KÍÍÕ-Rock Water Harvesting
Focus areas
- Kiio-Rock Water Harvesting
- Increase the capacity of water harvesting on the rock
- Construct pumps and pipelines to prevent accidents and ensure safe water access.
- Village piping to provide clean water for families hence increasing sanitation, reducing diseases, reducing time spent by women in search for water and stop child labor.
- Improving livelihoods and Sustainability
- Agri-smart initiative for homes to support families improve on their dietary and reduce malnutrition among children and expectant mothers.
- Community Demo-farm to support the youth learn hands-on skills and start income generating activities
- Develop community agri-hub to help cool and preserve community perishable goods to avoid post-harvest wastage. The hub will also provide a link between the community farmers and the market for value addition and ensuring farmers’ security on returns
- Capacity building for the community to build resilience and support sustainable solutions
- Planting trees to increase the vegetation cover and reduce the impacts of climate change in the region.
- Partner and collaborate with other communities through mentorship programs and coaching to increase the scope of climate smart initiatives
- Cultivating practical Wisdom for problem solving within local communities:
- Collection of traditional wisdom materials, which have supported communities to be resilience over centuries amidst social, economic, environmental challenges.
- Setting up of community museums to help reserve the collections
- Training and coaching of youth on practical wisdom
- Documenting Kiio-Rock Climate Smart for future reference and learning
