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Documentation of evidence-based HIV stigma reduction in Uganda - Kitovu and Nsambya home care CAFOD has partnered with bet365 foundation to scale up stigma reduction responses in its HIV programmes in Uganda.  This follows a pilot that was first tried in Ethiopia, Zambia and Mombasa, Kenya over a period of three years.  The project titled "evidence responsive HIV stigma reduction project – Uganda" is seeking to promote HIV prevention and treatment services by including stigma reduction in the responses.  The project successfully started in November 2014 and will run over a period of one year to close in October 2015

Following successful grant processing and transfer to the partner it was observed that the project budget accrued a surplus of £7,057.48 which mainly resulted from favourable exchange rate gains.  It has been agreed after discussions with the two partners, CAFOD project and funding teams and the donor to use this surplus to produce some additional educational/information materials for the communities.  Initially this need was identified as a key project closure activity but not budgeted for.  

Over the implementation period therefore, partner staff will progressively capture and document unique stigma and discrimination experiences from respondents and good response practices from other change agents including faith leaders.  The unique stories and practices will then be followed up later in the year with an overall production of educational materials to inform transformation realised in the lives of the primary stakeholders of this project. The materials will be in the form of a ‘light read’ booklet on the best practices of this project and an audio visual documentary covering the role of faith leaders in stigma reduction.  Target audiences of these educational materials will include project beneficiaries, supporters of this work and collaborators as a way of showcasing the project impact on target communities.  It is also anticipated that these materials will promote visibility of this project and contribute to HIV stigma advocacy initiatives by all project stakeholders
ABG: Realising the Faith Potential Located in the suburbs of Nairobi, Radio Waumini 88.3 FM is a Catholic Radio at the service of the Gospel. It is an instrument of evangelisation and promotion of all initiatives and activities of the Catholic Church in Kenya. The radio programme under the ‘realising the faith potential’ project will provide forum for access to information especially to the most vulnerable of the society. 

The first strategy will focus on providing forum for access to information especially to the most vulnerable of the society. This accessibility is aimed at improving and fostering citizens’ engagement in leadership issues and creating a forum for expression. It is therefore planned that the common person will gain access to the studio and share in discussing leadership issues, invitations too will be extended to leaders to discuss issues from the theological, pastoral, political and civil point of views. All these will be done under the background of the Catholic Church leadership and pastoral guidance, with the key message of attempting to realise the potential of the Catholic Church in assisting to deliver accountability message to the leadership of this country.

This programme will invite Church organisations, civil societies and collaborate with parliamentary representatives to discuss those issues that affect the common man (used in generic form).   The forum will create a chance to communicate a strong message of responsive governance to Kenyan leadership.

The programme is expected to start running from October 2008 to March 2011. This will be a one-hour weekly programme with live call in, to seek clarifications of concern to the panellist.
Kitui Food Security Project: Mitigating Impact of Economic downturn This project falls within the DFID funded Food Security Project which aims to mitigate the impact of economic downturn for poor and marginalised people in Kenya and Zimabwe through supporting interventions that increase agricultural production and access to food.  Kenya has been selected because the economic downturn and recurrent droughts has resulted in increasing cost of agricultural inputs and food stuffs which has in turn exacerbated an already fragile food security situation. In Kenya, the project will be implemented by two of CAFOD’s partners, the Diocese of Isiolo and Diocese of Kitui. 

In Kitui, this additional funding will expand on and complement ongoing work under the East Africa Sustainable Livelihoods and DRR programme. This project will therefore support farmers in Kitui Diocese through voucher for work interventions to construct soil and water conservation structures on their farms and also through construction of metal silos for use by communities for grain storage. It is hoped that this will increase agricultural productivity, improve post harvest management and availability of food during the drought period. The voucher for work intervention will also enable farmers to earn money which they can use on their priority needs including agricultural inputs. Local communities will be mobilized to engage in these activities.

As the current programmes are funded directly by CAFOD, specific activities have been earmarked for these additional funds from DFID.
Youths as Agents of Positive Change Using Sports and Interactive Media The aim of this project is to support the communities of Korogocho, Kenya.

St.Johns Sports Society (SSS) based at St. John's sub - parish of Kariobangi has worked with communities of Korogocho slums in Nairobi for over 20 years.  In this project, SSS proposes to take forward and consolidate the gains of the partnership it has had with CAFOD since 2008 in supporting communities in Korogocho mainly through Sports, arts and cultural performances aimed at mobilizing youth towards constructive use of their skills and talents for justice and peace.  

