Building resilience to climate change through climate adapted livelihoods by and for vulnerable communities in Kenya

Project period:

01.07.2023 - 31.12.2025

Granted amount:

2,899,085,- DKK

Total budget:

2,899,085,- DKK

Organization:

Dansk Ornitologisk Forening (DOF)

Partners:

Nature Kenya (NK)

Pool:

Civilsamfundspuljen

Grant type:

Klimatilpasning (CCAM)

World goals:

Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Goal 13: Climate Action

Goal 15: Life on Land

Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Efforts take place in:

Kenya

Resume

The purpose is to improve climate resilience of poor vulnerable communities in the drought stricken eastern Kenya, by focusing on training in and improvement of access to water through piloting of water conservation, harvesting and management as well as active adaptive grazing land/pasture management. Prior training will enable local communities to take part in the implementation and form committees to manage and regulate access and use of their water, wetlands, and pastures. In parallel, comprehensive training in lobbying and advocacy for community representatives is done to enable them to influence county integrated development plans with budgets, and guiding policies, to contain concrete climate change adaptation activities improving local communities’ livelihoods, while the local partner will be lobbying to push for inclusion of climate change adaptation at national level policies to also be reflected in finance bill allocations reaching poor and vulnerable communities.