COMMUNITY ACTORS COMING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change is disproportionally affecting the poor than the rich; those who depend mostly on natural resources are the ones the most affected. In the face of growing malnutrition and land degradation caused by global warming, ICMICA had to involve its members in different countries to come up with concrete interventions. Since 2022, the project on “community actors coming together to address climate change has reached around 290 families from Tanzania and Mali. The intervention focused on building the capacities of smallholder farmers (youth and households) to mitigate, adapt, and reduce the effect of climate change in their respective communities; tree planting, and introduction of clean water and new technology such as solar irrigation.

• Environmental education

In order to mitigate the impacts of climate change on the lives of the rural poor, ICMICA conducted a series of trainings to help rural people to adapt to the new climate conditions, raise their awareness on the practices that are harmful to the environment. ICMICA also brought in the other aspects that are connected to environmental management such as gender, conflict resolution, trauma management.  

Training of the households in Kwahemu Yobo Heneti Dodoma Tanzania

• Reforestation Activities

Since 2022, through its projects, Pax Romana ICMICA Africa has been able to plant more than 10,000 trees in three countries: Burundi, Tanzania, and Mali. This is a contribution towards rebuilding the tree cover and increasing carbon sinks.

Community Youth of Mwyiendaje village, Haneti Dodoma

Households of Mpuguso Mbeya Tanzania

Beneficiaries receiving the seedlings to be planted in their homes, Touba Mali.

Seedlingsfor Bubanza Province Burundi

– Seedlings for Kwahemu Yobo Haneti Dodoma Tanzania

• Setting up a tree nursery site in Haneti Dodoma

To support young people to engage in agribusiness and agroforestry, a training on tree nursery was conducted for 30 young people, and a tree nursery site was put in place at Lady of sorrow Haneti Parish Dodoma Tanzania. The nurseries will also support massive tree planting next year (2025) in order to restore the lost tree cover within Haneti.

Tree nursery activity at the Lady of Sorrows Haneti Parish, Dodoma Tanzania

Tree nursery and tree grafting practical training

• Use of new technology

The young people in KISA and Mpuguso Mbeya Tanzania decided to embark on group avocado farming for income generation. The parish gave them land to carry out their projects. To facilitate the irrigation of around 500 avocadoes, ICMICA equipped them with solar pumps.

Mobile solar pump for the youth in KISA Mbeya Tanzania

Solar pump for Mpuguso Mbeya Tanzania

• Increase Access to clean water

Haneti Dodoma, Tanzania is a semi-arid area. Villagers travel several miles away to get water for domestic use and for their livestock, mainly from the seasonal rivers. Very few of government drilled boreholes are supplying water. They face big challenges during the dry seasons as these rivers cannot provide water. As alternative, they use the few stagnant water available, which are not safe for human consumption. ICMICA tried to fill the gap by drilling one borehole for the community. It is located in Mwyiendaje village Heneti Dodoma. ICMICA plans to equip this borehole with a solar pump in the future. This borehole supports more than 200 households.

More boreholes will be drilled in the project area to support farm irrigation in order to enable villagers to cultivate during the dry season and reduce the dependence on rain.

Clean water project for Haneti Dodoma Tanzania