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Download 2020 Activity Report Real Green Vision Generation Ethiopia ACTIVITY REPORT Address: Oromia / Adama Telephone: 0992 01 00 47 / 0969 43 90 58 P.O Box: 3217 Email: [email protected] Website: www.realgreenvision.org Physical Address: Assala Road, in front of East Showa Zone police department 100 Km maters coble, in catholic S/Mary TVT compound Contact Person: Belete Mamo Azene Bank Account: CBE 1000197739804 2020 Executive summary Name of the Organization: Real Green Vision Generation Ethiopia ( RGVGE) Year established: 2017 G.C Rehabilitation of Chilalo-Galama mountains of Arsi Project Title: Zone “Mitigating Sedimentation in Lake Ziway through rehabilitating Upper Ketar catchments” Number of projects implemented: 1 Project budget estimated: ETB 2,922,960 (US$ 53,500) Total budget approved by the UNDP: ETB 1,419,643.60 Total Expenditure of 2012 E.C budget: ETB 875,266.34 Program Expense: ETB 749,373.60 = 86% Administration Expense: ETB 125,892.74 = 14% 1 Background of the Organization Real Green Vision Generation Ethiopia (RGVGE) established in 2017 G.C, had been re-registered and accorded legal personality with registration number 3750 on December 16, 2019 G.C as a local organization in accordance with the civil society organization proclamation no.1113/2019. Its first three years project is to save and rehabilitate the forest and water resource around Chilalo-Galama chains of mountains in Arsi Zone since it is water shed for three water sources: 1. Rivers that flow toward the Rift Valleys. 2. Rivers that flow toward Wabe-Shebelle and 3. Rivers that flow towards Awash. For the fast rehabilitation of forest around the project areas bamboo had been chosen for its fast growing and economic benefits. But it is not the only plant targeted to grow in the project areas. Other indigenous tree species having multipurpose (soil conservation/ environmental protection, construction and human/animal feed) are also targeted for planting. However, the followings are factors that initiate the organizations to give due emphasis to bamboo plant (T. kasahun, 2014 and Y. Asaye et al, 2013)): • Bamboo agribusiness has not limited to local but has worldwide market opportunities, • Bamboo is the strongest and fastest growing (short period in which they attain maturity) perennial grass species, • Easy workability, strength, straightness, lightness, combined with extra-ordinary hardness, range of size, they are suitable for several purposes and uses • It can be utilized at all levels of industrial activity from small craft based industries to modern highly integrated plants, • Bamboo has huge economic, environmental, aesthetic/cultural values. • Used in a variety of engineering fields including landscape, civil and chemical engineering. • Terrifying decline of bamboo abundance or resource 2 Structure of the organization 1) Members of the board Members Position 1. Dr. Mulgeta Bekele Chairperson 2. Eng. Abdela Sano Vice Chairperson 3. Belete Mamo Secretary of the Board 4. Prof. Abebe Getahun Board member and Public relation advisor of the board 5. Dr. Atlaw Alemu board member and project and planning adviser of the board 6. Genene Kassa board member and Finance managing advisor of the board 7. Wedinesh Tesfaye board member and Secretary of public relation and promotion committee 8. Amare Asres board member and Secretary of resource mobilization committee 9. Enegeda Zemedagnew board member 10. Dr. Mamo Wordofa board member 11. Geberegiorgis Tekelu board member 12. Abedurhaman kubesa board member 13. Arega Tesfaye Special adviser of the Board 14. Nassir Aman Internal auditor of the Board 2) Technical committees’ /TC/ Project technical committee /PTC/ Members Position 1. Prof. Enedashaw Bekele Chairperson 2. Dr. Atelaw Alemu Secretary 3. Dr. Zelealeme Tefera Member 4. Dr. Yegardu Mulatu Member 5. Dr. Tesfayea Koreme Member 6. Takele Teshome Member 3 Public relation and promotion committee /PRPC/ Members Position 1. Behaylu G/medehin Chairperson 2. W/ro Wedenesh Tesfaye Secretary 3. Atenafseged Yelema Member 4. Meleskachew Ameha Member 5. D/r Bedelu Waqejera Member Resource mobilization committee /RMC/ Members Position 1. Getachew Tedela Chairperson 2. Amare Asres Secretary 3. Fasika Sidelele Member 4. Dejene Beru Member 5. Telahun Tadese Member 6. Kenanya Dekesiso Member 3) Administration Members Position 1. Belete Mamo Executive Manager and Secretary of the board 2. Mokonen Segud Finance and administration (volunteer) 3. Weyenhareg kidanea Cashier (volunteer) 4. Mohammed Jemal Technical Communication (volunteer) 5. Lemi Aman Assistance project coordinator (volunteer) 4 Objectives of the Organization A. Plantation of indigenous trees, treatment of natural and man mad frosts. B. Trainings in Modern agriculture and animal breeding C. Educational