Mennonite Central Committee Canada

Published purpose

The objective of the project is to reduce the vulnerability to climate change and enhance the well-being of communities and their surrounding Afromontane and sub-Afromontane ecosystems in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. With a strong focus on women, girls and other vulnerable groups, the project will: (i) increase social-ecological system capacity to absorb climate-driven biophysical shocks and stresses by scaling up four core nature-based solutions (conservation agriculture, assisted natural regeneration and enrichment planting, improved water management, improved livestock and range management), (ii) increase capacity to absorb socio-economic shocks and stresses (caused by climate change) by promoting enhanced climate resilient livelihoods, based on the sustainable use of biodiversity, (iii) increase local communities’ ability to adapt to future climate change impacts and improve ecosystem management by increasing decision-making and leadership of women and other vulnerable people in community and landscape level governance systems. This initiative was planned by Canadian Foodgrains Bank members (Adventist Development and Relief Agency Canada, Canadian Lutheran World Relief, Mennonite Central Committee Canada, Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, Tearfund Canada, United Church of Canada, Canadian Baptist Ministries, Emergency Relief and Development Association, and World Renew Canada) and will be implemented with local partners. This project will target a total of 75,000 beneficiaries (37,500 women and 37,500 men).