Buhera Guukwa Ward 11 Weir Dam & Irrigation System
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Buhera Guukwa Ward 11 Weir Dam & Irrigation system PROGRAM INFORMATION USAID PROGRAM FOOD FOR PEACE: ENSURE Chief Nemhasi, Buhera District, Gurukwa Village Location Ward 11 Implementing Partner World Vision Industry Sector Irrigation, infrastructure, gardens Project Objectives Water Uses • Irrigate gardens • Troughs for livestock • Increase incomes • Household use ENSURE targets improving food security and nutrition for • Improve livelihoods • Irrigation vulnerable households through increased resilience and growth. The activity compliments the Mission’s strategy to build resilience of chronically food insecure households and Project participants: graduate them from humanitarian assistance. • Five villages, representing approximately 300 households within 5km radius of the dam. • 75 households are involved in dam construction and the associated community irrigation plot. • Beneficiaries working on the project are given food rations as “food for work” compensation Selection of site for the dam involved: • Local leadership • EMA advised not to clear trees • World Vision + Engineer Trained in Farmer Management • Natural Resources Management • Access to raw materials Project Actions: • Construction of small community dam • Catchment area protection • Pipeline to 2 hectares garden • Water drawn from mountains and stream by gravity • Proposed drip irrigation of fields plots • Latrine and wells construction in the irrigation scheme Water captured from nearby mountains is gravity-fed into the dammed area of about 400m2. Pafiwa Primary School Latrine & Borehole PROGRAM INFORMATION USAID PROGRAM C-WASH Location Mawayo Village, Mutasa District Ward Implementing Partner DAPP Industry Sector WATSAN C-WASH is funded through a Development Grants Program aimed at improving access to safe and Before intervention: New Toilets constructed: reliable water, sanitation facilities, and improving • Inadequate toilets • 10 units hygiene/ nutrition in 14 Wards, benefiting more than • Boys toilets collapsed • 2 facilites for disabled 8,000 household, and 20 schools in targeted • No ablution facilities • 2 bathing rooms communities in Manicaland. The Activity is being for a disabled pupil • Hand washing tippy implemented in 4 districts: - Chipinge, Chimanimani, currently at the tap facilities Mutasa, and Nyanga. school • Rooftop rainwater harvesting Project Objectives • To improve community led approaches to secure safe WASH practices. • Increase utilization of safe water • Sustained access to improved water and sanitation facilities • Improved sanitation and hygiene practices through community mobilization Project Components: • Sanitation and hygiene at Pafiwa Primary School • Construction of 10 girls’ toilets and bathroom facilities (completed) • School Public Health Club • Community health promotion • Community water supply in Matiza Village Ward 11 • Borehole rehabilitation Teachers – 36 (13 male, 23 female) Pupils – (581 girls, 606 boys) Mafure Piggery and Madekufa Goat project PROGRAM INFORMATION USAID PROGRAM YOUTH CAN Piggery: Mutare District Marange Location Goat Project: Mutare Distrct Masasi Implementing Partner IRC Industry Sector Livestock Mafure Piggery Project: is a small income generating activity for conflict mitigation focusing on pig rearing. The Program challenges Program Set-up program started in 2014. Funded by IRC, IIDF, Ministry of • Water availability • Ages 15-35 eligible Youth. Currently, 24 Youth participate in the Piggery. • Chemical storage • Constructed with Madewakufa Goat project: The project also seeks to • Disease vectors 12,000 bricks made by youth participants demonstrate, through the successful execution of youth focused community initiatives, that capacity-building efforts (trainings, CBP, youth engagement process) can be USAID Piggery Inputs: transformed into action for the benefit of youth and • 7 bags of cement, communities. • Corrugated sheets, • Treated poles • 1 pregnant female pig • Pig had 12 piglets (7 female, 5 male) • Land donated by a youth beneficiary Design of Building: • Structure is divided into 5 pens • Fly traps included • Floors are covered with cement on a slop to allow drainage into a soak way. • Soak way is filled with stones and had bags of sand to allow drainage • Solid waste from pen is put into a covered pit to control flies. Water Use: • A total of 150L of water is used daily. • Project uses 30L of water per compartment, fetched in 20L buckets and carried from manually from a neighboring well. Project future plans – this is a pilot project due to its success, there are plans to extend the project to other youth. Bvumbura Irrigation Scheme PROGRAM INFORMATION USAID PROGRAM FOOD FOR PEACE: ENSURE Location Chimanimani District Implementing Partner World Vision Industry Sector Irrigation, infrastructure, gardens ENSURE targets improving food security and nutrition for vulnerable households through increased resilience and Project Scale Water source growth. The activity compliments the Mission’s strategy to • 69 members • Draws water build resilience of chronically food insecure households and • Each with 20m X through gravity from graduate them from humanitarian assistance. 