aid for rural children of poor families, D. Sport women and elderlies of rural areas in generating their own incomes. E. Protect young people from bad habits F. Motivate women in science and technology education G. Support culture, history, art, natural and man-made heritage. Short Term Strategic Plan RGVGE have has strategy of project implementation with organized farms and youth in the form of association who may handle the bamboo project with full responsibility for their Owen income generating since it is fast growing and simple to be threatened by women, children and elderlies. The ways of harvesting and changing in to different industrial materials is also easy. The short term strategic plan is wisely driven to reach for the distraction of forest and increase vegetation coverage using bamboo for Charcoal which could be produced locally. The organization has short term strategic plan to expand bamboo trough out the project areas from which charcoal is densely produced and natural forest is destroyed. Long Term Strategic Plan RGVGE have strategy plan of implementing the project in collaborating with all stock holders who are working on the rehabilitation of forest and natural resource so that MOU is signed with three woradas administrations of project areas around upper and lower Katar River for the objective of restoring or increasing the vegetation cover which has to be accompanied by creation of alternative income source other than the cultivation of land. Bamboo is chosen as agro forestry business, since it is commercialized as an industrial plant with sustainable production and harvest. Commercializing bamboo requires availing adequate marketable output and developing the value chain through institutional capacity building. Availing commercial quantity and 5 quality of bamboo and building institutional development to develop the value chain necessitates. Project Area- Oromia Chilalo-Galama Mountains of Arsi Zone 1) Lemu and Bilbilo distric (Bokoji bamboo and Meraro) 2) Digalu and Tijo distric (Digelu- Bora and bishola) 3) Shirka distric (Gobesa) 4) Tena distric (Ticho bamboo) 5) Amigna distric (Adele) Activities planned ➢ Organize private farmers willing to spread bamboo and other plantations in their holdings. ➢ Trainings and workshops on bamboo and other plantations ➢ Expand lowland and highland bamboo plantations in five wordas of Arsi and construct five nursery sights. ➢ Secure land for bamboo and other plantations in fifteen Kebeles of upper Ketar River in Digelu-Tijo and Limu- Bilbilo wordas ➢ Plant bamboo in highland and low land areas of the targeted woradas. Activities Implemented ➢ An association of 24 farmers had been organized who have private forest land; nursery sight had been established by the assistance of RGVGE and awareness training had been given. ➢ Two water pumps had been donated for the same association near to Bishola River which is one of the tributary of Katar River in Digalu-Tijo worda. (project area) ➢ RGVGE had organized workshop on rehabilitation of Chilalo Galama Mountains with the instrumentality of bamboo plantation and conducted for two days with the participation of Professor Tesgaye Bekele, Dr Zerihun Girma and Ato Wonedmagn Bekele from Wendo Genet Forestry College (volunteer members 6 of RGVGE). The workshop focused on the production of seedlings, on the management and handling of bamboo plantations with the aim of ‘’Mitigating Sedimentation in Lake Ziway through rehabilitating Upper Ketar catchments’’. Guest of honor on the workshop was Obo Bona Yadesa, assistant director of Oromia forest and climate change authority delivered speech and promised to assist the project. In the workshop, Presentations, panel discussions, theoretical and practical field trainings were parts of the workshop. 39 participants from Governmental offices, private companies and individual farmers, representatives of association of 24 farmers had attended the workshop including staff of RGVGE. ➢ Construction of a nursery site for low land bamboo with capacity of 60,000 seedling plastic pots has been constructed in Awash Melkasa. ➢ Eight kilo gram of low land bamboo seeds (6 kilograms) from International Network for bamboo and rattan, and (2 kilograms) from Ethiopian forest and climate research institute respectably had been donated. ➢ 18,000 plastic pots of low land bamboo seeds had ben sawn in Awash Melekasa nursery site of RGVGE and reached to be distributed to the organized farmers of the lower basin of Ketar river. ➢ In the second round, 42,000 plastic pots of low land bamboo seeds had been sawn in the same nursery site. ➢ Three thousands plastic pot of lowland bamboo seed had been sawn in governmental nursery site of Tena Worada assisted by RGVGE among which 2490 had been distributed to farmers and
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