WGF is launching a project called MEAL & HEALTH to improve agricultural livelihoods and health extension for agro-pastoralists in Ethiopia. The project will use mobile phones to provide extension services and health information to over 11,000 households. It has 7 components including developing extension content, maternal and child health, awareness activities, and improving food security. The project aims to enhance incomes, reduce food gaps, and familiarize communities with mobile extension services.
WGF is launching a project called MEAL & HEALTH to improve agricultural livelihoods and health extension for agro-pastoralists in Ethiopia. The project will use mobile phones to provide extension services and health information to over 11,000 households. It has 7 components including developing extension content, maternal and child health, awareness activities, and improving food security. The project aims to enhance incomes, reduce food gaps, and familiarize communities with mobile extension services.
WGF is launching a project called MEAL & HEALTH to improve agricultural livelihoods and health extension for agro-pastoralists in Ethiopia. The project will use mobile phones to provide extension services and health information to over 11,000 households. It has 7 components including developing extension content, maternal and child health, awareness activities, and improving food security. The project aims to enhance incomes, reduce food gaps, and familiarize communities with mobile extension services.
WGF is launching a project called MEAL & HEALTH to improve agricultural livelihoods and health extension for agro-pastoralists in Ethiopia. The project will use mobile phones to provide extension services and health information to over 11,000 households. It has 7 components including developing extension content, maternal and child health, awareness activities, and improving food security. The project aims to enhance incomes, reduce food gaps, and familiarize communities with mobile extension services.
Livelihoods & Health Extension for Agro-pastoralists Life Transformation in Hinterlands (MEAL & HEALTH) project Bale Zone, Gurra Dhamole & Gindhir Districs (Pastoralist and Agro -pastoral ist areas of Oromia)
January 2017
Addis Ababa -Ethiopia
About Wako Gutu Foundation (WGF) Wako Gutu Foundation (WGF) is an Ethiopian development organisation founded by network of volunteers who wanted to bring enduring change to the livelihood of pastoralists and agro-pastoralist communities in the remote areas of the country. The organisation was established as a local NGO in 2006 in memory of General Wako Gutu, “an Ethiopian pastoralist elder and a peace and justice activist” who in addition got also engaged in development activities Cont. Accordingly, WGF is registered under the Ethiopian CSA Act as a national resident CSO (with registration certificate 0457 pursuant to the Charities and Societies Proclamation number 621/2009) and it is supervised by a board of director following the legal requirement for memorial foundation in Ethiopia.
WGF is a member of the Pastoralist Forum Ethiopia, Poverty
Action Network in Ethiopia, Non-State Actors Coalition, Ethiopian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives, and Zonal and District Disaster and Early Warning Committee. Cont. The organisation has made programmatic positioning in the pastoralist areas of Oromia and Somali National Regional States particularly in Bale zone areas namely Dallo Mana, Madda Wallabu, etc. WGF successfully accomplished various projects ranging from small to large on livelihoods, humanitarian and emergency, water supply, sanitation and hygiene, gender empowerment, social accountability, agriculture and irrigation, natural resource management and conservation, and more to list. Cont. Vision: WGF is committed to see socio-economic advancement of poor pastoralist communities and further realization of the strong mutual cooperation of neighboring communities with similar life style. Mission: The mission of WGF is to facilitate social and economic empowerment of the poor and marginalized communities through the implementation of integrated, sustainable and pro-poor projects in the remotest and inaccessible pastoral/agro-pastoralist areas. Mobile-Phone Enabled Agricultural Livelihoods & Health Extension for Agro-pastoralists Life Transformation in Hinterlands (MEAL & HEALTH) Project • The project is to be implemented in the Gindhir and Gura Dhamole districts of the Bale Zone, Oromia National Regional State
• The project has a total budget of ---------birr for the tw
districts Cont. • The project is intended to impact 11, 667 direct beneficiary households and 156,000 indirect households from neighboring districts of Guji, Borena, Arsi, Harari Regional state, DireDawa City Administration, etc.
