To develop the productive orders in Karamoja to protect and to improve the sources of maintenance of the populations karimojong.
Project N. 037/P
Location: Nakapiripirit and Amudat districts, Karamoja region.
Duration: April 2012 – October 2013
General objectives: Support Nakapiripirit and Amudat agro-pastoral communities to improve and protect their sources of income and food safety
Specific objectives
1. improve food safety and sources of income through new water sources
2. improve food safety and opportunities for trade through vegetable gardens and new access roads
3. increase money access for the communities voluntarily participating to the structures building works (see point 1 and 2)
Activities:
Activity 1) feasibility study
Activity 2) building of 9 surface dams (dams beneath rivers – during dry season, people collect water from sandy riverbeds 1-4 meters deep, from dry rivers of the region. Underground dams increase the sand's capacity to retain water, which is discharged, by pierced piping, into shallow boreholes on the riverbank, to allow the watering of livestock and the irrigation of fields even in the dry season)
Activity 3) Construction of 6 rock catchment (systems for rainwater collection through the usage of rocky surfaces – rocks emerging from the soil are cleaned and fenced by a low wall made of stones and cement; water is then discharged in pipes incorporated in a underground tank, fitted with a pump, to water the livestock and irrigate the fields even during the dry season)
Activity 4) Rehabilitation of a valley tank
Activity 5) Building of 94 drinking troughs on existing boreholes
Activity 6) restoration of 16 water ponds (small bodies of water collecting the rain fallen in upstream lands, to water the livestock in the dry season. The tree planting around the body of water allows the creation of a less dry microclimate and the resulting reduction of the collected water's evaporation) and tree planting
Activity 7) village leadership training and water sources management committees
Activity 8) identification of the locations for the agricultural structures for soil and water conservation
Activity 9) Building of 21 trapezoidal bunds (trapezoidal earthworks for agriculture – small trapezoidal-shaped earthworks, open on the major base, which allow surface water collection and, inside the trapezium, the cultivation of every vegetal specie, including those requiring large quantities of water)
Activity 10) Building of 22 semicircular micro catchment sites (semicircular earthworks for tree planting)
Activity 11) installation of 12 micro-irrigation implants
Activity 12) Training on saving and microcredit in the groups involved in structures' buildings
Achieved results
Activity 1) feasibility study completed
Activity 2) Built 9 Sub Surface Dams (dams beneath rivers)
Activity 3) Built 6 Rock Catchments (systems for rainwater collection through the usage of rocky surfaces)
Activity 4) Rehabilitated a valley tank
Activity 5) built 85 drinking troughs on existing boreholes
Activity 6) Built 12 water ponds and rehabilitated 4 water ponds, 1075 trees planted
Activity 7) trained 20 water sources management committees
Activity 8) ) locations for the agricultural structures for soil and water conservation identified
Activity 9) Built 21 trapezoidal bunds (trapezoidal earthworks for agriculture)
Activity 10) Built 22 semicircular micro catchment sites (semicircular earthworks for tree planting)
Activity 11) Installed 9 micro-irrigation implants
Activity 12) 74 groups trained on the saving and credit approach
-Increased the access to water for agro-pastoral production through the building of innovative systems for the collection and storage of rainwater and surface water.
-Improved the capacity of the households involved in "cash for work" project activities to the proper management of their financial resources focusing on saving and credit
Direct Beneficiaries
Cash for Work e Water for Production activities beneficiaries: 2.168
Saving and credit activities beneficiaries: 1.352
Year 2012
Results achieved
Activity 1) feasibility study completed
Activity 3) Building of 6 Rock Catchments: started the building of 3 sites, cleaning and digging of tanks in other 3
Activity 5) building of 94 drinking troughs on existing boreholes: 15 completed
Activity 6) restoration of 16 water ponds and tree planting: 2 water ponds completed
Activity 12) Training on saving and microcredit in the groups involved in structures' buildings: 5 trainings completed
The other activities have been planned for 2013.
Direct beneficiaries
200 groups of farmers and shepherds involved in the project and 600 community leaders;
293 groups of saving and credit.
Indirect 118.440 farmers and shepherds in Nakapiripirit and Amudat districts, 7.325 members of saving and credit associations.