This project has faced: * Economic instability and price hikes* Drought and water shortages* Biogas technical delays* Moments of reduced morale Yet the women stayed. They held reconciliation meetings.They guarded the project site in shifts.They contributed labour...
In Hurungwe District, Ward 7, Bravo Village, Tag a Life International has been implementing an integrated clean energy and sustainable livelihoods project originally supported by the United Nations Development Programme under the GEF Small Grants Programme United...
Thirty-nine women stepped forward as direct beneficiaries. Ten emerged as visible leaders, coordinating activities, engaging stakeholders, managing records, and speaking in public forums. Workshops were conducted on renewable energy, climate change mitigation,...
If the biogas system represents long-term mitigation, the piggery became immediate adaptation. Through the initial intervention, a four-compartment pigsty was constructed and four gilts procured. Within months, three gave birth to 22 piglets. Then drought intensified....
The project included the construction of a community-scale biogas plant, designed to reduce firewood consumption and lower greenhouse gas emissions. Technical systems were installed. Women were trained in renewable energy, system operation, and maintenance. Governance...
Hurungwe has experienced years of deforestation, tobacco curing, drought, and soil erosion. The land has been strained, and so have the women who depend on it. Through the UNDP-supported intervention, a restoration pathway covering 50 hectares was initiated. Some...
In Bravo Village, Ward 7, Hurungwe, mornings used to begin with a long walk. Women woke before sunrise, carrying axes and sacks, walking kilometres in search of firewood. It was exhausting. It was risky. It was normal. Deforestation was not just an environmental...
Hurungwe has been hurting. Years of deforestation. Tobacco curing. Firewood harvesting. Drought. Soil erosion. The land has been tired, and the women who depend on it have felt that tiredness in their bodies. Through support from the UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme,...
As we are approaching the 16 days of activism against GBV , climate change also has grave consequences to GBV, as it increases the drivers for violence, particularly in conflict, displacement, food insecurity, socio-economic impacts and the disruption of protective...
1. Background Training, capacity-building, and creating spaces for mutual exchanges with and between partners is an important cross-cutting strategy we have planned in our project women empowerment. The capacity-building strategy is to support the...