Signs of hope: A community managed climate adaptation initiative.
Apart from causing frequent droughts, global warming has resulted in unpredictable rainfall patterns, seasonal floods, food insecurity, diseases and conflicts around scarce resources.
Recurring droughts in arid and semi arid areas in the Horn of Africa have led to loss of livelihoods, lives and ets. Historically, relief food has been given as an emergency measure to keep people alive during drought. This is not sustainable; therefore Cordaid has developed the Drought Cycle Management (DCM) approach so as to enhance local people’s coping mechanisms and capacities. For more information about Cordaid and adaptation to climate change: http://www.cordaidpartners.com/English/All/Research___Evaluations/index.aspx?mId=10553#downloads
Drought Cycle Management provides direction on how communities can adapt to their circumstances in the mitigation, preparedness, emergency aid and rehabilitation phase. It encourages the provision of water resources through innovative rainwater harvesting technologies, introduction of drought resistant animals, income and livelihood diversification, introducing new foods and cereal banks, amongst other options. Extensive capacity building in disaster risk reduction enables the communities to deal with the hazards, thus reducing their vulnerabilities. Undoubtedly, early preparation reduces vulnerability and loss of livelihoods.
In Kenya, these innovative programs have been piloted by ten organizations, in the last three years.
In these video’s, organizations tell the stories of the communities they serve and factors that have helped them cope. They want to share their experiences with others. These examples are not the only solutions, but can be an inspiration in the pursuit of better solutions to adapt to climate change and its effects.
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Signs of hope: A community managed climate adaptation initiative.
Apart from causing frequent droughts, global warming has resulted in unpredictable rainfall patterns, seasonal floods, food insecurity, diseases and conflicts around scarce resources.
Recurring droughts in arid and semi arid areas in the Horn of Africa have led to loss of livelihoods, lives and ets. Historically, relief food has been given as an emergency measure to keep people alive during drought. This is not sustainable; therefore Cordaid has developed the Drought Cycle Management (DCM) approach so as to enhance local people’s coping mechanisms and capacities.
Drought Cycle Management provides direction on how communities can adapt to their circumstances in the mitigation, preparedness, emergency aid and rehabilitation phase. It encourages the provision of water resources through innovative rainwater harvesting technologies, introduction of drought resistant animals, income and livelihood diversification, introducing new foods and cereal banks, amongst other options. Extensive capacity building in disaster risk reduction enables the communities to deal with the hazards, thus reducing their vulnerabilities. Undoubtedly, early preparation reduces vulnerability and loss of livelihoods. For more information about Cordaid and adaptation to climate change, visit the website: http://www.cordaidpartners.com/English/All/Research___Evaluations/index.aspx?mId=10553#downloads
In Kenya, these innovative programs have been piloted by ten organizations, in the last three years.
In these video’s, organizations tell the stories of the communities they serve and factors that have helped them cope. They want to share their experiences with others. These examples are not the only solutions, but can be an inspiration in the pursuit of better solutions to adapt to climate change and its effects.
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Apart from causing frequent droughts, global warming has resulted in unpredictable rainfall patterns, seasonal floods, food insecurity, diseases and conflicts around scarce resources.
Recurring droughts in arid and semi arid areas in the Horn of Africa have led to loss of livelihoods, lives and ets. Historically, relief food has been given as an emergency measure to keep people alive during drought. This is not sustainable; therefore Cordaid has developed the Drought Cycle Management (DCM) approach so as to enhance local people’s coping mechanisms and capacities. For more information about Cordaid and adaptation to climate change, visit the website: http://www.cordaidpartners.com/rooms/climate-change-adaptation-and-mitigation
Drought Cycle Management provides direction on how communities can adapt to their circumstances in the mitigation, preparedness, emergency aid and rehabilitation phase. It encourages the provision of water resources through innovative rainwater harvesting technologies, introduction of drought resistant animals, income and livelihood diversification, introducing new foods and cereal banks, amongst other options. Extensive capacity building in disaster risk reduction enables the communities to deal with the hazards, thus reducing their vulnerabilities. Undoubtedly, early preparation reduces vulnerability and loss of livelihoods.
In Kenya, these innovative programs have been piloted by ten organizations, in the last three years.
In these video’s, organizations tell the stories of the communities they serve and factors that have helped them cope. They want to share their experiences with others. These examples are not the only solutions, but can be an inspiration in the pursuit of better solutions to adapt to climate change and its effects.
