WE ARE THE SOLUTION ! CELEBRATING FAMILY FARMING IN

AFRICA

28/01/2010: Présentation du projet par F. DIEDHIOU (Fahamu)

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FAHAMU has a vision of the world where people organise to emancipate themselves from all forms of oppression, recognise their social responsibilities, respect each other’s differences, and realise their full potential.

www.fahamu.org

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WE ARE THE SOLUTION’ PAN-AFRICAN CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES

To promote good practices and knowledge that have been known and handed down for generations in Africa (agro-ecology, seed saving) and have sustained food sovereignty on the continent

To influence decision-makers and promote better governance

To value family agricultural production3

OBJECTIVES OF THE WOMEN’S CAMPAIGN

The overall goal of this campaign is to equip rural women with the skills and tools to ensure that their voices are heard and concerns are addressed in order to effectively participate alongside Africa’s large farmer federations in the greater ‘We are the Solution’ pan-African campaign.

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THE GENERAL WOMEN’S CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES

Objective 1: To build the organizational and individual capacities of selected rural women’s associations and their leaders.

Objective 2: To build awareness and empower the voices of rural women to engage in decision-making processes in ongoing local, regional and global campaigns.

Objective 3: To organize, mobilize and sustain an Africa-wide action oriented network for information sharing and advocacy

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THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE WOMEN’S CAMPAIGN

Objective 1: To strengthen the work of 12 rural women’s associations and their leaders through organizational and individual capacity building activities.

Objective 2: To facilitate the participation of 75 rural women participants in media and advocacy activities so that they can engage in decision-making processes in local, regional and global campaigns.

Objective 3: To mobilize and sustain an Africa-wide action oriented network of 1000 stakeholders for information sharing, partnership and advocacy

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EXPECTED IMPACTS

The impact of this campaign will be to ensure that rural women’s associations will have the skills to improve, promote and share their traditional agricultural knowledge ensuring that this rich knowledge is not lost and is indeed promoted as an alternative to the Green Revolution methods

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YEAR 1 PROJECT ACTIVITIES The first year of the three years campaign will focus on

documenting the traditional knowledge in agricultural production, and developing the training curriculum for the rural women’s organizations involved in the campaign. The Steering Committee will manage the process of

documenting and disseminating traditional knowledge with support from the coordinator. The methods used to do this are expected to vary between the different women and countries.

The suggested capacity building modules are: Leadership DevelopmentFarmers to farmers sharing of knowledgeOrganizational DevelopmentAgro ecology Awareness DevelopmentCommunications and MediaAdvocacy

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ACTIVITÉS DU PROJET (ANNÉE 1)Period

eActivité Responsable Commentaires

Month 2

Select the 5 Steering Committee (SC) members

The committee will be made up of Fahamu, ROPPA, RESACIFROAT, IRPAD and Food First

12 rural women’s associations in five countries (Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso), are selected to become members

Mois 2-4 Work with Womens Learning Partnership to develop leadership training curriculum

Coordinator and SC members

Mois 4 Consultant begins work on documenting traditional knowledge

Consultant and rural women’s associations

Mois 4 (Février 2011)

- Official launch of the campaign- 12 leaders of Rural women associations (RWA) are trained

Programme Coordinator with Fahamu Women’s Learning Partnership and Fahamu

30 – 40 participants will be invited to the official launch (with some women grass roots organizations) and the other side events1st Training of yr 1

Month 5 to month 12

•1 trainings in each of the 5 countries  • Workshop between RWA and local community radio associations  • A national event in each country to celebrate Family farming -  A special page on Pambazuka website created • 5 special Pambazuka issues in French and English

Programme Coordinator and national Coordinator (SC member from each country) Programme Coordinator and national Coordinator (a consultant is hired)National Coordinator

15 rural women trained in Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Burkina, Ghana A workshop is organized in each country 1 events in the five countries Multimedia contents from RWA (text, audio, video, photos)

