Training Rural Women for Environmental, Economic and Livelihood Empowerment Implementing Agency: The Green Belt Movement Collaboration: New Course, wPower Funding Agency: MacArthur Foundation
Purpose To develop a “wPOWER East Africa Hub” to unlock women’s potential in natural resource management and in climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies across three East African priority watersheds. Monday, November 12, 2018
Geographical Scope The project will be focused on three high biodiversity landscapes/watersheds. Mount Elgon - Uganda (Upper Nile watershed) The Mau Complex and parts of Western Aberdares (Lake Victoria watersheds) The Turkana /Omo (Cherangani water tower). Monday, November 12, 2018
Objective 1 Unlocking women’s potential as “Green Agents of Change” 300-400women leaders 20,000 members from Community based organizations 200,000 lives within the 3 watersheds Monday, November 12, 2018
Objective 2 Build the foundation for a permanent program designed to strengthen the capacity of rural women to manage natural resources within the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace & Environmental Studies. Monday, November 12, 2018
Activites Women Mobilization and engagement for Community Education and empowerment that will improve women’s participation and influence for environmental governance, build climate resilience, help establish cultures of peace, and improve community energy access Monday, November 12, 2018
Strategic Partnerships' Innovative public-private-people partnerships that tackle the issues of energy security and natural resource management - U.S. Department of State’s Partnership on Women’s Entrepreneurship in Renewables Technology providers - Barefoot Power, Nokero, and D.Light Implementing partners - CBO’s, NGO’s and local civil service organizations Global alliances - Clean Cookstove Alliance Monday, November 12, 2018