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Building social confidence
Every people, like every individual has qualities and errors or boundaries. Discover the personality of the community, its qualities, and its collective consciousness. Presenting an existing model, which opens on inspiration. Work with the community to find solutions without considering the obstacles. Define objectives that motivate each community. Allow the free choice of what each community wants to do. Find at any problem a local solution, simplest, with natural resources. It is possible in … Read more
Peace Building Women dialogues on gender based violence prevention, and Reconciliation after 1994 genocide in Rwanda (Innocent)
Participants in this process develop reconciliation forum plan and identify complex problem to foster peace and reconciliation, and owned methods in this group discuss participants shares stories and testimonies about major issues they are facing and analysis to understand the root causes of conflicts, and finally they develop solutions learnt from each other committed to promote community dialog to deepen discuss ion for mutual understanding and trust building. … Read more
Rocket stoves Women support women, creating work options and saving forests (Joshua)
Taking the time to learn and construct a simple, low-cost and sustainable stove with local materials; in the process, women empowering themselves to take charge of improving their situation. The construction of one stove leads to smoke-free kitchens and better health for women and children; reduced risk of injury from open fires, protection of forests by reducing firewood consumption by 60-70%; women have more time available for community engagement through efficient use of energy and collection … Read more
Pest and disease control Using of biological control methods to Insect infection - Moringa tree (Hawa Eltigani – Moringa group)
Solution I: Neem – pesticide Neem seeds soaked in water for 24 hrs to facilitate the removal of seeds. Dried seeds were decorticated and crushed into fine powders and then put in spraying device and use it to spray the plant and the product without fear of any damages. Solution II Hot paper pesticide( Chilli) Mixing kilograms and a half of red chilli «pepper powder, cayenne» with 15 or 20 liters of water, left it for 4 hours For fermentation, knowing that it must not exceed these … Read more
Solar Energy Disseminating solar energy in far west villages in DRC. (Luc/GENDRC)
Create a partnership network for solar kits, ensure supply. Ensure that transport is possible, if not also create partnerships for transport in this direction. Identify the beneficiary villages. Identify people to train, for stability, women. Train women leaders per village. Create microcredits around the solar project to support sustainability. Install kits with persons empowered. … Read more
Resilient School Communities Inclusive and participatory planning and implementation of resilient school community plans
School communities (learners, teachers and parents) use the Integrated Land Use Design (ILUD) tool to improve land use and environmental consciousness and practice at their schools. The core principles of ILUD are: Promoting deep and thoughtful care for the environment Emphasis on identification and use of local and indigenous resources and knowledge Inclusive and active participation of the school community Genuine and wide participation of young people at all levels of our … Read more
Regenerative Organic Agriculture The answer is under our feet
Regenerative organic agriculture remove the carbon from the atmosphere and oceans by sequestering it into the soil. It creates humus, made up of the stable, long-lasting remnants of decaying organic material, which expands the soil’s water-holding capacity and improves the fertility of the soil and our ability to grow nutrient-rich crops. … Read more
Vermicomposting Worm composting
Worm composting (also called Vermicomposting) is a method for recycling food waste into a rich, dark, earth-smelling soil conditioner. The great advantage of worm composting is that this can be done indoors and outdoors, thus allowing year round composting. It also provides apartment dwellers with a means of composting. In a nutshell, worm compost is made in a container filled with moistened bedding and redworms. Add your food waste for a period of time, and the worms and micro-organisms will … Read more
Intercropping Mixing it up with your crops
Intercropping offers farmers the opportunity to engage nature's principle of diversity on their farms and have the following advantages: Benefits of intercropping are crop yield, productivity of various plant constituents, economic return, yield stability, social benefits, pest control, and nutrient use efficiency. Furthermore, because of some favorable exudates from the component legumes, greater land-use efficiency, greater yield stability and increased competitive ability towards weed, … Read more
Hugelkultur
Hügelkultur is making raised garden beds made of and covered with organic material for cropping. It has several advantages: The first few years, the composting process will slightly warm your soil giving you a slightly longer growing season. The organic material will also shrinks inside the garden beds, making more tiny air so there is no need for tilling. As the years pass, the organic material keeps nutrient excess from passing into the ground water and refeeds that to the garden plants later: … Read more
