ADVANCING CLIMATE CHANGE RESILEINCING
BUILDING IN MANDERA COUNTY PROJECT
BACKGROUND
Kenya’s vulnerability to climate
change has manifested itself through prolonged
droughts; frost in some of the productive agricultural areas; hailstorms;
extreme flooding; receding lake levels; drying of rivers and other wetlands;
among others leading to large economic losses and adversely impacting food
security. Many of these extreme climate events have led to displacement of
communities and migration of pastoralists into and out of the country resulting
in conflicts over natural resources. Slow-onset events associated with climate
change also lead to competition over scarce resources resulting in
human-wildlife conflicts. Other climate change impacts include widespread disease
epidemics, sea-level rise, and depletion of glaciers on Mount Kenya[1].
Mandera County in which the project will take place is located in
Northern Kenya which is part of the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya that have
been prone to climate change impacts largely droughts and floods. The notable
droughts in the past three decades that impacted negatively on pastoralism in
northern Kenya include those in the years 1971, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983-84,
1995-96, 1999-2000 and 2004 -2006; while floods with adverse effects occurred
in 1982, 1985, 1998, 2003 and 2006-2007 and 2010[2].
A study conducted on vulnerability of the county to climate change shows that From
the data collected, over 80% respondents noted a reduction in drought
occurrence cycle from 10 years to 3 years or less in Mandera.
The counties
socio economic activities include Quarry Mining, Tourist Attractions such as Malka Mari
Fort, National Park and Game Reserve and the Main Economic Activities include pastoralism, trade across the
borders, quarrying, bee keeping and agriculture-sorghum, maize, cowpeas, onions
& mangoes along river Daua[3].
Some of the coping options aimed at reducing vulnerability that was
observed in the study include adaptive livelihood options such as small scale
trading, irrigation, firewood and charcoal burning. It was observed in the
study areas that pastoralism is changing from nomadism to agro-pastoralism or
semi-permanent settlements. There is also a general change in herd composition
with a leaning towards browsers (goats and camels) and a move away from grazers
(Cattle).
Furthermore given the county government dispensation in Kenya, there is
need to have all sectoral plans, spatial planning and CIDP and the accompanying policy and legislation
tools be integrated with climate change adaptation and potential mitigation
actions. This has been the area of identification between Kenya Young Greens
and the Communities, through the community based organisation called Rural
Agency for Development. The project will be implemented in Mandera county
through joint collaboration between the county government and the people of
Mandera, particularly the following areas Lafey, Banisa, Elwak, Takaba, Daua
valley, and Mandera town.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Kenya
Young Greens seeks to enhance climate change resilience building in Mandera County
through the following objectives: (1) To promote community and public
participation in mainstreaming climate change in county planning and programmes;
(2) To encourage integration of climate change in the county sectoral planning,
development of the county integrated development plans and county legislations;
(3) To promote climate change mitigation through arid land forestry; (4) To promote
ecosystem based climate change resilience through dry lands economic plants silviculture.
The
activities that will be carried out to implement the above objectives include:
a)
Consensus
building forum with the main county development partners and stakeholders
b)
Training
workshops for community groups on climate change, advocacy and lobbying of
county government.
c)
Mandera
climate change screening and risk assessment through public barazas and
workshops
d)
Social
marketing of a range of ecosystem based technological adaptation to climate
change and livelihood enhancements
e)
Training
workshops on climate change mainstreaming in sectoral planning for county
government and non-state actors
f)
Participation
in CSG and wescoord meetings
The
project directly fulfils four objectives of the CRM facility in that will build
the capacity of equal numbers of men and women, drawn from household levels and
leaders of self helps groups, associations and CBOs which will ensure cascading
of the impacts, the average number of household population in Mandera is eight
people per household in which the project will target a total of 2445 direct
beneficiaries to be trained and lobbied through social marketing of sound
technologies aimed at enhancing adaptation and mitigation of climate. The
direct beneficiaries will in turn reach their households bringing the number to
over 20000. In addition the project will target county government leadership,
that county assembly and the executive committee alongside the WESCOORD and
County Steering Group and others like Mandera County Devolution and Climate
Change Group, In addition the progamme will conduct capacity building for both
county assembly, and non-state actors on integration of climate in sectoral
planning, legislations and advocacy on climate change, furthermore the proposed
interventions are some of the priority actions identified in the Kenya National
Climate Change Action for the ASAL areas such arid land forestry therefore it
is leading into operationalization of the NCCAP, and lastly, the project is
going to undertake a social market of Moringa Oloifera as an ecosystem based adaptation
technology to improves the livelihoods of the people.
