Followup Session-1

by Md. Munzurul Karim -

General Information:

Project Location: Northern Part of Bangladesh

Partner: Come Too Work (CTW), Dinajpur District

Overview of The Project: Climate Change Adaptation and Women Enterprises

Development Issue: Marginalized Adivasis and Deprived of Economic Resources 

People Affected: Vulnerability to Climate Change, Rights of the Adivasi community, Lack of income sources

Sectors Involved: Environmental, Marginalization, Discrimination of Rights, Intergenerational Poverty Cycle

Group 7 - Specific programme idea

by Mikkel Juul Larsen -

GENERAL INFORMATION

Project location:

3-4 subcounties in Rukiga District, southwestern Uganda

Partners:

Mend the Broken Hearts Uganda 

Støtteforeningen til selvhjælp i Uganda

OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT

Development issue:

Persistant food insecurity among smallholder farmer families

People affected:

Smallholder farmer families, especially women and youth and also disabled people

Sectors involved:

Agriculture and food security

Financial inclusion and enterprise development

Governance and accountability

Environment and climate resilience


COLSOL programme with Fundación TEJ

by Eva Milsted Enoksen -

  • Programme Location: Colombia, specifically the Caribbean (Isla Grande) and Andean (Sumapaz) regions.

  • Expected Partners: Fundación TEJ (technical/advocacy lead) and Tierra Libre (grassroots/agroecology lead), with Colombia Solidaritet (COLSOL) as the Danish applicant.

  • Development Issue: Bridging the gap between Colombia's national policy for "energy communities" and the local communities' lack of technical, financial, and legal capacity to own and manage renewable energy assets, which risks perpetuating energy poverty and exclusion.

  • People Affected: Marginalized Afro-Colombian communities in the Caribbean and peasant communities in the Andean region.

  • Sectors Involved: Renewable energy, water and sanitation (desalination), agriculture (biofertilizers), governance, and human rights (focus on energy democracy and sovereignty)


KRKP and Preferred by Nature

by Mette Vinqvist -

GENERAL INFORMATION

Project location

Indonesia: Central Java, Nusantara

Partners

KRKP, Preferred by Nature

OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT

Development issue

Food Sovereignty in light of climate change

People affected

Rural smallholders and communities; women and youth

Sectors involved

Agriculture & food systems; Environment & climate.


YOPP and DGI Program Idea

by Ibrahim Abubakar Mohammed -

Project Location: 
Kumbungu, Savelegu, Sagnarigu and Tolon Districts of the Northern Region of Ghana

Expected partners:
YOPP, DGI, Local Youth Association (LYAs)

Development issue' (main area of concern):
Youth idleness and luck of youth participation community development

People affected:
Youth and youth groups, Women, Traditional authorities

Sectors involved: 

  1. Strong LYAs as platforms for civic action
  2. Entrepreneurial skills development
  3. Sustainable agricultural practices

Care For Others and Gift Of The Giver

by Haris Mengal -

·       Programme locations

Chiwambo Village, GvH Ngozo, Malawi (207 HH)

Many villages face poverty, and we have already done a project in the area but want to expand.

·       Expected partners

Gift of The Givers (Malawi office), Department of Agriculture (they monitor the project after implementation), the local benificiaries (villagers and village chief)

·       'Development issue' (main area of concern)

A lot of the land in the area is not suitable for farming, and weather patterns pose a challenge. E.g. the local usually eat maze, but can’t grow maze-crops in that specific area.

·       People affected

Whole village and surrounding villages face extreme level of poverty, education, and basic access to water, nutrition etc.

·       Sectors involved

Food security, education, agriculture