DAPP credited for awakening Kavango village
Elizabeth Likoro Villagers from Shinyungwe in the Kavango East region celebrated their vegetable harvest under the Climate Change Action Centre at Linus Shashipapo Youth Centre. The centre was established to promote climate change awareness activities in the region. It has mobilised 52 community members, including women and youth, who have established a one-hectare community garden... The post DAPP credited for awakening Kavango village appeared first on New Era .
Villagers from Shinyungwe in the Kavango East region celebrated their vegetable harvest under the Climate Change Action Centre at Linus Shashipapo Youth Centre.
The centre was established to promote climate change awareness activities in the region.
It has mobilised 52 community members, including women and youth, who have established a one-hectare community garden serving as a producer organisation demonstration plot.
Muronga Claudia, a local farmer, expressed how the Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) motivated her to pursue her dreams of being a farmer and provide for herself.
“I am a grade 9 school dropout. This project is helping me to provide for myself, and the skills I am gaining make me want to pursue agriculture-related courses,” Muronga said.
Farmers receive hands-on training0 on climate-smart agriculture, conservation agriculture, specialised seedbed preparation, natural pest control and soil enrichment using organic methods like manure tea.
The Linus Shashipapo youth officer, Shimanu Kosmas, applauded the project for reawakening the people of Shinyungwe.
“DAPP has transformed our people to become hard-working. The availability of resources has woken up our people to spend most of their time working and learning to provide for themselves,” said Shimanu.
DAPP Namibia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture, has established a Climate Change Action Centre, which is now active and fully operational, with various climate change awareness and agricultural activities underway.
The core goal is to build long-term food security and climate change resilience for vulnerable small-scale farmers by moving away from rain-dependent farming toward sustainable, independent production.
The Adaption to Southern Western African Communities project director Alfred Besa stated that the villagers warmly welcomed the project, viewing it as a vital opportunity.
“The Shinyungwe community welcomed the development with great enthusiasm and is already benefitting from the activities taking place at the centre,” Besa said.
The core goal is to build long-term food security and climate change resilience for vulnerable small-scale farmers by moving away from rain-dependent farming toward sustainable, independent production.
The regional project is being implemented in Namibia and Angola with financial support from the Adaption Fund through the Sahara and Sahel Observatory in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism.
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