Food Security Livelihoods and Climate Change/Disaster Risk Reduction

Goal:

To enhance food security and livelihood resilience while mitigating climate change and disaster risk among caregivers in ECDP area of operation by end of June 2025.

Objective 1:

To enhance capacity of children, families and communities to manage and reduce disaster risks.

Immediate Outcome EA10:

Communities prepared to respond to emergencies with a child protection approach

Outputs EA101:

Community members, parents, and service providers trained in Child Protection in Emergencies

Activity EA101-02

Develop DRR plans with members of the community, adolescents and youth

The organization in FY25, will support 200 households/families to reach 1000 people (470m, 530f) affected by disasters on need based to build their livelihood resilience in Mbiuni/Kathama, Wamunyu/Yathui, Muvuti Kiima Kimwe, Tala, Matungulu West/North, Kyangwithya East & West, Mulango, Migwani, Nguutani, Kyome Thaana and new entry areas; Kauwi, Kalama, Kibauni, Kyeleni, Nguutani and Miseleni in Machakos and Kitui Counties. This activity will be actualized through engagement of program staff and community leaders in identifying the households whose livelihood interventions need capital revamping. Each household will be assessed and targeted uniquely during monitoring visits. This intervention is aimed at building, reconstructing and fortifying household livelihood initiatives and increases their resilience so as to remain robust amidst challenging environment and enable the households to graduate from poverty. Further, ECDP will support joint sector working group assessment and coordination in Machakos and Kitui Counties to map out areas of emergencies and develop mitigation plans.

Activity EA101-03

Develop Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP) for staff and volunteers

In FY 25, the Program staff will cascade Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR) to community leaders and 3,780 (1,260m 2,520f) caregivers in Mbiuni/Kathama, Wamunyu/Yathui, Muvuti Kiima Kimwe, Matungulu East, West & North, Kyangwithya East & West, Mulango, Migwani, Nguutani, Kyome Thaana wards in Kitui and Machakos Counties. This training will equip the community leaders and caregivers with knowledge on how to assess risks and their vulnerabilities. This will further enable them to have skills for implementing programs and equipping them with emergency preparedness skills to develop their plans and responses which are contextualized to their local environment.

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Eastern Community Development Programme (ECDP) works in two Counties namely; Kitui and Machakos. In Machakos County, the organization targets 4 Sub Counties (Matungulu, Kangundo, Machakos Town and Mwala).