenous Livelihood Enhancement Project |
| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
Initiative for Living Community Action |
| Area of project implementation |
Zozo, Eizo, Docko and Guggie villages in Gamo Gofa Zone of South Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region of Ethiopia |
| IP Group |
Gamo |
| Grant amount |
US$33,000 |
| Project description |
According to our Participatory Video communities, the greenery of indigenous landscapes has changed significantly. Newer generations have developed a mentality that disrespects the values nurturing the bio-cultural diversity of the land. As a result, trees have been cut down with no substitutes being planted and bushes have been cleared for firewood, new farmlands and housing. Much of the landscape has been left naked with many indigenous plant species endangered, leading to a decrease in land fertility and moisture; food and water shortage. This project is an effort to curb these problems by supporting the indigenous communities’ self-driven interests in agro-forestry, to restore the endangered plant species and to regain the lost greenery. It will contribute to local climate change adaptation and to the recovery of a healthy way of life for indigenous peoples. |
| Kenya |
| Title |
The Gabbra camel herders of northern Kenya |
| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
Kivulini Trust |
| Area of project implementation |
Kenya |
| IP Group |
Gabra |
| Grant amount |
US$33,000 |
| Project description |
This project seeks to create opportunities for the less endowed members of the Gabbra community and for them to acquire and benefit from the advantages that the ownership of camels provides to individuals and families. It will enhance the system’s function as an insurance and risk minimization against herd annihilation resulting from drought, epidemic or enemy attack. The project will perpetuate and strengthen the traditional social security network systems based on the livestock loaning system and thereby enhance livestock-based livelihoods. It will promote social cohesion, self-reliance, reciprocity and reduce vulnerability of the Gabbra camel herders especially now, in the light of climate change when the camel is indeed gradually becoming the livestock of choice for pastoralists of Eastern Africa. |
| South Africa |
| Title |
Khomani San Technical Advice |
| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
African Safari Lodge Foundation |
| Area of project implementation |
Andriesvale, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| IP Group |
‡Khomani San |
| Grant amount |
US$29,500 |
| Project description |
The project aims at developing community owned cultural and ecotourism enterprises to ensure that the income derived benefit the community. The businesses are derived from the culture and land. The project is intended to generate training, employment and increase incomes to the San community. The focus will involve sharing certain cultural aspects of San culture and indigenous knowledge which would enhance cultural pride. The project will also promote sustainable use of natural resources and conservation activities to ensure that access to e.g medicinal plants continues. |
| Tanzania |
| Title |
Pastoralists Re-herding project |
| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
Parakuiyo pastoralists indigenous community development organisation |
| Area of project implementation |
Kilosa district in Morogoro region |
| IP Group |
Parakuiyo Pastoralists |
| Grant amount |
US$24,000 |
| Project description |
The project aims to address the plight of pastoralist communities evicted from their habitants and who are now displaced. The negative repercussions of the eviction is poverty, breakdown of social systems and services, outmigration and potential general decadence particularly from the youth. The project will assist the communities in regaining their dignity by contributing towards their self-sustenance with strengthened social fabric and cohesion. This is expected to be achieved by:
- reducing poverty of 60 families through a livestock mutual assistance mechanism;
- reducing outmigration of family members to the urban centre; and
- protecting biodiversity by avoiding possible poverty driven destruction of forest resources.
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| Uganda |
| Title |
Enhancing Food and Income Security for the Vulnerable households in Abim District
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| Year |
2011 |
| Organization |
Multi Community Based Development Initiative |
| Area of project implementation |
Abim, Lotuke and Alerek Sub counties, Abim District Northern Uganda |
| IP Group |
Karimojongs women |
| Grant amount |
US$33,000 |
| Project description |
The project will empower local women and communities with means to produce enough food and generate income. It will support the livelihoods of widows, orphans, vulnerable children and women affected by HIV/AIDS. The project aims to improve the economic power of the communities by enabling them to undertake income generating activities so for them to meet their food and nutrition needs. It intends to achieve this through training on relevant skills, coordination of their activities to eliminate negative competitive tendencies and market research skills. The project will be implemented in three sub counties, in one district, and it is expected to reach about 220 households in two years of implementation. |
Projects approved in 2007 and 2008
| Botswana |
| Title |
Preservation and promotion of Ikalanga language and cultural heritage in Changate |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Changate Conservation and Development Trust (CCDT) |
| IP Group |
BaKalanga |
| Grant amount |
US$20,000 |
| Project description |