The
project is expected to last for eight months and is projected to lead to the
following results and presented in the table below.
|
Activity
|
Output
|
Impacts
|
Outcome
|
|
Consensus
building forum
|
Forum report
|
The
project is accepted and embraced by stakeholders
|
All
the stakeholders are reached and implementation is successful
|
|
Training
workshops for community groups on climate change, advocacy and lobbying of
county government
|
Workshop reports
|
Community
groups and public knowledgeable about climate change, have skills for
engaging county government in climate change
|
Informed
and empowered citizenry influencing climate change decisions in the county
|
|
Climate
change screening and risk assessment
|
Assessment reports
|
Knowledge
of the threats and areas at risk of climate change
|
Adoption
of appropriate response measures to climate change risks
|
|
Social
marketing of a range of ecosystem based technological adaptation to climate
change and livelihood enhancements
|
Training reports
|
Adaptation
of the technology by the communities
|
Improved
livelihoods hence increased resilience to climate change
|
|
Training
workshops on climate change mainstreaming in sectoral planning for county
government and non-state actors
|
Training reports
|
Integration
of climate change in county sectoral plans and laws
|
Increased
resilience to climate change
Low
carbon development in the county
|
|
Participation
in CSG and wescoord
|
Minutes
|
Awareness
of activities of other stakeholders programmes and
|
Increased
synergies and cooperation and knowledge management
|
In
implementation of the project it is anticipated that there shall be some risks
involved and this are identified as followed
|
Risk
|
Level
|
Proposed remedy
|
|
High way banditry
|
high
|
Flight from Nairobi to Mandera and
personnel insurance
|
|
Terrorism
|
low
|
Coordination with county
administration and facility owners
|
|
Bad weather especially rains
|
high
|
Integrate bad weather in logistical
planning
|
|
High cost of travel/transport
|
high
|
Prioritise increased vote for travel
|
|
Poor communication connectivity
|
high
|
Prioritise use of CDMA technology for
communication
|
The
county government has a constitutional and legal mandate to of ensuring
development of CIDP, sectoral plans and spatial planning conferred to it by the
county government act 2012,in addition it has been the practice that development
partners in the ASALs have a forum of sharing and learning about their
interventions in the area through for a such as county steering group and the
wescoord.
Other
actors in climate change in the county will be engaged at the commencement of
the project through a consensus meeting in which they will be invited for a
meeting in which Kenya Young Greens will share with them its proposed
activities, and areas of operation the county, other avenues of engagement will
be participating at the wescoord and CSG meetings and the Mandera county
devolution and climate change forum.
KYG EXPERIENCE AND CAPACITY IN CLIMATE
CHANGE ADVOCACY AND DEVELOPMNET INTERVENTIONS
Kenya
Young Greens is a non-profit organisation founded in 2007 and registered as a
society with a national mandate and focusing its work on ecological
sustainability through climate change and biodiversity, participatory
democracy, and promotion of peace and non -violence conflict resolution.
The
organisation has majorly focused its work on climate change through advocacy,
training and lobbying in pursuit of climate change policies and legislations at
the national, county and international levels through taking in observer roles
at the UNFCCC COPs.
Kenya
Young Greens is currently implementing a climate change project in four
counties namely Homa bay, Vihiga, Mombasa and Machakos with the overall
objective of
empowering Kenyan youth to participate
in Kenya’s climate change policy making and implementation, and share lessons
learnt in the region and around the globe.
The
organisation is governed by a three member’s board and a secretariat comprising
of team leader, finance and administrator, three volunteers and focal points in
each of the four counties. The project is also supported by two technical
advisors on capacity building of the county government on climate change and
policy related issues.
Kenya
Young Greens has had institutional members from Mandera County since its
inception in 2007. In addition, the organisation leadership has undertaken
capacity building of various non-state actors in the county through
consultancy.
In
implementation of the propose project Kenya Young Greens will partner with
Rural Agency for Development (RAD) – A community Based Organisation whose head
office is in Mandera and has a presence in both Mandera and Wajir Counties. RAD
will be responsible for mobilisation of communities and stakeholders in the
county, day to day implementation and monitoring of the project, and will host
the project’s secretariat in Mandera town.
Kenya
Young Greens on the other hand will be responsible for the overall
implementation of the project, technical support, coordination and supervision,
and monitoring. KYG will be the contract holder on behalf of the programme and
the funder (herein referred to us ACTs).