For the next three years, SSS will continue recruiting youths into the various sporting teams.  These sports teams are strategically the change agents within Korogocho slums. The team members will be organised and capacity built on advocacy on Peace Building and Advocacy skills.  A representation of selected team members will be built and will be engaged as Community Education and Leadership teams though advocacy on governance, justice and peace building. These teams will particularly be involved in public expenditure monitoring (monitoring of public resources allocation and utilisation) and civic education.

Further, media programmes (electronic and print) will be used as a strategy for public awareness and advocacy. Realizing the poverty levels of the communities in Korogocho, SSS will identify and support members of its sports teams annually to undertake vocational trainings.
Consultancy - Kitui WRM The project area is located to the west of Kitui County in Nthongoni location of Kitui Rural sub-county. The name of the project is Muvitha/Kathemboni water shed management aimed at restoration of the catchment which has been degraded over time due poor land use management. Cultivation in steep slopes is evident which would have otherwise been left undisturbed with only trees growing to intercept rainwater and allow it time for water to percolate in the soil and also build up humus. Conservation efforts have been attempted but only when the hills were productive but now signs of neglect have manifested. At the foot of the hills are farms which are still being tilled and whose conservation needs to be strengthened.
Within the catchment, there is an earth dam, named Musosya that was constructed in the year 2003 and has silted up due to poor management of land use. During the earth dam construction, there was a perennial flowing stream of water in the main gully that feeds the dam.  The situation has since changed and the stream no longer flows and the flow in the gulley’s feeding the dam is only from storm water during the rainy season. Over the years there has been widening of the gully and many more gully tributaries have emerged, gully banks are slumping, widening the stream further and sand accumulation in the main gully has started a sign of mature water course.  The silt trap pond that had been made just before the inlet to the dam has been filled with sand,  The inlet pat of the dam has also been filled with sand to almost 2m estimated from a tree that was present during the construction of the dam.  The tree has been filled by sand to the first branch level. 
The Water Shed Management project is based on a concept of Land Retention Landscape from Tamera in Portugal that advocates for total retention of storm water run off within a water shed.   Tamera consultants have been invited for technical advise with specific deliverable as outlined in the ToR
CAFOD Community Based Green Energy Project (CB-GEP) As part of a 4 year programme, this project aims to increase access to modern, affordable and sustainable energy services for rural and peri-urban communities in Kenya. To do this, CAFOD, the Diocese of Kitui, the Diocese of Isiolo and Dupoto-e-Maa will work in partnership with CAFOD and Solar Works East Africa Limited, a private sector solar energy technology company. 
Community Based Green Energy Project (CB-GEP) target 407,792 households through 90 schools , 48 health centres and 69 rural community based groups in Kitui, Isiolo and Kajiado County, specifically in the districts of Kyuso, Mwingi, Mutomo Kitui, Kajiaod North and Central, Garbatulla and Isiolo.

Income generation of women and youth groups will be facilitated through the provision of 8 ICT centres using solar-based computers and other office equipment, and commercial kiosks, all owned and managed by selected and trained youth groups. For women groups 56 green houses with solar Pumping systems will be set up for income generation.
Income generation of women and youth groups will be facilitated through the provision of ICT centres using solar-based computers and other office equipment, and commercial kiosks, all owned and managed by selected and trained youth groups.
Management of natural resources will be improved through the installation of solar water pumping systems at existing water structures, support for solar lighting systems for schools and health centres; by the use of energy saving stoves; and through community awareness raising on environmental protection.
Local partners and community groups will be trained to implement, maintain and manage the energy systems and on the benefits of sustainable environmental management, facilitating technology transfer and replication of the systems within the target areas.
Shalom Centre for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation -Office Set Up Support Shalom Centre for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation (SCCRR) is a relatively new organisation but clearly builds on the work and reputation of the local church, missionary activity and development NGOs across northern Kenya. The added value of SCCRR initiative is that it brings a range of actors together in a new and meaningful way, building on the strengths of each with a view to creating local and sustainable solutions to the intractable nature of conflict in the region.  Furthermore, SCCRR has been mandated to work for peace and conflict resolution in northern Kenya by 64 missionary groups working in the country, and enjoys the support of the Kenyan government authorities (nationally and local) and academic institutions in Nairobi

