COMMUNITY ASSET BUILDING & DEV'T ACTION

THE PROBLEM

During baseline survey most of this victims were complaining about eyes itching, coughing, sneezing allergy and breathing complication caused by smoke inhalation. On school going children, could not  cannot do their homework well, as they are tasked to collecting firewood everyday which is so hard. They fetch fire wood from the forest which is very far from their homes, they use their time for studies to go and look for firewood. Others buy firewood and so spent a lot of money they would have used on other basic needs making them survive from hand to mouth. Apart from producing a lot of smoke in the house when cooking on the three stones method that is commonly used in caregiver households, which has increased chest problem to many of them, making them to spend money going to the hospital and in turn has led to more deaths.  poor performance for  school going children who have no time to look at books has also been witnessed which is a big concern as we see a lot of school drop-outs, it has also lead to deforestation due to cutting down trees to get firewood. This in itself has exposed the soil causing soil erosion and infertile land for food production as top soil is washed away during rainfall leading to increased poverty for orphans left behind.

PROPOSED SOLUTION

This will include training of   caregivers on fireless basket cooker and solar cooking, (the two do not need fuel and fire) the fireless cooker acts as a  keeping food warm to remain warm or cold to remain cold, it saves time and caregivers have no worry’s even when they are not at home, the children will find ready food. Same as solar cooking where direct sunlight(solar energy) is the one used to cook.

 Improve cooking stoves technology which need only little firewood and it is smokeless also save time when preparing food, stable and conducive to use, quick cooking as produces a lot of heat and burning as  the fire is concentrated , controlled and has two cooking space to allow cooking two meals at same time. No burns while cooking because its stable unlike three stones that keep moving, and it saves on time and money that would otherwise be used to purchase firewood.

Planting of trees(aforestation ). Increasing forest cover.

 In health and Nutrition, the caregivers will be trained on production of organic foods through environmental friendly techniques  in Bio char and compositing to feed the soil and in turn the soil to feed them longer as it will be fertile and the tillage technics to prevent hard pans and control soil erosion. SMART agricultural practices will be used .

 This proposal aims at addressing the  beneficiaries problems  of ; victims were complaining about eyes itching, coughing, sneezing allergy and breathing complication caused by smoke inhalation. On school going children, they cannot do their homework well, as they are tasked to collecting firewood everyday which is so hard. They fetch from the forest which is very far from their homes, they use their time for studies to go and look for firewood. Others buy firewood and so spent money they would have used on other basic needs making them survive from hand to mouth. Apart from producing a lot of smoke in the house when cooking on the three stones method that is commonly used in caregiver households, which has increased chest problem to many of them, making them to spend money going to the hospital and in turn has led to more deaths.  poor performance for  school going children who have no time to look at books has also been witnessed which is a big concern as we see a lot of school drop-outs, it has also lead to deforestation due to cutting down trees to get firewood. This in itself has exposed the soil causing soil erosion and infertile land for food production as top soil is washed away during rainfall leading to increased poverty for orphans left behind.CABDA  shall partner with SOLVE to ensure this is accomplished thus improving the lives of small scale farmers, youth and caregivers

STRATEGIES

Capacity building and promotion  of improved cooking stoves , fireless basket cooker and solar cooking.  Same as solar cooking where direct sunlight is the one used to cook.

 Food production and nutrition. In health and Nutrition, the caregivers will be trained on production of organic foods through environmental friendly technics in Bio char and compositing to feed the soil and in turn the soil to feed them longer as it will be fertile and the tillage technics to prevent hard pans and control soil erosion.

Health income generation and employment creation:-provision of greenhouse to caregivers’ groups and train them on how to use this will reduce soil erosion and increase food production  

With the ripple rocket stoves and baba moto jikos, there will be a reduction in destruction of forest, thus reduction in deforestation hence promote afforestation that will enable us have enough rains to do farming as well as fresh air circulation. We shall also witness reduction of smoke health related problems like Asthma, as omission will drastically reduce and therefore save on hospital expenses, save time for food preparation, as two cooking points are available, this will create enough time for children to do their studies hence improve in class performance. the otherwise money wasted on buying firewood will be saved and used to mitigate on other emerging issues, that will see households improve the income and living lifestyles of the caregivers and promote good health of the clients.