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This video was taken in the small village of Mahandekini in southern Kenya, not far from the foot of Killimanjaro. As part of our satellite camp project with Global Vision International (GVI) we spent a week with a few communities who had joined forces and turned, as they put it, “from poachers to protectors”. We were camped by one of the schools and these nursery students joined us one morning during breakfast. This is the 2nd video of them – where we try to teach them the Hokey Pokey (listen for their giggles at the end!). The 1st video is of them performing Head-Shoulders-Knees etc They were shy but eager to share – so cute! These villages had given up poaching wildlife and were looking for sustainable alternative livelihoods. Partnered with the World Society for Protection of Animals (WSPA) they were taking impressive steps towards these goals. We joined the work to help them create and develop an educational and cultural center for locals and tourists, to continue their monitoring of Human Wildlife Conflict, to support their development of alternative livelihood projects (recycled paper, bee keeping, soap making etc) and to help plant new neem trees in their village – amongst other things! Again, to know more about what GVI Kenya is currently up to, go visit: www.gvikenya.blogspot.com or www.gvikenya.wildlifedirect.org
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In the first of a series of mini-films, Excellent Development explains how its approach to creating development through conservation is benefiting communities in Kenya.
In addition to exploring each individual element of the charities holistic approach to soil and water conservation, these films also offer a valuable insight into how Sand Dams, a key element of Excellent Development’s approach, represent an effective and necessary small-scale approach to strengthening communities’ long-term sustainability.
Whilst being critical to improving water supplies, food production, health and incomes for communities in semi-arid Kenya, sand dams are also a grassroots answer to fighting climate change, a benefit recently reinforced by the release of the government commissioned Stern Report.
The Stern Report has renewed attention on the impacts of climate change in Africa highlighting their uneven distribution, with the poorest countries being most affected.
Simon Maddrell, Excellent Development co-founder comments, “The development challenges in semi-arid Africa are completely different to the industrial nations. In semi-arid Africa it is conservation that can actually create sustainable development. Water and soil conservation provides farmers with the environment to create livelihoods by creating oases in semi-arid lands that can support water and food security. Arguably, the communities we are working with are doing far more to reverse the impacts of climate change than any of us in the West. They deserve our support, not just because they struggle to sustain their lives, but as global citizens concerned with the future of our planet.”
To see more, please go to http://tv.oneworld.net
These films were produced by Globell Media — www.globellmedia.com
A DVD of these films, along with the full length feature documentary is available from
http://www.excellentdevelopment.com
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http://www.salvationarmy.ca
The Salvation Army’s World Missions Office provides physical, emotional and spiritual hope and support to some of the planet’s most vulnerable people and communities.
The Canadian World Missions Office alone, The Salvation Army sponsors more than 140 projects in nine countries, including:
·Adult literacy
·Water and food projects
·Livelihood rehabilitation
·Emergency disaster relief
·HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs
The Salvation Army has one of the largest international footprints of any social service organizations in the world, providing service in 175 languages in 113 countries. From disaster relief to healthcare to literacy and education training, The Salvation Army is committed to providing hope and support to those who need it most, both at home and abroad.
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This is a video collection of “Classic Djembes” and “Drum Circle Djembes” being hand crafted in Ghana, Africa by the Africa Heartwood Project.
Description of the Africa Heartwood Project:
Drums with heart. Drums that make a difference. Drums that were and are part of something living, dynamic, eternal. Each Heartwood djembe is a symbol of hope and sacrifice and partnership. In a market based economy where the imperative is to maximize profit at any cost, Africa Heartwood Project is using the free market as a humanitarian tool to generate sustainable livelihoods for hard-working artisans in West Africa who otherwise would not have access to markets large enough to provide for their families. With a long-term commitment to individual drum and instrument builders, AHP has given hundreds of hours of skills training and business mentorship, helped extend micro-loans and donated funds valuing thousands of dollars to purchase tools, buy land, build workshops, and purchase raw materials, and has helped to established solid distribution channels that will ensure that the artisans can count on income next month, next year, and through to the next generation. African Heartwood Project labors on behalf of the entrepreneurial artisans to keep their hands busy, bellies full, and hope alive.
www.DjembeDirect.com/AHP/
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Agriculture is crucially important for most people in rural Africa. This video shows a number of the farming steps taken to grow yams, cassava and maize in northern Ghana. You can even watch EWB volunteer Nick Jiminez struggle to be a farmer. This is the second video of a similar theme.
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6.5mins from the 26minute original shows how silage making instruction is incorporated into this successful Kenya made TV drama as part of a livelihoods support programme. Made by www.mediae.org with support from DfID
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Agriculture is crucially important for most people in rural Africa. This video shows a number of the farming steps taken to grow yams, cassava and maize in northern Ghana. You can even watch EWB volunteer Nick Jiminez struggle to be a farmer.
Duration : 0:10:53
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