{"title": "Scaling-Up Community-Driven Adaptive Capacity and Resilience of Peasants and Artisanal Fishing Community Living around the Threatened Biodiversity Hotspot of Mida Creek", "website": "https://www.cobec.or.ke", "createdAt": 1722485999125, "credentials": {}, "description": "🌊 Scaling-Up Community-Driven Adaptive Capacity and Resilience in Mida Creek, Kenya 🌴\n\n\n\n 📌 Project Summary\n\nThis project aims to enhance the adaptive capacity and resilience of peasants and artisanal fishing communities around Mida Creek, a vital biodiversity hotspot in Kilifi County, Kenya. Through capacity building, sustainable livelihood initiatives, and climate adaptation strategies, we seek to empower residents with skills in sustainable practices and alternative income sources.\n\nMida Creek is renowned for its rich ecosystems, including mangrove forests, seagrasses, and diverse marine life. However, these ecosystems and the communities that depend on them face severe threats from climate change, overexploitation of resources, and socio-economic vulnerabilities.\n\n🌍 COBEC is a proud member of the Gainforest Green Globe Community.\nWe transparently monitor our progress through the following project page:\nhttps://gainforest.app/e82a241356c57432c6b031c6c52e640f2a4ab5c4a23c3d1d2c54be0957f14e6a/1 \n\n🎯 Key Objectives\n\n1.⁠ ⁠💪 Enhance adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change\n2.⁠ ⁠🌱 Promote sustainable livelihoods\n3.⁠ ⁠🌍 Reduce greenhouse gas emissions\n4.⁠ ⁠🐠 Conserve biodiversity\n\n🛠️ Key Activities\n\n•⁠  ⁠🏫 Workshops on sustainable resource management and climate adaptation\n•⁠  ⁠🏖️ Development of eco-tourism and sustainable aquaculture projects\n•⁠  ⁠🎨 Facilitation of artisanal product production and marketing\n•⁠  ⁠💧 Implementation of efficient water management practices\n•⁠  ⁠🌳 Mangrove restoration and conservation activities\n•⁠  ⁠💡 Promotion of energy-efficient technologies\n\n🌟 Anticipated Impact\n\n•⁠  ⁠🏗️ Improved community resilience to climate change\n•⁠  ⁠📈 Diversified and sustainable livelihoods\n•⁠  ⁠🌿 Increased carbon sequestration\n•⁠  ⁠🦋 Enhanced biodiversity conservation\n•⁠  ⁠💰 Strengthened socio-economic stability\n\n⏳ Project Duration\n24 months\n\n 💼 Budget\n$250,000\n\n👥 Team\n\n•⁠  ⁠👨‍💼 Edward Mwamuye - Project Manager\n•⁠  ⁠🤝 Johnson Nzai - Community Liaison Officer\n•⁠  ⁠👨‍🔬 Julius Sila - Technical Officer\n•⁠  ⁠💹 Anderson Mshelle - Finance Officer\n•⁠  ⁠📊 Mwangome Muye - Monitoring and Evaluation Officer\n\n 🎁 Beneficiaries\n\nDirect beneficiaries include local peasants, artisanal fishing community members, and their families. Indirect beneficiaries include the broader community of Kilifi County, local businesses, and eco-tourism stakeholders.\n\n 📅 Project Timeline\n\n1.⁠ ⁠Phase 1 (Months 1-6): 📊 Baseline survey, community engagement, capacity building\n2.⁠ ⁠Phase 2 (Months 7-12): 🚀 Implementation of livelihood initiatives, early warning systems\n3.⁠ ⁠Phase 3 (Months 13-18): 🏗️ Climate-resilient infrastructure development, mangrove restoration\n4.⁠ ⁠Phase 4 (Months 19-24): 📈 Monitoring, evaluation, and final reporting\n\n 🌿 Environmental Impact\n\n•⁠  ⁠🐠 Biodiversity Conservation: Restoration and protection of mangroves and other critical habitats\n•⁠  ⁠🌳 Carbon Sequestration: Enhanced mangrove forests will capture and store substantial amounts of CO2\n•⁠  ⁠🌊 Reduced Resource Depletion: Sustainable practices will decrease overexploitation of natural resources\n\n👥 Social Impact\n\n•⁠  ⁠💪 Community Empowerment: Capacity building and active involvement in decision-making\n•⁠  ⁠💰 Improved Livelihoods: Diversified and sustainable livelihood options\n•⁠  ⁠🛡️ Increased Resilience: Enhanced ability to cope with environmental changes\n\n 💹 Economic Impact\n\n•⁠  ⁠📈 Sustainable Economic Growth: Eco-tourism, sustainable aquaculture, and artisanal products\n•⁠  ⁠🌐 Market Access: Training in marketing and business skills\n\n👥 Project Impact\n •⁠  ⁠💪 Mangrove Restoration: Planted over 50,000 mangrove trees\n•⁠  ⁠💰 Sequestration of approximately 600 metric tons of CO2\n•⁠  ⁠🛡️ Sustainable Food Security Farms: Established 10 sustainable vegetable farms, providing food security and income for 400 local families\n •⁠  ⁠📈 Beekeeping Project: Developed beekeeping activities that benefited over 550 families, generating an estimated $20,000 in revenue\n•⁠  ⁠🌐 Treeducation Fund – Paid school fees to 128 children from poor families\nSome of our videos can be viewed here https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cobec+projects\nThe links below show some of our photos\n![Beehives-for-honey-production](https://i.postimg.cc/13NvP5Bw/Beehives-for-honey-production.jpg) \n![Coomunity-food-security-farm](https://i.postimg.cc/GpFz87Zp/Coomunity-food-security-farm.jpg) \n![Food-security-farm-2](https://i.postimg.cc/k53f53YZ/Food-security-farm-2.jpg) \n![Mangrove-Planting](https://i.postimg.cc/DZ76qQTP/Mangrove-Planting.jpg) \n![Marereni-Planting](https://i.postimg.cc/xTXRyTWh/Marereni-Planting.jpg) \n![Nursery-seedlings-3](https://i.postimg.cc/KzQNQKcS/Nursery-seedlings-3.jpg) \n![Planted-site](https://i.postimg.cc/T14cMZWt/Planted-site.jpg) \n![Planting](https://i.postimg.cc/MHTYLWXc/Planting.jpg) \n![Planting-Mangroves](https://i.postimg.cc/Wbx79cV3/Planting-Mangroves.jpg) \n![Treeducation-Fund-Beneficiaries](https://i.postimg.cc/52vSTK9m/Treeducation-Fund-Beneficiaries.jpg) \n![Women-receiving-beehives](https://i.postimg.cc/gcSsZ6B3/Women-receiving-beehives.jpg) \n\nJoin us in empowering communities and preserving the beautiful Mida Creek ecosystem! Together, we can build a sustainable and resilient future for generations to come. 🌟🌍\n", "projectTwitter": "cobecnet"}