By Michael Tuerk | Project Manager
Climate change has many negative impacts, especially on people in the South. Since 2010, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe has been carrying out a model project for disaster prevention in Ethiopia in the wake of climate change - because climate change is having a particularly strong impact there due to increasing droughts. The project is divided into three phases and aims to enable people to cope better with the consequences of climate change. A special feature of the project is the combination of disaster prevention with development work.
The project area ist located in the district of Dereba in Central Ethiopia, southeast of the capital Addis Ababa.
The measures will benefit 4,600 families with a total of around 19,000 people.
One project component is aimed at the conservation of natural resources. This involves water protection measures that will be implemented on 100 hectares of the community's land. Water basins, terraces and planted ditches will be created, rainwater will be better collected and the drinking water supply improved. A further component of the project will create new income opportunities for needy women and landless young people. More than 470 women receive small livestock such as sheep and chickens in order to build a livelihood by breeding offspring. The young people are trained in bricklaying.
The measures are supplemented by the introduction of new plant and vegetable varieties that are more resistant to frost and drought. In this way a contribution is to be made to food security for the communities.
Women and young girls in particular benefit from the project: The improved drinking water supply reduces their workload to such an extent that they have the chance to attend school. The income-generating measures, which are targeted specifically at women, secure the women an independent livelihood and bring about a growing self-confidence of the female population - as well as active participation in household and community affairs.
Thank you so much for your during support to help the people in ethiopia!
Yours
Michael Tuerk
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