Kenya
Young Greens in the year 2013 has a partnership with Heinrich Boll Foundation
(HBF), German Embassy and Both Ends with funding amounting to Kshs. six
million. The organisation has entered into a pre-twenty fourteen understanding
with HBF that its next year partnership will be doubled as a result of the
exceptional outcome of the current advocacy project in the four counties. The
organisation has put in place a target of mobilisation of over twenty million
shillings mainly for climate change and biodiversity conservation programmes
MONITORING AND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK
In order to realize the goal of
the project; it is imperative that all the activities are monitored and the
results evaluated. Kenya Young Greens in partnership with RAD will ensure that
there is a local office in Mandera county and project staff tasked with day to
day running of the project.
The
key indicative indicators upon which success will be measured during evaluation
will
be developed during project inception
in which
a comprehensive M&E plan will be established, that defines in detail the
type, frequency, sources, modalities and responsibilities for data collection.
The
table below provides a simplified overview of the planned procedures and
responsibilities:
|
Type / level of
information
|
Responsible for data
Collection
|
Source
of information, frequency
|
M&E
product, responsibility
|
|
Input
(finance,
resources,
time
schedule)
|
Team
leader,
Accountant
& others.
|
Accounts,
monthly reports, annual audit reports
|
Monthly
reports, Project Officers
/Accountant
|
|
Output
of activities
|
Team leader,
accountant, & others
|
Progress
reports, training reports, study reports etc
|
Monthly
reports, Project reports
|
|
Outcome
of the activities
|
Evaluation
teams,
Project
Management
|
Beneficiary
survey and evaluation, interpretation of
progress reports and Associates’ reports
|
Annual
reports,
evaluation
reports,
Project
Management
|
Evaluation will
include an impact survey, assessment of lessons learnt and emerging best
practices, to be communicated to external stakeholders and will be conducted by
an external evaluator.
SUSTAINABILITY
The
key stakeholders who are both primary and secondary beneficiaries will be
engaged in the implementation as the owners of the project as equal partners in
the project implementation hence the outcome of the project will be as a result
of their input and with this they will be urged to ensure the outcomes are
nurtured by themselves in the absence of the organisation. In addition the
beneficiaries will be reached through their organized groups which will be
trained on further fundraising options including membership subscription to
ensure that they are able to engage in the implementation of the activities
beyond the project cycle.
Kenya
Young Greens has a team with project design and development and fundraising
skills who will continue to vigorously pursue other sources of funding from
other donors. The organisation also paid up membership structure which also
support in raising funds that will go a long way raising funds that necessary
to maintain the organisation so that it carries its mandate
BUDGET SUMMARY
|
Line
Item
|
Descriptions
|
rate
|
QTY
|
Cost
|
|
Human Resource
|
Team leader ( KYG)
|
100,000
|
5
|
500,000
|
|
RAD director
|
100,000
|
5
|
500,000
|
|
|
Project Manager
|
90,000
|
8
|
720,000
|
|
|
Project officer
|
70,000
|
8
|
560,000
|
|
|
Finance coordinator (KYG)
|
50,000
|
6
|
300,000
|
|
|
Finance Coordinator
|
50,000
|
8
|
400,000
|
|
|
Insurance cover
|
50,000
|
5
|
250,000
|
|
|
Travel
|
Staff field and Nairobi travel and accommodation
|
212,500
|
8
|
1,700,000
|
|
Project activity costs
|
Baseline study
|
300,000
|
5
|
1,500,000
|
|
Consensus building forum
|
154,000
|
1
|
154,000
|
|
|
Mandera climate change agriculture at Daua
Valley and livestock screening and
risk assessment for sectoral planning
|
389,140
|
5
|
1,945,700
|
|
|
Social marketing of a range of ecosystem based
technological adaptation to climate change and livelihood enhancements in
Daua valley
|
1,000,000
|
1
|
1,000,000
|
|
|
Training workshops for community groups in climate
change advocacy and public participation
|
800,000
|
1
|
800,000
|
|
|
Training workshops on climate change mainstreaming
in sectoral planning for county government and non-state actors
|
1,066,500
|
1
|
1,066,500
|
|
|
Capacity building costs
|
Induction workshop for the project
management
|
198,000
|
1
|
198,000
|
|
Equipment
|
PC computer
|
35,000
|
1
|
35,000
|
|
laptop
|
45,000
|
1
|
45,000
|
|
|
Printer
|
25,000
|
1
|
25,000
|
|
|
CDMA Modems
|
4000
|
3
|
12,000
|
|
|
Operating costs
|
rent
|
20,000
|
8
|
160,000
|
|
supplies
|
6000
|
8
|
48,000
|
|
|
maintenance
|
4000
|
8
|
32,000
|
|
|
communication
|
5500
|
8
|
44,000
|
|
|
Bank charges
|
600
|
8
|
4,
800
|
|
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grand
Total
|
|
|
|
12,000,000
|
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