This project targets the BaKalanga of Changate Village in Botswana. It aims to support the preservation and promotion of the Ikalanga language and cultural heritage in Changate village. The BaKalanga culture will be promoted and showcased through songs, dances, plays, traditional games and food. History and cultural practices will be documented. The project is expected to lead to increased self-esteem within the community. |
| Burundi |
| Title |
Collecte de données sur la scolarisation des enfants batwa dans six provinces du Burund |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
UNIPROBA (Unissons-nous pour la Promotion des Batwa) |
| IP Group |
Batwa |
| Grant amount |
US$20,000 |
| Project description |
The goal of this project is to increase educational opportunities for Batwa children in Burundi. To achieve this objective, research will be conducted and data gathered on school attendance and local opportunities available to children. An analysis of needs and parent expectations will be conducted and solutions identified with the communities. |
| Cameroon |
| Title |
Développement de l’agriculture vivrière et de rente sur les terres occupées par les Pygmées-Baka du District de Messok |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Association des Jeunes pour la Gestion Durable des Ressources - AJDUR |
| IP Group |
Baka Pygmies in the Messok District |
| Grant amount |
US$25,000 |
| Project description |
This project provides support to Pygmies in Messok District and calls on authorities to assist in territorial negotiations. It is intended to facilitate their engagement in cocoa and palm oil plantations marked off from traditional lands. The aim is to increase food security in Baka communities, increasing their self-esteem, and delineating and mapping the territories they live in. |
| |
| Title |
Promotion and preservation of indigenous ethno-veterinary practices among the Mbororos |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Society for the Protection of Animal Life and the Environment (SPALE) |
| IP Group |
Mbororo Nomadic Herders of Wum(Upkwa) |
| Grant amount |
US$10,000 |
| Project description |
This project aims to promote preservation of indigenous ethno-veterinary practices among Mbororo nomadic herders in the north-western provinces of Cameroon. The project addresses issues such as the marginalization of the Mboror, poverty, poor animal health and low livestock productivity. The project aims at facilitating the transfer of traditional ethno-veterinary skills and practices. It will support the documentation, assessment and promotion of local health traditions and the conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants. |
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| Title |
Réduction de la dépendance alimentaire et amélioration des revenus de cinq groupes Baka dans l Arrondissement de Yokadouma |
| Year |
2007 |
| Organization |
Appui a l’Auto Promotion de la Femme de la Boumba et Ngoko (AAFEBEN) |
| Indigenous peoples group |
Baka of Yokadouma located in the east of Cameroon |
| Grant amount |
US$20,000 |
| Project description |
This project has been designed to reduce the food dependence and ameliorate the livelihood of the Baka people in the area of Yokadouma. It is a development project that focuses on the rehabilitation of coca and cassava root plantations. The project aims at organizing self management in the planning and activities of the project. The Baka communities will manage the plantation, prevent it from disease and have total control over finances including the selling and buying of agricultural materials. |
| Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Title |
Projet de transformation et de valorisation des produits agricoles par les femmes autochtones de Bunyakiri |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
L’Union pour l’Emancipation de la Femme autochtone (pygmée) U.E.F.A |
| IP Group |
Pygmy women |
| Grant amount |
US$25,000 |
| Project description |
This project aims at providing Pygmy women in the province of South Kivu, Kalehe, Bunyakiri village, with the necessary equipment to produce and market palm oil, cassava and corn. Equipment such as mills for manioc and corn, presses to extract palm oil and a soap factory will all be managed by local women. The women will be trained in administrative, financial and technical management and in soap production. This income-generating activity is expected to empower Pygmy women through the use of their local produce. |
| Kenya |
| Title |
Raising El-molo living standards with modern fishing techniques, improved marketing systems,and an effective and efficient El-molo fishermen’s cooperative society |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Gurapau community-based organization |
| IP Group |
El-molo |
| Grant amount |
US$20,000 |
| Project description |
The main goal of this project is to improve living standards among the El-molo in Lake Turkana Province of Kenya through increased fish production and marketing. The project aims at introducing improved and hygienic storage, marketing techniques, record-keeping combined with conservation and beach management measures. The project will target 200 fishers who are expected to benefit from improved incomes through the provision of better fishing facilities, better access to markets, and organized trading methods through a cooperative society. |
| |
| Title |
Rehabilitation and protection of Kireita Forest |
| Year |
2007 |
| Organization |
Kireita Forest and Wildlife Conservation Association (KFWCA) |
| Indigenous peoples group |
Lari Community of the Kiambu District in the Republic of Kenya |
| Grant amount |
US$19,300 |
| Project description |
This project is the foundation of a long-term programme of jointly managing the Kereita forest ecosystem as per the aforementioned proposed management plan.
