malintle sekorobele, lesotho, climate change - summit 2012
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LESOTHO
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE
SUMMIT AND AWARDS
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KOPANONG
365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END VIOLENCE ANDEMPOWER WOMEN
PELUM LESOTHO
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OJECTS:CL
IMATECH
ANGE
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SUSTAINABLE
DEVEL
OPMENT
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HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING THIS
PROBLEM?
Lesothos human environment is persistently
faced with serious and challenging problems.
Foremost, poverty, hunger, HIVandAIDS are theintertwined concerns affecting many Basothoconcurrently for it is the poor who go hungry and itis hungry that are at higher risk of HIVandAIDS.
The hemisphere is been polluted by the Gasemissions that has led to the rise of many airborne
diseases around the world.PROJECTS:CLI
MATECHANGE
AND
SUST
AINABLE
DEVELO
PMENT
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Cont.
The cultivation cycle has led to drought andheavy rainfalls that are not conducive forfarming hence rise of hunger, poverty andspread of diseases in many developing
countries. This is how PELUM Lesotho realised the
need running climate change adaptationand mitigation projects.
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OJECTSCLI
MATECHANGE
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SUSTAINABLE
DEVELO
PMENT:
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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSING THI SPROBLEM?
PELUM Lesotho Association is committed tosensitize, empower by and work in partnership withlocal communities to provide long-term solution byincreasing targeted food production, household
income and capital, self-reliance, willingness toself-help and self-sufficiency.
This is done by mobilizing, organizing, training andintroducing the community into commercial farming
projects that meant to eradicate poverty, hungerand ultimately HIVandAIDS.
PROJECTS:CLIMATECHAN
GE
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AINABLE
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CONT
The projects lined up are agric based inview of food production human lifesustainability in the process.
These projects are set to pilot startdomestically and later graduate to largescale farming.
At the same time the project will be
addressing climate change issues.
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Herders training on rangelandsconservation
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WHAT IS THE TIME-FRAME FOR THE PROJECT?
The project is expected to run fortwo years and be taken to otherdistricts provided PELUM Lesotho
manages to secure funding.
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:CLIMATE
CHANG
EAND
SUSTAIN
ABILITY
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PMENT
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WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO IS INVOLVED? AREWOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY INVOLVED?
Our target communities arePELUM Lesotho memberorganizations, local authorities,
pupils, youth, women, herders,support groups.
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PROJECTS:
CLIMATECH
ANGEAND
SUSTAIN
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Local Authorities
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PARTNERSHIPS FORMED THROUGH THE PROJECT
PELUM Lesotho is working inpartnership with other relevantorganizations and other government
ministries.
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:CLIMATE
CHANG
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ABILITY
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RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL, HUMANAND OTHER RESOURCES WERE MOBILISED?
PELUM Lesotho is a donor fundedorganization and has a little supportfrom the membership fee.
The board of directors plus thesecretariat are responsible in allfinancial managementPR
OJECTS
:CLIMATE
CHANG
EAND
SUSTAIN
ABILITY
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PMENT
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CREATIVITY: ARE YOU USING ARTS, CULTURE,MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO POPULARISE THE
ISSUES?
PELUM produces a monthly magazinewhich is also available online onwww.pelumrd.org.
PELUM Lesotho is also sharing itsreports and our newspaper with all thestakeholders.
We are also using all media institutions
to our best, and PELUM Lesotho is alsoa member to MISA-Lesotho
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:CLIMATE
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MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Lesotho is working in close relationwith all government ministries andother stakeholders in monitoring
and evaluation of the projects.
Involvement of the local authoritieshas been a very good help in
monitoring the projects.
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:CLIMATE
CHANG
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ABILITY
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PMENT
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WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?
So far we have managed toconserve two rangelands in twodistricts
More than 2000 indigenoustrees have been planted in onedistrict.PR
OJECTS
:CLIMATE
CHANG
EAND
SUSTAIN
ABILITY
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PMENT
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IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC PROTOCOLTARGETS)
Articles 1-3 We bring togetherwomen, helping them worktogether in developing the
different groups of communities.
Article 27 PELUM Lesotho isalso working with groups
addressing the HIVandAIDSissues inline with food security.
PROJECTS
:CLIMATE
CHANG
EAND
SUSTAIN
ABILITY
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PMENT
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SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION
Trained groups are expected todisseminate information to the rest ofthe community, and put what the
have learned into practice. Local authorities and relevant
government ministries will take goodresponsibilities in the sustainability of
the project.PROJECTS:CLI
MATECHANGE
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INABILITY
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LESSONS LEARNED
Good agricultural practices cansave the world.
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OJECTS:CLI
MATECHANGE
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INABILITY
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ANY QUESTIONS?
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OJECTS:CLI
MATECHANGE
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INABILITY
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PMENT
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