8m plots the Shinja River Project Achievements: • Replacing earth canals with cement lined canals (1.2 km of main canal and 500mx3 feeder canals) • Training of farmers in good agronomic practices • Community governance of the irrigation project Potential Environmental Risks: • Stagnant water • Adequacy of water for downstream users in drier months • Adequacy of water for the irrigation scheme • Soil and water conservation in the irrigation scheme • Use of flood irrigation on the field plots depleting water resources • Pest management in the irrigation scheme Mumera Solar Powered Garden PROGRAM INFORMATION USAID PROGRAM FOOD FOR PEACE: ENSURE Location Chimanimani District Ward 20 Implementing Partner World Vision Industry Sector Irrigation, energy, gardens Project assets Project Objectives ENSURE targets improving food security and nutrition for • 2 ha garden • Irrigate gardens vulnerable households through increased resilience and • Solar powered drip • Increase incomes growth. The activity compliments the Mission’s strategy to irrigation system • Improve build resilience of chronically food insecure households and • Borehole water for livelihoods graduate them from humanitarian assistance. irrigation • 80 members Technical assistance provided by project staff: • Siting and establishment of the garden • Installation of solar system and drilling of the borehole • Installation of drip kits • Community governance of the irrigation project Project Achievements: • Water drawn from a borehole using a solar powered submersible pump • 100 slots with tomatoes watered using drip irrigation • 2 hectare irrigation plot, primarily tomatoes • Soil conservation measures • Storm drain and gully prevention Potential Environment Risks: • Soil fertility management as the soils are sandy • Water and moisture management • Water quality for irrigation • Pest management issues in the irrigation scheme Improves nutrition and incomes of rural households thereby improving their resilience to shocks. Chikukuti Small Scale Irrigation Scheme PROGRAM INFORMATION USAID PROGRAM FOOD FOR PEACE: ENSURE Location Chimanimani District Implementing Partner World Vision Industry Sector Irrigation, infrastructure, gardens ENSURE targets improving food security and nutrition for vulnerable households through increased resilience and growth. Project Objectives Water Uses The activity compliments the Mission’s strategy to build • Irrigate gardens • Irrigation resilience of chronically food insecure households and graduate • Increase incomes them from humanitarian assistance. • Improve livelihoods The irrigation scheme seeks to improve nutrition and incomes Services Provided: of rural households thereby improving their resilience to • Siting and construction of a small dam shocks. • Laying pipes from the dam to the irrigation site • Land cleared for the 2 hectare garden • Training of farmers in good agronomic practices • Community governance of the irrigation project Project Actions: • Weir dam construction • Laying of pipeline to garden plot • Land Clearing for the 2 ha garden • Irrigation pipes Potential Environmental Risks: • Small dam poses flood risk if not constructed well • Dam area poses drowning risk to children and livestock if it’s not well managed • Siltation of the small dam • Stagnation of water may increase disease vectors • Adequacy of water for downstream users in drier months • Soil and water conservation in the irrigation scheme • Pest management issues in the irrigation scheme • Health and hygiene issues in the garden latrines if they are not well maintained Sakubva Market PROGRAM INFORMATION USAID PROGRAM NONE Location Mutare Implementing Partner None Industry Sector Economic growth, transportation This market is the largest food and vegetable, traditional artwork, and a second-hand clothing market in Mutare. It Activities at Sakubva Market is the transport hub for rural buses travelling to rural • Bus terminus Manicaland province and neighboring countries. • Buses to international destinations, such as Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana etc • Buses to and from other Cities and towns in Zimbabwe • Local kombis and taxis pick –up and drop-off • Cars and trucks for hire • Parking for shoppers • Supermarkets • Butcheries • Post Office • Police Station • Outside Traders of dry goods • Fresh fruits and vegetables • Food preparations