Environment and prevention of soil erosion:- caregivers will also be taught on how to make tree nurseries for indigenous trees so that they can plant in their homes for their use as fire wood also make timber for sell instead of deforestation that increase soil erosion, and decrease the rain, they will plant local vegetables and fruits to improve their health.

POSITIVE CHANGES IN PEOPLE'S LIVES

Improved well being of the community at large in health

Target population :- small-scale farmers, unemployed youth children and caregivers.

IMPACT: Improved cooking stoves are smokeless also save time when preparing food, stable and conducive to use, quick cooking as produces a lot of heat and burning as  the fire is concentrated , controlled and has two cooking space to allow cooking two meals at same time.  saves on time and money that would otherwise be used to purchase firewood.

The  fire less basket cooker and solar cooking, the two does not need fuel and fire, the fire less cooker acts as a refrigerator, it saves time and caregivers have no worry’s even when they are not at home, the children will find ready food. Same as solar cooking where direct sunlight is the one used to cook.

 Bio char feed the soil and in turn the soil to feed the crops longer as it will be fertile and the tillage technology  prevent hard pans and control soil erosion

Greenhouse will reduce soil erosion and increase food production and productive in all the season
 We shall also witness reduction of smoke health related problems like Asthma, as omission will drastically reduce and therefore save on hospital expenses, save time for food preparation, as two cooking points are available, this will create enough time for children to do their studies hence improve in class performance. the otherwise money wasted on buying firewood will be saved and used to mitigate on other emerging issues, that will see households improve the income and living lifestyles of the caregivers and promote good health of the clients.  they will plant their own trees and make timber for selling also plant local vegetables and fruits to improve their health .

Agribusiness will be applied. Creation of employment among those trained. Food  security  amongst the target group.

Engagement: This was done during baseline survey and they will be involved in training needs assessment and be trained as per the needs

During baseline survey most of this victims were complaining about eyes itching, coughing, sneezing allergy and breathing complication caused by smoke inhalation. Others buy firewood and so spent money they would have used on other basic needs making the life very expensive,they use three stones to cook which consumes a lot of firewood which has increased chest problem to many of them, making them to spend money going to the hospital and in turn has led to more deaths.   it has also lead to deforestation  due to cutting down  trees to get firewood. This  has exposed the soil causing soil erosion and infertile land for food production as top soil is washed away during rainfall leading to increased poverty for orphans left behind. This is aligned to the challenge of creating scalable economic opportunities for local communities, including regenerative agriculture, that are aligned with thriving and biodiverse ecosystems 

CABDA has been having a pilot programme  at a small scale for the past one and a half year and it has been a success. Therefore the best practices in  the interventions are to be scaled up in a wider scope

The solution will disrupt the normal outdated farming methods that significantly contribute to the destruction of the environment. Regenerative agriculture practices which will increase production and conserve the environment. The slogan of 'cut one and plant two will in the long run increase forest cover. The capacity-building of the community on the fuel that emit little or no smoke  will result into reduced carbon emissions hence slowing global warming and reconstruction of the ozone layer. Regenerative agriculture will  also  halt over-reliance on rainfall pattern .

Currently the solution is serving a total of 250 beneficiaries. In the next one year, CABDA will be serving 1500  beneficiaries and cumulatively in the next five years will be 10,000 beneficiaries .

Number of small scale farmers practicing sustainable agriculture.

number of households in which improved cooking stoves have been constructed/ available and are in use.

number of the trained artisans who are constructing the rocket stoves in households at a fee.

Number of caregivers improved health wise and are using the money wasted for treatment to do other activities

Number of trees planted in every home and  are able to produce their own timber and have own firewood in their own home instead of deforestation

Number of kitchen garden established in every home

number of households that are food secure

The solution team will comprise of; 15 full time staff and  40 part-time staff.

The team have a background in agriculture and a practical experience in  organic farming. They also have practical experience in  climate change for a period of one year.

There are  both men and women in the leadership position  among the team.

the staff implementing the progam will include either gender together with part-time employees.

To scale up the current interventions in relation to climate change.

Financial and business model leverage  is the support that we need. Under the Business model capacity building will be needed in; product-market fit, strategy & development. Under   Financial component ,support will be required in  pitching to investors.

CABDA will work organizations such as International Biochar Initiative and National Geographic Society to implement Sustainable  agriculture and Zai Hall.

We partner with Solar Cooker International( through Ninamjua CBO) to capacity-build   the community on fireless basket cooker , improved cook stoves and solar cooking.