Real Green Vision Generation

ACTIVITY REPORT Address: / 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%

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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 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

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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

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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)

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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

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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) distric (Ticho bamboo) 5) 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 transplanted in 6.225 hectors of land . ➢ 1 kilo gram of lowland bamboo seed had been donated to Amingna worad of agriculture and natural resource to be sawn in nursery site. ➢ Agree house with 324 square care meters width, for central nursery sight of 18 woradas of Arsi Zone, under the ownership of RGVGE had been constructed in Digelu-Tijo worada. ➢ A nursery sight under the ownership of RGVGE with width of 180 square care meters had been constructed in Limu-Bilbilo worada under the ownership of RGVGE.

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➢ 5900 new seedlings from Arbegona farmers of Sidama had been purchased and 10,000 high land bamboo plantations had been donated by ministry of agriculture and natural resource with the assistance of His honorable, Obo Umer Husen (the minister), and started plantation around highland of upper Katar. ➢ 70 plastic pots of bamboo plantations had been planted for demonstration purpose in Limu-Bilbilo worada in the site of Oromia RED+ and 930 bamboo plantations are ready for vegetation in bokoji nursery site. ➢ 3050 plastic pots had been planted in Digalu-Tijo Worad in different demonstration site of farmers associations and individual farmers in 11 kebeles bordering Chilalo-Galama Mountain. ➢ 5000 plastic pots are ready for new vegetation of bamboo plantation in Digalu- Tijo and Limu- Bilbilo woradas nursery sites. ➢ RGVGE had made ready 12795 bamboo plantations for vegetation of one year that may be transplanted in the coming rainy season with the expectation average coverage of 639.75 hectares according to the following mathematical calculations 12795*5 (average vegetation numbers of each plantation) *4 (per a Year) = 255900/400 meters (hectares converted to meters) each bamboo plantation will be transplanted at the interval of 5 meters. Therefore 639.75 hectares will be covered.

Activities planned but not completed 1) Securing land for bamboo in fifteen Kebeles of Digelu-Tijo and Limu- Bilbilo wordas 2) Organizing private farmers willing to spread bamboo in their holdings

Reasons for delaying

1) Political condition of the region. 2) Change of personalities of wordas 3) Lack of awareness of worda administrations

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Action Taken

✓ Negotiation with ministry of agriculture and natural resource is going on. ✓ Memorandum of understanding had been signed with relevant offices ✓ Awareness trainings had been given to the wordas experts.

Experience, lessons learnt and issues in this reporting period.

RGVGE had tried to expand lot of nurseries even in collaborating with private companies in the year of this report, but through experience the organization decided to work with governmental bodies and farmers associations. Working with private companies and individuals have no guarantee, therefor RGVGE had learnt in this reporting period, it is better to cooperate with associations of farmers and governmental bodies to expand bamboo and other plantations, providing technical support, such as training and technical advice, and availing seeds and bamboo culms for their nurseries handling its own nurseries secured from the woreda administrations under signed MOUs, by hiring its own employees.

Problems faced the project activities.

✓ 18,000 lowland bamboo plantation that were ready for transplantation and 42,000 plastic pots that were newly sawn had been destroyed by unknown groups in worda of Arsi Zone ✓ A green house with capacity of holding 60,000 plastic pots is completely rewind.

The Total loss

✓ Construction of the site and labor for nursery preparation =120,000 =13.710% ✓ Prize of each matured bamboo plantation =4.50*60,000= 270,00+120,000 = 390,000

Decision of the Organization.

✓ Reported to the concerned governmental bodies ✓ Reported to the donor ✓ Changed the project area (left out from the worada)

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Budget used for the reporting year (2012 E.C)

I/ Program Expenditure

Manpower / labor 496,119.61

Training/Seminar/ Workshops, etc... 112,004.00

Project Equipment 135,844.99

Contracts 5,405.00

Total: 749,373.60

II/ Administration Expense

Office rent 72,500.00 Office Furniture and Equipment 25,550.00 Printing and stationery 6,584.74 Repair and maintenance 3,408.00 Intangible Asset 16,000.00 Utility expense 1,850.00 Total: 125,892.74

The next project program

The Project targeted by the organization in the reporting year were two woredas which had already been through implementations with budget of 1,419,643.60 birr donated by the UNDP, GEF /SGP as reported above. The next project program will be in 10 woradas which are indicated on the map below. The 10 woradas will be covered by bamboo and some other plantation if the estimated budget is available.

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No Zones No Woredas Budget 1. Limu-Bilbilo* RGVGE+UNDP, GEF /SGP (started 2011) Western 2. Digalu-Tijo* RGVGE+UNDP, GEF /SGP(started 2011) 1. Basin(Ziway 3. * RGVGE new additional project areas watershed) 4. RGVGE >> >> >> 5. Ziway-Dugda RGVGE >> >> >> 6. Shirka* RGVGE >> >> >> 7. Ticho* RGVGE >> >> >> Eastern Basin( Wabi 2. 8. * RGVGE >> >> >> Shebelle watershed) 9. RGVGE >> >> >> 10. Amigna RGVGE >> >> >> Northern Basin( 3. 11. Hetosa* RGVGE >> >> >> Awash watershed ) Total woradas: 11 RGVGE + donors

*marked are woredas constituting Chilalo- Galama Mountain shown in various colors below. Those without * and colored brown below are not directly bordering the mountains.

Ziway Dugda,Munesa , Dodota, Robe and Amigna

Digelu-Tijo

Ticho

Shirka

Tiyo

Hetosa

Diksis

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Budget category

Number of wordas Estimated budget Donation Donor Supplementary budget

Implemented = 2 2,922,960.00 1,419,643.60 UNDP 1,503,316.04

Next program = 9 13,153,320.00 ------13,153,320.00

Total = 11 14,656,634.4 ------14,656,634. 04

Project budget 11,725,307.52 Br 80% Administration budget 2,931,326.88 Br 20% Total budget 14,656,634.4 Br 100%

The budget is calculated in accordance with the new civil society organization agency proclamation 1113/11

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