Projects
Education
- Established in 1995 – Dandi Gudina Primary School at Dhebiti – The school started with 41 students, of which only two were girls. By 2007, there were 397 students enrolled, of which 154 are girls.
- Established in 2003 – Dandi Gudina General High School – The school originally had 75 students of which 14 were female. By 2007, there were 371 students, of which 126 are female.
- Established in 2005 – Girls’ Hostel at Dhebiti – The hostel allows girls to stay in school. In 2008, 100 girls were accommodated.
Adult Education
- Basic education
- Functional education
- Skill training
Water Development
- Rainwater harvesting
- Roof water harvesting
- Pond construction
- Construction of underground cisterns
- Dam construction – rock catchments
Income Generation Schemes
- Shoat and steer fattening
- Savings and credit schemes
- Poultry production
- Small goods shop establishment
- Grinding mill and grain store establishment
- Animal trading
Women’s Empowerment
- Economic empowerment
- Civic education (women’s rights)
- Gender awareness
- Adult education
Capacity Building
- Organizational capacity building
- Local government capacity building
- Pastoralist community capacity building
Livestock Development
- Livestock health
- Breed improvement
- Livestock feed
- Livestock marketing
Risk and Vulnerability Reduction
- Feed and fodder production
- Livelihood diversification
- Community based animal health workers
- Water scheme rehabilitation
Humanitarian Response
- Emergency grain supply (2002, 2008)
- Emergency animal feed supply (2002, 2006, 2008)
- Emergency veterinary service (2006, 2008)
- Restocking (2003)
Achievements
- Increased community awareness of education, development, health, HIV/AIDS, HTP, experience sharing, gender, and IGS
- Introduction and promotion of savings and credit activities
- Improved productivity: fattening, animal trading, animal health, and enclosure areas
- Promotion of education through school, school feeding, dormitories, and sponsorship
- Promotion of girls’ education, from a single girl in 1995 to the current 154 girls at elementary level at Dhebiti
- Improved attendance, by means of a dormitory, for high school Kararyu students
- Improved natural resource management: tree nursery, enclosure area, afforestation, soil and water conservation, and awareness
- Saved the lives of livestock through humanitarian responses
- Economic and socio-cultural empowerment of Karayu women
- Improved access to water (boreholes, pond, roof water harvesting)
- Reduction of women’s workloads through shops, grinding mills, modern houses, and water development
- Reduction of vulnerability to drought and disaster
- Introduction and promotion of livelihood diversification to ensure livelihood security
Challenges
- Occasional misunderstanding and misinterpretation of the organization’s activities
- Recurrent drought
- Ethnic conflict
- Staff turnover (organizational and line bureaus)