The overall problem this project seeks to address is the prevailing violence and conflict between the Turkana people and neighbouring ethnic groups, notably the Karimojong, Toposa, Dassenach, Samburu, Pokot, and Borana peoples. There is a long history of conflict between the Turkana and their neighbours that significantly impacts on the well being of the people and the possibility for socio-development across the region. Through a range of methodologies, the intervention will attempt to reduce the level of violent conflict (behavioural and structural) in the project site. While the conflict has been ongoing for hundreds of years, tensions between various groups are compounded by the increasing availability of weapons across the region, and indeed the fragile political situation in the whole of Kenya following the violent aftermath of the 2008 elections. The overall aim is to transform the current culture of conflict into one of peace. The project further aims at influencing national development and security policy towards the region that would lead to enhancing human security among poor and vulnerable communities in the Northern regions of Kenya.
Integrated Food Security project Phase 2 Farmers in Kitui County rely on small scale agriculture for food and income. Despite macro-economic growth within the Country, communities are unable to maintain a basic standard of living and many households face food insecurity. Majority of population relies on rain-fed agriculture which is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change resulting to low crop and livestock production. There is limited access to farm inputs, inadequate capacities on appropriate dry land farming and inadequate market system development. The combined effects of climate change and rapid population growth are increasing food insecurity, environmental degradation, and poverty levels in the county. Already scarce resources such as arable farmland must be subdivided among more people, resulting in over-exploitation and low productivity. The population below the Poverty Line in Kitui County is at 60% which is way below the national rate of 45% with Human Development and Gender Inequality index at 0.45% compared to the national index of 0.49%.
This project aims to build farmers capacity on good agricultural practices and market access for collective marketing.
Climate Resilient Agriculture: transforming the livelihoods  poor women, men and children in Samburu This is a three year project to be implemented, to achieve improved food and livelihoods security for poor women, men and children from hazard-prone and/or marginalised rural communities in Samburu Central and Samburu East sub counties in Diocese of Maralal, Kenya.

Women, men and children living in remote and hazard-prone rural areas in Samburu- Kenya rely on smallholder agriculture and livestock to provide their main source of food or income. Poverty is widespread, many face food insecurity, and livelihoods are highly dependent on climatic conditions. 
The most recent research has found that there is high probability that climate change will exacerbate the vulnerability of agricultural systems particularly in regions of Africa (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2014 5th Report).  Smallholder farmers are vital in supplying food to the local population. However, growing competition over scarce resources, limited technical support and inadequate policies have contributed to environmental degradation, low productivity and an unfavourable environment for local economic development. Poor smallholder food producers lack the capacity, technical skills and financial resources to adapt to changing climatic conditions, which renders them more vulnerable to food insecurity and inhibits their active participation in local markets (CAFOD, Setting the post-2015 development compass, 2013).

This project aims to increase the productivity and resilience of agricultural systems; consolidate engagement in markets and diversify income generation; strengthen adaptation to climate change; and increase the ability of local, small scale food producers to access services and influence development practices.
Caritas Kenya/CJPC joint advocacy intervention on good governance and peace in Kenya This is a joint project for CARITAS KENYA and Catholic Justice & Peace Commission ( CJPC).
The project seeks to empower community to demand accountability and establish strong partnership with local authorities (establish 4 county liaison offices) in ensuring quality service delivery. Project outcome areas include;

•	Strong local and metropolitan structures within Catholic Church Structure
•	Enhanced civic/public and peace education
•	Community mechanisms on leadership and accountability.
The project has a focus on a broad-spectrum and interlinked issues of governance, livelihood, climate change and disaster management &preparedness. It will establish community participation platforms/structures at the County level (citizen oversight forums) to engage stakeholders’ transparency and accountability in service delivery, take part in environmental conservation, disaster risk reduction, and civic education budget making processes at county level. 

