Mombasa Integrated Food Security Programme The Catholic Diocese of Mombasa (CAM) Integrated Food Security Programme (IFSP) will be implemented in Kisauni and Lungalunga Sub counties of Mombasa and Kwale Counties respectively. In Kisauni Sub County, the project will be implemented in six sub locations  namely Junda, Kisauni, Magogoni, Kongowea, Bamburi and Maweni; while in Lungalunga  Sub county  it will be  in seven sub locations ; Vanga, Jego, Sega,  Kiwegu, Kasemeni, Kilimangodo and Mwena. The proposed IFS programme is targeting to reach a total of 1,500 direct beneficiaries (750 males and 750 females) and 6,000  indirect beneficiaries (2250 males and 3750 females).  Each direct beneficiary will reach out to 5 indirect beneficiaries in Kisauni and 3 indirect beneficiaries in Lungalunga. 

The programme will target the food poor, who are among vulnerable House Holds (HHs) such as People living with and affected by HIV, Orphan and Vulnerable Children (OVC), Child headed HH, Female HH, People with Disabilities (PWD), elderly persons, Drug users, sex workers, HHs that did not cultivate in the last 2 seasons, livestock keepers, agro pastoralist farmers, unskilled youth out of school, youth in school (clubs in school) and terminally ill people. 

The overall goal of CAM IFSP is to promote food security for 250 and 1500 food poor beneficiaries (households and individual) through improved food security, income levels and health status in Kisauni and Lunga lunga programme areas by March 2018.  This programme seeks to address some factors that contribute to food and income insecurity among the targeted HHs through an integrated approach focusing on livestock and crop production, HIV and AIDs prevention as well as income generating activities. Training in the proposed programme will mainly be done through Community Resource Persons (CRP), Field Agents (FAs) and Community Health Workers (CHWs). 

A Participatory Community Needs assessment was conducted in, 2013 through CAM and CAFOD partnership to inform the project design.  This was done in order to gather in-depth information on the causes of food insecurity, aimed at identifying and evaluating factors contributing to food insecurity and determining other integrated needs of the communities living within Lunga lunga and Kisauni sub counties. According to the findings, key factors contributing to food insecurity identified were: prolonged drought, erratic rainfall, poor methods of farming, community factors contributing to HIV infection (weddings, seasonal dances) and low household income.

This IFS programme will work with individuals and groups within target communities to increase crop and livestock production levels through sustainable agriculture principles and practices as a strategy. Various approaches shall be used to achieve this such as Farmers Field schools (demonstration farms), farmers open days, exchange visits, field based trainings and institutional workshops. On HIV and AIDs, formation of community units, open community HIV sensitization meetings, HIV stakeholders meetings.  In order to improve HHs income levels, training on income generation shall be carried out through field agents. 
 
The three year programme will be implemented over a period of 36 months commencing May 2015 to April 2018.  The total planned budget for this project is £210,000 with annual disbursements of £70,000 to the partner to support project activities