• The project will last for five years starting from 01
December 2017 and ends on 30 November 2022
• The project assumes 35% of each of the beneficiary
individuals at each activity level will be female/women Project Objectives The overall objective of the MEAL and HEALTH Project is to improve the pastoralists and agro- pastoralists of agricultural extension and livelihoods in Gurra Dhamole and Gindhir districts of Bale zone, Oromia National Regional State. Cont. The specific objectives of this project are: 1. To familiarize the use of Mobile Agricultural Extension Services by 60% for 11,700 (2,340 • women) targeted households at the end of 2022. 1. To adopt 3 innovative agricultural production methods for 2,340 farmers (546 women) pastoralist and agro pastoralist communities by the end of the project period 2022. Cont. 1. To reduce food gap of at least 7,020 households (2,340 female) pastoralist and agro pastoralist communities in Gurra Dhamole and Gindhir districts from 7 months to 3 months at the end of 2022. 2. To raise income of 3,900 households (2,340 women) pastoralist and agro pastoralist communities from x% to Y% by the end of 2022. Project Strategies WGF follows the following strategies on the course of implementation
A participatory approach that promotes and
stimulates beneficiary involvement from planning to execution. Cont. This is accomplished through hired staffs at the two project districts and effective monitoring actions that in turn facilitates to ascertain value for money (cost effectiveness and cost efficiency). Gender empowerment, and capacity development will be integrated as a cross-cutting issues at each level of this project management (planning to execution-evaluation) Project Components Component 1 (-------birr): Project Start-up Activities
which encompasses the activities like launching
workshops, experience sharing visits, etc. Component 2 (------birr):Development of Agricultural Extension Services
This sub-component includes:
generation (extraction of agricultural cycle) major and
sub activities, localization of generated contents; Cont. customization (modification to area context); translation (changing to local languages) of content; curating (uploading) of the content to server; dissemination (pushing the information to users) of developed content, TOT for agriculture and health extension agents, train community leaders on agricultural and health extension system Component 3 (-------birr) Maternal and Child Health (MCH)
which includes generation (extraction of agricultural
cycle) major and sub activities, Cont. localization of generated contents; customization (modification to area context); translation (changing to local languages) of content; curating (uploading) of the content to server; dissemination (pushing the information to users) of developed content
Component 4 (---birr) Information and Communication
Development This sub-component involves: information and Development (content of mobile technology categories), Generator and Cooling funs, and Digital Classroom System (DCS)/ Digisoft Education Cont. Component 5 (------birr): Contracting Airtime which includes: airtime payment for disseminations of 21 agricultural cycle and 14 reproductive health information by using server PULL for 25,000 minutes, Airtime payment for disseminations of 21 agricultural cycle and 14 reproductive health information by using server PUSH
Component 6 (-----birr):awareness and Community
Mobilization which includes: publicize and awareness creation using TV, Radio and mobile van video broadcasting (roadsides, towns village shows), and Video Edutainment Van Cont. Component 7 (-----birr): improvement of food security in Arid and Semiarid areas which comprises of the following activities: Training of HHs on soil and water conservation management, support model HHs with early maturing and drought tolerant crops, train and provide HHs (drought resistant sorghum and soybean), introduction and demonstration of model farmers on drought-tolerant amaranth, Cont. establish fruit nurseries groups, training of HHs on vegetable production, train young pastoralists on beekeeping, establish and support irrigation users & provide them with water pumps, train model farmers on nutrition & food preparation, promote and train farmers on animal forage production, distribution of improved feed seeds for HHs, train & equip voluntary animal health workers on basic animal health, recovery of cows and goats for HHs, and construction of reservoirs for the drinking water supply of farm animals Project Procurement (----birr) • The project will procure some equipment and supplies that are intended to serve the implementation such as vehicles (2), motor cycles (6), Laptops (7), desktops(6) and printers(2), Video camera(2) & set of Audio visual (1), tables (10), chairs (16), shelves (5) and guest chairs (5), generator (1) Baseline, Monitoring and Evaluation (---- birr) • The project will start with baseline survey during the first quarter of its implementation (in year 1/2018), and expected to undertake periodic monitoring actions
• The project conducts mid-term evaluation in the middle
course of implementation
• The project also conducts end-line evaluation
immediately after the project terminates
• Bi-annual audit will be regularly conducted
Project Human Resource • The project will employ appropriate staffs for the implementation of this project.
• Thus WGF hires pastoralist livelihood manager,
monitoring and evaluation officer, and ICT expert at head office, agriculture extension (2), health extension expert (2) at headquarter
• The project further hires project coordinators(2),
agronomists(2), veterinarians (2), office assistants (2) Project Coordination WGF in collaboration with relevant government offices and target communities will implement the project. Programmatically the project is directly managed under WGF head office. Project offices will be established at Jibri and Gindhir towns, and respective staffs will be hired to engage in full time implementation of the project. Accordingly, WGF head office in Finfine will provide technical and resource support. Cont. The Executive Director will give overall leadership, whereas the pastoralist livelihood manager will be responsible to provide program related backstopping which include monitoring of timely implementation of planned activities, tracking effect chain and impact maps so that the project will be an outcome and impact oriented. WGF finance section will deal with financial matters- releases work advances up on approval of the Director; check the reliability of receipts, and settle the financial accounts; ensure proper documentation of all financial transaction of the project. Cont. • The project staff comprising of agronomist, veterinarian, agricultural extension and health extension workers guided by respective project coordinators will be responsible for coordinating the implementation of project activities; mobilize the community for participation in planning and implementation, identify the right holders/beneficiaries, monitor proper utilization of project resources, supervise the quality of project outputs, and settle in case there are any disputes among the community related to the project. Contact details Address: Wako Gutu Foundation (WGF) Lagahar area in front of Yiha City Centre between Ambassador Garment and Shebelle fashion P.O. Box 11821, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel. (+251) 0115318049 E mail: wakogutufound@yahoo.co.uk Website: www.wakogutufoundation.org Contact Person: Abdi Edao Position: Executive Director Tell. +251 911043027 (mobile) Tell. (+251) 0115318049 (office)