Month12 Month 1 - Year 2(Nov 11)

SC meeting Training and use of citizen journalism for RW to report on issues they face - 12 leaders of 12 RWA’s are trained

Programme Coordinator Programme Coordinator and national Coordinator  Programme Coordinator and SC members

Review of the first year campaign A workshop is organized in each country 2nd training activity for the year

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PROJECT ACTIVITIES (YEARS 2 ET 3)

For the second year of campaign, the project will concentrate further on the training and capacity building elements of the campaign. In year 3 the campaign will look at scaling up and expanding its reach. With more countries in West Africa and involving wider regions (East, Center and South)

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PLANNING DES ACTIVITÉS DE L’ANNÉE 2

Periode Activité Responsable Commentaires

Month 12 (July 2011)Month 1 of Year 2(August 2011)

SC meeting• Annual Women Leadership Institute, including Training of trainers.

Programme CoordinatorNational Coordinator – to organize Institute and training

Review of the first year campaign5 other countries in West Africa are integrated2nd training activity for the year 1

Month 2 Renew the Steering Committee (SC) members

Programme Coordinator and SC meeting

The SC members will be 12, 5 are replaced

Month 3 to Month 5

Prepare advocacy campaign on local level

National coordinators Strategies and tools are set up

Month 6 to month 12

Advocacy campaign SC + Coordinator An agenda is set up with:-3 local dates-1 regional date-1 international date

Month 7 to month 12

• 2 trainings in each of 10 countries• Workshop gathering RWA and local community radio associations • Training and use of citizen journalism for RW to report on issues they face• A national event to celebrate Family farming• 5 special Pambazuka issues in French, English and PortugueseA website is created for the project

Programme Coordinator and national CoordinatorProgramme Coordinator and national Coordinator (a consultant is hired)Programme Coordinator and national Coordinator (a consultant is hired)National CoordinatorFahamu

15 rural women trained in each countryA workshop is organized in each countryA workshop is organized in each country1 events in the 10 countriesMultimedia contents from RWA (text, audio, video, photos)Training modules, toolkits, media outputs and best practices reports accessible on this campaign’s website

Month 9 - 12(April 12 – July 12)

SC meeting• Annual Women Leadership Institute & Train the trainer

Programme CoordinatorCoordinator to organize

The meeting will take place during the FIARA Review of the ongoing campaign and Training of trainers

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Periode Activité Responsable Commentaires

Month 1 (August 2012) to Month 5

Advocacy SC + Programme Coordinator + National coordinators

This will be a special advocacy focused on AU and Regional organizations (ECOWAS, SADC…) to fulfill MDG indicators on Agriculture and Women’s rights

Month 1 to month 8

• 5 trainings in 15 countries• Workshop between RWA and local community radio associations • Training and use of citizen journalism for RW to report on issues they face• A national event to celebrate Family farming• 22 special Pambazuka issues in French, English and PortugueseSteering group are trained to maintain the website

Programme Coordinator and national CoordinatorProgramme Coordinator and national Coordinator (a consultant is hired)Programme Coordinator and national Coordinator (a consultant is hired)National CoordinatorProgramme Coordinator with SC

15 rural women trained in each countryA workshop is organized in each countryA workshop is organized in each country1 events in each of 15 countriesMultimedia contents from RWA (text, audio, video, photos)Training modules, toolkits, media outputs and best practices reports accessible on this campaign’s website

Month 9(April 13)

• Annual Women Leadership Institute

SC + Coordinator + National coordinators

The meeting will take place during the FIARA Review of Year 3 Evaluation, Statement on Food Sovereignty and Family farming in Africa

Month 10 to Month 12

Evaluation of the 3 years campaign A consultant is hired The evaluation is accessible on the campaign website

PLANNING DES ACTIVITÉS DE L’ANNÉE 3

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MANAGEMENT OF SEEDS, SOIL FERTILITY AND HARVEST

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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