Proposed by ORG
Part 1: Project Summary
“Communities residing in the river basin face a high level of economic risk due to the prevalence of unexpected natural disasters such as floods and landslides. Although these natural disasters are seasonal, yet the communities end up bearing livelihood losses in addition to loss of life, housing and health. This is mostly due to inadequate planning, lack of organizational skills, inaccessible markets and poor mitigation strategies. Under such a situation, ORG proposes to implement a set of interventions to reduce the economic risks and increase livelihood opportunities of the poor communities living in the river basin area. The project will build the capacities of the communities in assessing economic risks, adopt coping strategies, reduce losses in addition to increasing livelihood opportunities through proper planning, quality production, improved market access and collective work. The project will use subsector approaches, promote new agricultural techniques, experiment community insurance and promote cooperatives with a strong focus on women’s participation. As a result of this intervention, it is expected that the community will acquire new skills to increase their livelihood opportunities in a sustainable fashion.”