The projects aims to promote the rehabilitation and sustainable management of the Kireita forest. This will be achieved through: community awareness creation on sustainable conservation and the new forest laws and policies, the planting of 30 hectares of degraded sections of the forest with indigenous tree species, spot weeding of the planted seedlings/trees and protection of the seedlings and forest in general. |
| Niger |
| Title |
Appui à la stratégie locale de reconstitution sociale du cheptel au profit de deux cent femmes vulnérables dans le Département de Tchintabaraden, République du Niger |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Enfants de l’Azawak |
| IP Group |
Touareg women |
| Grant amount |
US$20,000 |
| Project description |
Touareg women are economically dependent on men in the Department of Tchintabaraden, Tahoua region. This project addresses gender issues and seeks to build the capacity of Touareg women and empower them through training in goat rearing and the provision of 800 goats to first beneficiaries. The project is expected to reduce malnutrition and poverty in the beneficiary households. |
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| Title |
Renforcement des capacités et affirmation des valeurs culturelles des communautés pastorales Peuls Woodabee |
| Year |
2007 |
| Organization |
La Fédération Nationale des Eleveurs du Niger (FNEN Daddo) |
| Indigenous peoples group |
Woodabee, Fulbe, Mbororo of the Region of Zinder, (FNEN Daddo) |
| Grant amount |
US$24,000 |
| Project description |
This project aims to reinforce the capacity of 20 nomadic women organizations that produce milk.
The groups will meet on a regular basis and create a management committee which will be responsible for the project and activities of the association. The formation of this group will be to assist the women of the Woodabee, Fulbe, Mbororo groups in the enhancement of the economy and the culture of their communities. The women will use the surplus of the milk production to create learning environments that provide training in the area of skills associated with cheese production.
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| Rwanda |
| Title |
Soutenir la diversité culturelle et le développement des Batwa expulsés dans les forêts, parcs nationaux des volcans, et Nyungwe, et leur participation et implication aux programmes de développement du pays |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Communaute des Potiers du Rwanda COPORWA ASBL |
| IP Group |
Batwa pygmies |
| Grant amount |
US$20,000 |
| Project description |
The project aims at building the capacity of Batwa pygmies in Rwanda. It will focus on increasing food security within communities through income-generating activities and support to cooperative creation and strengthening. Cultural diversity and traditional knowledge will be assets to enhance their economic potential. The direct beneficiaries are an estimated 525 households and 1,575 Batwa individuals in eight districts within the Northern, Southern, and Western Provinces. |
| Tanzania |
| Title |
Indigenous Maasai Cultural Centre (IMCC) |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Indigenous Heartland Organization (IHO) |
| IP Group |
Maasai of Ngorongoro |
| Grant amount |
US$20,000 |
| Project description |
This project aims to establish an Indigenous Maasai Cultural Centre (IMCC), a museum that documents Maasai tradition and customs, creates income-generating activities for indigenous women and empowers community members. Through its activities, the museum will document Maasai traditions, including oral history, beadwork, clothing, body adornment such as ochre, traditional medicine and folklore. The museum will also serve as a foundation for economic security and women’s empowerment through training for indigenous women and income-generation activities based on tourism. |
| Uganda |
| Title |
Improvement of health services through the intergration of traditonal knowledge |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Women Environmental Conservation Project (WECOP) |
| IP Group |
Karimjong/Tepeth |
| Grant amount |
US$20,000 |
| Project description |
In Moroto District in Uganda, HIV/AIDS prevalence is around 40 per cent to50 per cent. This project promotes a community-based approach to HIV/AIDS management and aims to increase the level of knowledge and awareness of HIV/AIDS among target groups, promote programmes that enhance attitudinal change to avoid HIV/AIDS and improve heath, and promote appropriate initiatives to facilitate community cultural responses. |
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| Title |
Local chicken rearing and multiplication |
| Year |
2007 |
| Organization |
Northern Uganda Women and Children’s initiatives (NUWECHI) |
| Indigenous peoples group |
Acholi people of Kitgum, Pader and Gulu |
| Grant amount |
US$19,200 |
| More information |
The project aims to produce local chicken as demanded by the market thus adequately consistently and uniformly, to equip the Acholi people with skills used in production while creating an income for individuals. This project will create the initiation of group development and teamwork through coordinated activities while providing marketing information by linking IPs to buyers, therefore promoting collective marketing for higher bargaining powers and exploitation economies of scale by buyers. |
| Zimbabwe |
| Title |
Improving the food and income security of indigenous smallholder farmers and people living with HIV/AIDS in fragile communal areas of Changazi, Chimanimani District, Zimbabwe |
| Year |
2008 |
| Organization |
Family-In-Need Trust |
| IP Group |
Shona-Nduwu |
| Grant amount |
US$20,000 |
| Project description |
This project will be implemented with the Shona-Nduwu people in Chimanimani District, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. The project addresses indigenous smallholder farmers and people living with HIV/AIDS in fragile communal areas, and aims to improve their food and income security. In particular, it will target grandmothers, widows and child-headed households. Goat keeping and nutritional gardens will be promoted, and training on agriculture and drought-resistant crops will be available to communities for capacity-building purposes. |
