The Shanda Ugute group is taking a proactive approach to adapting to the challenges posted by climate change by conducting gulley reclamation in Hopley, Harare province in Zimbabwe. GOAL, an international humanitarian response agency, implements Cash for Work activities under USAID's UPLIFT/SIMUDZA project to address the impact of massive rainfall that has caused environmental degradation over the years. The community is taking a proactive approach to adapting to the challenges posed by climate change and building resilience to withstand future environmental risks by restoring and fortifying the degraded gulley.
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Gwendolyn Samatanda, a resident of Mbare, Harare, is on her way to plant a tree as part of the reforestation efforts jointly undertaken by GOAL, an international humanitarian response agency, and the local Government authority, funded by USAID's UPLIFT project. This initiative aims to counter the effects of deforestation, curb carbon emissions, restore vital ecosystems, and foster biodiversity.
In drought-prone Buhera, Manicaland, Vongai Mutsauri feeds her goats with the fodder she planted last year, countering the effects of climate change-induced droughts. Her proactive approach demonstrates adaptation and preparedness. It also reflects the commitment of GOAL, an international humanitarian response agency supported by USAID, to climate resilience.
Sydney Pariwaringira from Mbare District, Harare runs a recycling business enterprise. His work involves packing plastics and paper containers, contributing significantly to reducing pollution and conserving natural resources. Sydney's efforts play a crucial role in promoting environmental sustainability and making a positive impact on his community.
Rudo Tsikira (left) and Constance Takawira (right) are actively engaged in a USAID-funded reforestation drive in Mbare, Harare. They plant water berry trees as part of an initiative to combat climate change and reduce carbon emissions in urban areas. This effort aims to create a greener and more sustainable environment, fostering a brighter future for communities and the planet.
Digesters can do more than serve as a reliable energy source, they can also provide farmers with organic fertilizer. Gilbert, a local customer of Lanforce Energy in Beatrice, Zimbabwe, shared how using the company’s biodigester has increased his food production and improved the health of his soil.
Digesters provide farmers with a method to dispose of animal waste while improving their food and energy security. By transforming animal waste into bioslurry and biogas, digesters are a key part of integrated manure management systems and are a solution for reducing methane emissions.
In Beatrice, Zimbabwe, WE4F provides funding, technical assistance, and a grant to Lanforce Energy (the digester company) to help expand and scale their innovation. In Zimbabwe, deforestation for cooking fuel is a major problem so be scaling innovations like Lanforce Energy reduces the reliance on wood as cooking fuel.
Water and Energy for Food (WE4F), a joint international initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the European Union (EU), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Netherlands, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), Sweden through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), provides the farmers with financial aid and technical assistances to continue their work.
Cattle are being directed into pens for feeding in Lukange, Zimbabwe, in September of 2019. Droughts and floods happen with increasing frequency in Zimbabwe and other countries in Southern Africa. Small-scale farmers who depend on rain-fed agriculture are hit the hardest by the unpredictable cycles of drought and flood. Through demonstration sites, CRS is teaching low-income animal farmers in these affected areas new agricultural methods that help them plant drought-tolerant fodder crops to feed their animals.
Through the Zimbabwe Integrated Agriculture and Nutrition (Ag-Nut) project, CRS implements an integrated Value Chain approach in 15 rural wards in Beitbridge District, Matabeleland South Province. The Ag-Nut project uses Farmer Learning Centers (FLCs) as entry platforms into the community; teaching smallholder farmers to use improved forage and feed technologies to increase goat value chain productivity in the smallholder sector. CRS partners with ILRI and Caritas Masvingo on the Ag-Nut project.
Fungai Mugwenyi, a village health worker in Zaka district (Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe), carries a bucket of water she drew from a nearby borehole that will be used to wash hands at a community gathering. Supported by USAID, Takunda staff have been working closely with village health workers in an effort to manage the welfare of communities attending the community visioning process. Persistent drought in the region has led to a decrease in water availability, low food production and is further compounded by COVID-19 induced lockdowns. Over the next five years Takunda, which means "we have overcome" in Shona, will reach out to more than 300,000 participants with training and support for sustainable, equitable, nutritious, and resilient food and income security in the Masvingo and Manicaland Provinces. The program seeks to address gender inequality and is in partnership with Bulawayo Projects Centre, Environment Africa, FHI 360, International Youth Foundation, and Nutrition Action Zimbabwe.
Jellard Muraho stands in front of a man-made dam wall his community built in Ward 14, Zaka district in Zimbabwe. A few years ago, people in his community had to herd their cattle 10km at a time to the nearest dam to drink water. Some cattle could not withstand the distance and those that survived were ravaged by hyenas. Losing their livestock to the scavengers, Jellard and his community identified a location where they could trap rainwater and build their very own dam closer to home. At $10 United States dollars per month, per household, it has taken the five villages three years to build the current wall. Through the community visioning process hosted by Takunda, community members shared the challenges they’ve come across, the solutions they’ve implemented and their vision as development committees.
Gokwe North, Zimbabwe, June 12, 2019.
A meeting of the Kushinga Village Savings and Loan Association group at which the participants (all women) participate in group sharing activities, giving small loans to each other for economic improvement, and support each other with social needs, all of which contribute to group and individual resilience. VSLA groups such as this one are encouraged to invest in activities and resources that are adapted to the changing climate, including drought-resistant agriculture items, animals and agricultural and husbandry techniques. This also crates a type of social cohesion and resiliency that helps the participants adapt as their surroundings change.
Relevant Program: Gokwe North Food Security and Agricultural Response (Go-FAR) Project
Partner Organizations: ADRA, as well as District Government staff and extension officers
Photo Credit: Debra Olson, ADRA
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe; April 2018
Edna, ZEN II Beneficiary and Lead Farmer in her community, is showing ADRA the additional chickens she has now, thanks to the ones she was originally enabled to purchase with her vouchers during the DiNER Fair. While the chickens do not directly affect climate change, Edna was trained in climate smart techniques for farming in this area and, as a Lead Farmer, she was responsible for passing that knowledge on to other farmers in her community.
Relevant Program receiving USAID support: Zimbabwe El Nino South Project (ZEN II)
Partner Organizations: Catholic Relief Services (CRS)--they were the prime. Caritas was another sub like ADRA.
Photo Credit: Helena Souders, ADRA