Introduction

 Water Scheme Development

 Gender Capacity Building Project

Introduction 

Implementing development activities in remote pastoralist area is one of the three main activities of PCAE. Before deciding to initiate activities in pastoralist areas, PCAE requires the following program principles, strategies and indicators for program succeses.

PROGRAM AREAS (INTERVENTIONS)

PCAE's rehabilitation and development actions focus on the following areas of intervention:

•  Water Development,

•  Primary Healthcare and Services,

•  Pastoralist Education,

•  Livestock Health,

•  Rangeland Reclamation,

•  Income Generation & Asset Diversification,

•  Drought Early Warning and Response,

•  Strengthening Disaster Prevention and Preparedness,

•  Action-Oriented Researches,

•  Advocacy for Policy Influence,

•  Capacity Building of Government Line Offices.

 

Program Principles

• Participatory holistic approach


• Local capacity building


• Recognition of indigenous knowledge


• Equal opportunity and gender focus


• Quantifiable program impacts


• Program sustainability

Basic strategies/approaches

• Creation of an enabling work environment


• Good relationship between/among partners.

Formation of partners and networks with local and international NGO's and GOs.

• Empowerment of community - discouraging dependency syndrome.


• Replication of successful experiences and lessons learned.

Indicators for program success

• Basic service covering increased.


• Policies favoring pastoralist way of life developed


• Livestock market information system established


• Asset diversification practiced among pastoralists


• House hold food security improved


• Early warning information system established and used at local level.

After reviewing these principles, strategies and indicators, PCAE in collaboration with pastoral community and government departments commenced project implementation in 1998 at Filtu

Human Health Care Promotion


PCAE is engaged in supporting the provision of regular mothers and children vaccination, outreach antenatal care, basic TBAs trainings and refresher trainings, supply of safe delivery kits (SDK), formation and training of health committees, supplementary food distribution for

• 2 yrs Children, formation and training for anti AIDS clubs, community mobilization and awareness creation activities on different issues particularly HIV/AIDS/STD prevention and control measures, development of FGM abolition law, Growth monitoring and Promotion
• Nutrition, mortality and morbidity surveillance, and other activities were conducted in the fiscal year.


• 38 TBAs were trained while 25 previously trained TBAs were given refresher course and supplied with 800 Safe Delivery Kits (SDK),


• Training of trainers (TOT) on Home Based Life Saving skills (HBLSS) for 2 PCAE and 2 MOH staffs given for 15 days,


• Immunization campaigns at 13 outreach sites and 3 static posts, and 7290 doses different antigen and 1394 doses of TT were given for children and women respectively,
  
• Different supports such as vehicle, stationery materials, kerosene for refrigerator and fuel were provided throughout the year for ministry of health, to supplement the integrated MCH activities in Filtu district,
  
• Growth monitoring and promotion (GMP) service was conducted in five pilot sites on monthly basis
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• Antenatal care service was provided in all outreach sites and a total of 244 pregnant mothers was benefited from the service,


• FGM abolition law was developed and approved by the community in Filtu district,


• 39 Bridge to health teams and 27 Health action committees were organized
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• Four Anti AIDS clubs were established and training was given for the members


• 124 Mt of wheat, 324Mt of CSB and 130Mt of oil were distributed in three rounds for 8640 target beneficiaries (under 2 children, pregnant and lactating mothers),


• Early warning data were collected on monthly and quarterly basis through clinics, mortality and morbidity reports and nutrition surveillance in pilot sites respectively and it was communicated to the concerned partners,


• Ethno-veterinary herbal study was conducted in Filtu. The purpose of this study is to identify the major herbal medicines that have been used by pastoralists for treating different human and livestock diseases, and facilitate further researches on the effectiveness as well as potential opportunities and threats in the practices.



Water Scheme Development

PCAE is involved in rehabilitation of ponds, construction of "birkas"; construction of bore hole, geological survey and water management committee formation and training.


