Training and capacity building with women in the community
This building block focuses on empowering women in local communities through targeted training and capacity-building initiatives. The aim is to equip women with essential skills, knowledge, and resources to engage in sustainable practices, environmental conservation, and climate change mitigation. By fostering leadership and entrepreneurial abilities, women can play a pivotal role in driving positive change in their communities and contributing to broader socio-economic development.
Collaboration with local leaders and organisations for community engagement.
Access to resources, tools, and technology that enhance training programs.
Inclusion of gender-sensitive approaches in curriculum design.
Continuous mentorship and follow-up support for sustained impact.
Financial and institutional support from government and NGOs
Tailored training programs that address the specific needs and contexts of women are more effective.
Building trust and community ownership leads to greater participation.
Ongoing support is essential to ensure long-term success and capacity retention.
Encouraging peer-to-peer learning boosts confidence and leadership among participants.
Women at the forefront of Mangrove restoration to inspire more people to join mangrove conservation efforts.
She Leads green Action participants also called She Leaders.
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Women face multifaceted challenges that hinder their active participation in climate change mitigation and environmental sustainability. These include limited access to financial capital and technology, heightened vulnerability to climate change impacts, limited education and awareness, gender-based discrimination, and restricted entry into leadership roles. Additionally, women's access to markets and capital is constrained by gender roles, insufficient skills, resources, and mobility.
Working together with coastal communities, fishermen and the Beach Management Unit (BMU) in Dar Es Salaam, also through our local partners, Aqua Farm Organization (AFO), Girls in Climate Change (GICC) and Tanzania Forestry Service.
Meeting with the local leaders to be able to work closely with the young women in the community.
Carried out research on the challenges that were impacting the mangroves and issues causing the lack of conservation of the mangroves by the coastal communities.
Ensured community ownership in this process, so that the women feel they are a part of the solution and are willing to volunteer in these conservation efforts.
Women’s involvement in mangrove conservation is a vital tool for empowering women to feel they are part of the solution and can take on more leadership roles in environmental conservation.
Involving community members before project implementation is crucial, they feel more mob to be part of the process and adds value to project implementation
Conservation of endangered and rare wild animals and plants.
Carry out field species population monitoring surveys, artificial breeding, field reintroduction experiments, and environmental factor habitat surveys, etc.