Church structures key to delivery of the project include; Bishop’s plenary assembly, adhoc bishop’s committees, Disaster Risk Reduction committees, liaison offices. CJPC commissioners, CJPC peace and development committees and CJPC and Caritas at Diocese and national level.
Drought Emergency Response Project in Marsabit, Phase II Marsabit County is experiencing one of the most severe drought never experienced before, as a result of failure of 5 consecutive rain seasons resulting to extreme water shortage, food insecurity, migration of pastoral communities, resource based conflicts,  malnutrition etc.The situation has been excerbated by high cost of food prices making it beyond reach for many and lack of market for the weak livestock. Currently, water trucking and food assistance (through food distribution, cash transfers and food vouchers) to the most affected people and institutions are amongst some of the drought emergency interventions supported by CAFOD, the National and County Government and all partners working in the humanitarian aid relief. Unless supported through interventions such as water trucking and food donations most people and institutions currently do not have access to safe, clean drinking water and food.
In the ongoing 3rd Phase of CAFOD GEF funding & support from Caritas Australia, the project targets 7 severely drought affected villages with food distribution, food voucher and water trucking, 5 schools with school feeding programs, 40 needy students with food for fees, construction of an underground tank in Tullu Dimtu and borehole drilling in Burgabo. The project is also targeting 11 strategic diesel-run boreholes among drought-affected communities of Marsabit County with the provision of fuel subsidies and 10 boreholes with fast moving spare parts. Additional funding from CAFOD GEF will support 3 villages with food distribution, water trucking, solar relocation in Burgabo and Genset house and school feeding programme for 1 school, and food for fees for 40 students. The direct beneficiaries will include school going children, men, women, pregnant and lactating women, People Living with Disability and youths in these villages. The vulnerable section of the community such as poor, elderly, female-headed households, people living with chronic diseases.
ISIOLO INTEGRATED FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMME (IIFSP2) Isiolo County is one of the Counties in the Upper Eastern region of Kenya and covers an area of approximately 25,700 km2. It has an estimated population of 143, 294  .The county which is classified as arid and semi-arid (ASAL) is hot and dry in most months in the year with two rainy seasons: short rains in October and November; long rains in March and May. The rainfall is unreliable with an annual average of 580.2 mm. The County like other ASAL areas is grappling with numerous socio-economic challenges manifested in among other indicators food insecurity, low incomes, unemployment, environmental degradation and inter-community conflicts. In view of these, the key needs of the communities are: Food security: constitutes a key challenge facing the pastoral and Agro-Pastoral communities in Isiolo County. The County has a food poverty rate of 77%. Majority of the people depend primarily on relief food.  Over 80% of the land in the County is non-arable (22,000 km2) and is used for grazing by the pastoralists. Only 1,497 hectares are under food crops production . 
Environmental management: The scarce resources in Isiolo County lead to severe environmental degradation of land and pasture that immensely contribute to the often-experienced inter-ethnic conflicts. Charcoal burning, sand harvesting, overgrazing and overstocking in most parts of the county has been rapidly depleting vegetation leaving land exposed to soil erosion. Environmental degradation has led to decreased vegetation cover; water scarcity due to destruction of water catchments, increase of environment-related diseases such as kalaazar, eyes and respiratory problems. Conflicts: Isiolo County is prone to inter and intra community conflicts triggered by among other factors competition for scarce resources such as pasture and water, cattle rustling, negative perceptions, boundary disputes and political instigations.
Shelter a Hungry Farmer: A 3 Point Rights Based Agenda Overall, the project seeks to influence States to actively provide for agro-based economic development. This will greatly improve the livelihood of the poor who are majority in Africa, Kenya and Uganda in particular.
The main strategy for this project is intensifying church involvement in advocating for change in policy and practice by states in support for Small Holder Farmers’ (SHFs) Rights who contribute over 70% of the food consumed in rural areas and urban centres globally. Further, support to SHFs has a direct positive impact not only on household income generation but also on improving the health of poor families. 

The project has a three point agenda. First, it aims at increasing the voice, influence and visibility of SHFs in regional, national and international decision making processes. Further, the project seeks to address issues of women SHFs who constitute the majority in the sector.
Secondly the project will advocate that the East African states increase budgetary allocations up to 10% of their national budget. In giving the lobbying public support JHC in collaboration with CJPC networks will organize SHFs into campaign solidarity groups, in order to develop priority areas for relevant State agencies for funding.
 The third agenda is to lobby national, regional and international bodies to create an environment where inward investments thrive. These actions are aimed at driving actualization of a pro-poor policy and practice environment, in which rights of SHFs are promoted.
Samburu Flood Response The Kenya Meteolological department predicted  El Nino rains to come from mid October.  The, rains started at the end of october and caused heavy flooding that reached a peak on the 2nd of November. Samburu County is one of the worst effected regions in Kenya, and has been selected as we have a strong presence through local partners that will enable a timely response. In Samburu County, the most affected areas are Samburu East and North sub-counties. Phone discussions with local community leaders has provided a total of 9023 people having been affected at the villages of Lerata, Tangar, Noit, Anderi, Naisunyai and Laparaan . A spike in rainfall is projected due to the ongoing El Nino rains and Samburu county may become affected with  a further population of 9366 people being displaced in other locations that have not be badly hit at the moment. No major support has reached the community except  the rescue missions by the helicopter from the Ormalo Ranch that rescued 8 people that had been swept away in their vehicle.
The funding from Caritas Australia in addition to CAFOD funding(CGF &GEF) will come in handy in adressing the immediate needs of affected population of 6,076 people in the worst affected villages of Anderi, Laparan, Noit and Tangar in Samburu North and Lerata and  Naisunyai in Samburu East, supporting them with food, NFIs, and water treatment chemicals.