Integrated Community Based Resilience and

Development Programme

01 April 2023 to 31 March 2025

 Concept Note
• Time frame : 04-2023 to 03-2025 2years project
• Budget : 535,000 USD
• Vision
• Meet basic social and economic needs and enhance participatory and
community-based development and institutional capacity at locality and
community levels
• Integrated sectoral and cross-sectoral development packages that would take
gender, environmental, biophysical, and socio-economic factors
• Community-based development
• Partnership building
• Disparity reduction
• Advocacy and social mobilization
• Service delivery
• Environmental protection
 Concept Note
• Targeted population : estimated 8,000 populations over 5 most
vulnerable communities
• Criteria:
 Villages around 250 Households host and displaced – 1500 people, affected by the drought-
induced hunger
 Types of communities’ economic mainstay are farming and/or livestock rearing (or fishing)
 Have access to some land for agriculture to maximize utilization and management.
 Have access to markets for economic opportunities.
 Food security status (in priority order IPC 5, 4 and 3) - types and level of income/production
and expenditure
 Hosting displaced community
 Lack of availability of health facilities
 Lack of access to near water source (distance)
 No other support received by humanitarian/development actors
 Enthusiasm and commitment of the communities and local government to ensure
sustainability.
 ACTIVITIES – BASED ON EVCA

Livelihoods
Link livelihood activities with risk reduction and climate adaptation
Emphasis on adapted agriculture and livestock practices, natural resources
conservation/management, restoration of productive assets and agriculture products marketing
Some possible activities
 Agricultural inputs supply, agriculture extension services and promotion of climate adaptation techniques
 Promotion of agriculture products marketing.
 Livestock restocking and animal husbandry management.
 Income Generating activities for 30 youth in all five villages.
 Provision of up-scaled skills/vocational training to 200 people (business skills, soft skills and new technical
skills).
 Promotion and dissemination of low-tech and low-cost practices through volunteers. This will be based on
the Easy Volunteers Actions Handbook
https://www.livelihoodscentre.org/web/livelihoods-centre/-/easy-volunteer-actions
 Piloting initiatives such as fodder reserves, community greenhouses or gardens, community safety nets
(savings groups)
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Blue sky thinking
a. For agropastoralists and farmers:
i. Rainwater harvesting for agriculture. – and at community level (will depend on what is most relevant/efficient)
ii. Drought/disease resistant indigenous seeds/crops (maize, sorghum, sesame)
iii. Crop rotation and planting of cover crops/mulching for soil restoration + zai , reduced tillage
iv. Demonstration plot, lead farmers to encourage change in agrciulutral practices
v. Input for seed storage methods and grain stroage
vi. Input for farming tools and mechanisation (must be appropriate and wanted)
vii. Trainings on sustainable production and management practices
viii. Training on agriculture production, , transformation and conservation, savings, supply chain and business
b. Pastoralists (non-nomadic, potentially also nomadic)
i. Half-moon basins, creating greened areas for cattle grazing.
ii. Growing fodder crops (alfalfa, Sudan Grass, mulato, Brachiara grass, collection of wild fodder plants, hydroponic techniques?) and (natural) fencing off land for grazing,
iii. Improve land management for land regeneration, protection and grazing
iv. Trainings on sustainable practices
c. Community initiatives:
i. Community-based storage facilities
ii. The Village Saving and Loan Association (VSLA) – individual or Group cash transfers
iii. Strengthen existing cooperatives
iv. Community garden (school, health facilities), basic land restoration to start engagement with small plantings of 'multipurpose' trees (food, fodder, fuel) in communities accompanied
by some water-harvesting/water-saving methods for seedlings to survive
d. Local institutions
i. Engagement with Ministries to support and increase extension services, participation in seed banks,
ii. Partner with Universities of Agriculutre (e.g. Zam Zam ), other local NGO (ACTED, GIZ, Save the children, Havacayo) or training centres
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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Community managed water sources giving access to safe water
ensuring improved and sustained access to safe water for underserved and at-risk IDPs, schools, health and nutrition
centers, and rural communities

Some possible activities

 Rehabilitation, maintenance, and running of community water points (boreholes and wells),
 Providing pumping equipment, solar-powered pump,
 Providing (building or rehabilitation) water kiosks, water harvesting and storage systems, along with
and training of water committees in management of water supplies, operation, and maintenance of
infrastructure.
 Provision of instructional and building materials and for the construction of latrines with handwashing
facilities in schools
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HEALTH
The immediate risks to the health of affected populations are reduced

Some possible activities

 Renovation/construction and equipping of health facilities, including basic drugs; essential health staff;
child and maternal health services,
 Establishing a community-based surveillance system and strengthening referral health facilities to
provide prompt and quality care; promoting the healthy lifestyle reduces the rate of NCDs.
 Establishment of community centers including community information centers; community
psychosocial support centers, promote youth peer support groups; Youth friendly HIV/AIDS prevention
services for young people in and out of school
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Risk Reduction, climate adaptation and Recovery

Communities in high-risk areas are prepared for and able to respond to disaster

Some possible activities

 Establishment of various Community Development Committees (CDCs) ,
 Training in various aspects of integrated community development concepts approaches (participatory
planning and monitoring of local projects, revolving fund management, identification of development
needs, development of combined interventions, promotion of community participation in multi-
purpose program management.
 Involving community resilience committees and other community representatives in analyzing risks
and community preparedness action plans, training community members in first aid, disaster
preparedness and response, and establishing multi-hazard early warning systems
 WHAT’S NEXT ?

1. Identification of target areas based at minima on IPC

 Rapid multi sector assessment done in March by each branch?
 Static clinic entry point – need to make Profile of each of them to see if some could be considered
and match criteria ?

2. Assessment – eVCA (enhanced Vulnearability Capacity Assessment)

 Technical support IFRC/FRC for design of assessment, community plan of actions
 SRCS Team leader

3. Design of interventions