CBARDP - Components 2 - Community development
This phase is to commence once communities, with CDDT support, have identified their priority needs and submitted their work plans. The funds available support four main groups of interventions/activities:
- support to vulnerable groups;
- sustainable agricultural development services;
- rural enterprise development and financial linkage support services (REDFLS); and
- Community infrastructure.
Support to vulnerable groups. Based on the needs of the vulnerable poor and women’s groups, funds is made available to support existing, and develop additional, resources at the village level to provide targeted training programmes on functional literacy and numeracy, health, HIV/AIDS awareness/prevention, conflict resolution, development of a savings culture, and on other issues that limit opportunities for vulnerable groups. Traditional community welfare support/safety net activities is developed for communities and vulnerable groups. As maternal and infant mortality is relatively high in the programme area, primary health services and environmental sanitation is emphasized.
Sustainable agricultural development services. Following participatory assessment of a community’s land management problems and farm production levels, support is provided for an integrated programme of activities to assist groups of farm households to investigate, develop and adopt several locally appropriate improved land-husbandry practices within their individual farm holdings (both upland and wetland), communal grazing and woodland areas, and settlement areas. This includes practices aimed at better integration and intensification of crop and livestock production; resolution of conflicts between farmers and pastoralists; and development of improved management practices.
Rural enterprise development and financial linkage support services. Resources is provided at the local government and state levels to assist in: identifying the constraints and needs of interested enterprise groups and individuals; formulation of development plans, including assistance in group formation; market analysis and linkage identification; assessment of financial viability; organizational sustainability; assessment of training and credit requirements; and facilitating linkages between rural enterprises, including farmer groups, and financial institutions. The programme of technical assistance (TA) and capacity building initiates, and ultimately strengthens, the institutionalization of traditional savings and credit groups, and includes the development of links with the formal banking sector. No credit lines is provided.
Community infrastructure. Initial activities supports the development or upgrading of safe water supplies, environmental sanitation, water for livestock, irrigation, health and education facilities, housing for health and education workers, community on-farm storage and processing. At the multi-village level, inter-community access roads, health, and off-farm storage and processing facilities may be given priority. Support also is provided to ensure community commitment and capacity in operation and maintenance. Semi-skilled construction labour should come from within the community in order to provide additional income for poor groups and impart building skills. For infrastructure projects, such as schools and health facilities, funding and staffing arrangements need to be confirmed by the LGCs for ongoing operation of the facilities.