• Two birkas with a reservoir capacity of 400m3 each were constructed


• Two ponds were rehabilitated (the capacity of these ponds increased by double after the rehabilitation work and currently they have reservoir capacity of 18,000m3 and 16,000m3)
  
• One pond (earth-dam) was constructed


• One borehole was constructed at Bananki-Gidir in Goro-baqaqsa district (Afdher zone)
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• Geological survey was conducted in three districts


• 26 individua1s (11 females and 15 males) were trained on water point management


• One PCAE and one government staffs were trained on water supply development for three months in Arba-minch water technology institute


• Two water management committees were established in Dollo and five days training was offered,


• Mass mobilization and hygienic campaign on water sanitation and water borne diseases conducted in two PAs of Dollo district




. Emergency Relief Operation


PCAE has also responded to the emergency situation happened during the year in the eastern part of the country.


• 81MT of CSB, 24.3MT of oil & 16.2mt of high-energy biscuit was distributed in two phases at four highly affected sites in Shinile Zone (Dinley, Fadato, Dembel, Guh1burged & Derayga woredas).


• Water rationing was conducted in Shinile for two months, and in Qebribayan & Hartisheikh for one month by using four tankering trucks.


• Need assessment was carried out for rehabilitation of the existing water points in collaboration with regional water bureau to identify water scheme that requires maintenance


• Pipeline installation from bore holes to the reservoir in Shinile town.


• Hand pump replacement and cattle trough maintenance has completed at Dinleg & Jedane


• Rehabilitation of pipeline stands and 50m3 reservoir in Biki.> for the groups

Gender Capacity Building Project

PCAE is committed to bring about sustainable improvement in the living standards of women in terms of economy, education, health and other social affairs since its establishment. Therefore, it has involved in providing trainings on micro-finance management and cooperatives, literacy education, provision of revolving fund, traditional birth attendant training and awareness creation on harmful traditional practices.

• Micro-finance management and cooperative awareness, training were offered for 235 Group Guaranteed Revolving Fund (GGRF) beneficiaries,


• 11 weeks in-service trainings on micro-finance management and cooperatives were organized for one PCAE and two government office staffs at Yirgalem Furra Development Institute


• 437 women and other voluntary women and girls who missed the opportunity to join formal education, were enrolled in literacy education programme


• Basic TBA training was given for 11 trainees


• Experience sharing tour on saving and credit cooperatives was organized for 24 women beneficiaries


• Three rooms of school-shades were constructed in Filtu


• School management committee was identified and training will be arranged soon


• Different types of office furniture's were purchased and distributed for cooperative offices

VI. Education Programmes
Like the previous years, in 2003 PCAE was involved in developing schooling system that is appropriate to the mobile nature of the pastoralist community. As a result three schooling systems (permanent, satellite & mobile) has been employed to address basic non-formal education needs of pastoralists.
The enrollment of female (girls) to any type of school (except Qur'an) has used to be an improbable issue in the area due to cultural and religious influences. Girls are just left at home to take care of household duties. PCAE has been striving to break that tradition focusing on pastoral areas where the problem is highly magnified by creating especial opportunity for girls. The enrolment of girls to the Girls' Group Education Programme is significantly higher as compared to other types of schools since the teachers are totally female and the parents prefer to send girls to this school.
? 643 students (129 F and 514 M) were enrolled in 9 functional schools in the year.
? The enrolment of female was encouraging in relation to the previous academic year; similarly only 18 students dropped out in the year.
? Three days training was given on school management for 28 school management committee (SMC) members of Filtu district,
? Repetitive community mobilizations were conducted to improve enrolment of students, reduce dropout rates, increase enrolment of female students and create sense of ownership and better sustainability of activities
? Four PCAE and six ministry of education staffs were given training on pastoralist education system and its management,
? 780 different books were distributed during the year,
? 77 adults and 74 girls were registered and attended classes during the calendar year
? After discussion made with Liben zone Education Department, three PCAE facilitators got the opportunity to join Jijiga Teachers Training Institute,
? 15 days in-service training was given for facilitators,
? School management committees were trained on school management concepts for 8 days at Dollo district,
? A document was prepared on basic implementation strategies and processes of girls group and adult village school project


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