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• Hwange district – about 180,000 people
• Living on over 500,000 hectares of land
• Poverty & running out of water
• Every year a “drought” regardless of
rainfall
• Becoming beggars losing pride & dignity
Hwange Communal Lands
Addressing Social Issues
Community Action Cycle
Act TogetherEvaluate Together
Explore Land & Water
Restoration Issues & Set
Priorities
Plan TogetherPrepare to Mobilize
Prepare to Scale Up
Organize the Community for Action
Programme Team Community
OUR IMPACT
• Hwange Communal Lands
– 72000 Hectares of land
– 19 222 individuals
– 20 communities
• WORKING WITH OTHER PARTNERS
– 92 Facilitators, from 15 organisations- 68 communities
– 109 308 individuals
– About 2 million Hectares
Regional Impact
Madagascar Namibia
South Africa
Kenya
Burkina
Faso
Niger
Ethiopia
Somalia
Nigeria
Uganda
Zambia
Botswana
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
Swaziland
Decrease in bare ground
52
31
53
26
4
11
34
23
12 11
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
2001 2002 2004 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
%
Year
Crop fields moreproductive (2-4 times more))
2
4.4
2.6
5.5
0.1
1.8
0.680.4
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Monde Sizinda Dibutibu Ndajila/Masikili
Yield (t/ha)
Community
Average yields (t/ha) of A.T plots vs Control plots
Animal treated
Control
• Partnership Agreement
• Training
• Implementation
• Program Monitoring and Mentoring (Follow up)
• Networks /alumni
Recognitions
• 1. Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award-Washington DC- 2010
• 2. Water and Food Award (WAF)- London-2014
12/7/2014 54
Restoring Grasslands Using Livestock- Enhances
Livelihoods and Addresses Desertification