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Title: Help 200 Deaf Farmers Save Trees In Kenya
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Categories: Education
Environment
Health
Status:
In Planning
Timeline:
August 5 10 to September 5 10
Description:
The project is aimed at creating awareness, and economic incentive for 200 poor deaf farmers living in forest -farmlands to protect and preserve trees for long-term benefits for themselves, their children and to the community and to put a solution in saving trees from destruction.
Background:
According to a recent survey of all disabled people Kenya, in a population of 37 million people, it’s been estimated that around 1.6% (600,000) Kenyans are Deaf. Due to no access to education, they are less educated. They have less employment opportunities in public and private sectors due to discriminatory basis. Technically, they often have no alternative employment options to farming. The majority of poor farmers live in areas where there are trees/forests like Rift Valley, Nyanza and Central, and Eastern parts of Kenya. They build houses, growing crop, and keep livestock on, and at the same time keep their own families in the same farms. Most small areas of poor quality and cannot grow enough food to feed their families.
The deaf poor farmers depend heavily on trees/forests for livelihood. The organization has noted with concerns the way some of their farming activities are affecting trees in the areas which include cutting down thousand and thousand of trees per year for commercial and domestic purpose. Out of trees, they burn charcoal, produce timber for furniture; fuel wood for cooking, livestock feeds, and produces traditional medicines. Also because they possess plenty of cattle; they expressly use large scale of forests for cattle crazing. Due to little knowledge, they are actually not aware of how devastating their human activities are to biodiversity and ecosystem and as well to themselves and the people living there who are the hardest hit.
Objectives:
To create awareness and economic incentives for 200 poor deaf farmers and inhabitants living in forests/trees areas to protect and preserve trees/forests for long-term benefits for themselves, and their children, and the community and to put a solution in saving the trees from destruction.
Milestones:
Eradication of hunger and poverty, and unemployment, and environmental degradation. The deaf farmers are assured sustainable agriculture with food security/life necessities, and improved ecological benefits that sustain the health and well-being of communities. Developed “Farmer-Farmer Knowledge Gained Sharing” approach which is an essential component of all efforts to conserve and develop the trees in Kenya at large among 200+ deaf famers in each of the Kenyan 8 provinces/states.
Budget:
$33,000
Needs:
Poverty, and little knowledge of trees importance to biodiversity has led underprivileged deaf farmers to depend heavily on trees as the ONLY sources of subsistence. They cut down trees to produce fuel wood and timber for domestic and commercial purpose. This massive cutting of tree brings many ugly consequences such as air pollution, soil erosion, malaria epidemic and the release of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that’s a large contributor to greenhouse effect, and to loss of biodiversity through eviction of plants and animals. Few trees means less rain, less oxygen for themselves and community to breathe and an increase threat from global warming. We seek to educate, and encourage underprivileged deaf farmers on alternative sources of livelihoods that would provide incentives to plans and protect trees, to have a long-term benefit to thousand farmers, the economy and environment
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