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  • Climate Change is Real.
    We must adapt
    to its effects
    Reducing vulnerability to climate change by enhancing
    the adaptive capacity of the targeted groups as well as
    reducing their exposure to climate risks.
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  • Transforming existing
    practices into high
    resilient practices
    Enabling the community to continue adapting
    to future climate variability and change
    beyond the lifetime of the project.
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  • Promoting sustainable
    forestry & sustainable
    energy
    The growth and diversification of forests through
    sustainable forestry management is a step in
    the right direction in supporting the achievement of Rwanda’s forestry targets
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Green Gicumbi Project targets to benefit around 150,000 vulnerable population living in the project intervention area.


Our main goal is to Build Resilience of the Local Community to Climate Change

We are a 6-year adaptation project being implemented by the National Fund for Environment under the funding of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). We focus on strengthening adaptive capacity of vulnerable communities to climate change.

Project Key Achievements

 

Watershed protection and climate resilient agriculture

600
Ha of progressive terraces established
600
Ha of Radical terraces established
23000
Green Jobs Created - 52% women, 48% men
3
Automated weather stations established
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Sustainable Forest management and sustainable energy

1107
Ha of degraded forests rehabilitated
19900
improved cook stoves distributed & 10 domestic biogas units constructed as pilot
40
Variable Speed Drives installed in Mulindi Tea Factory
3321000
High quality seedlings raised in time and planted
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Climate resilient settlements

4642
check-dams constructed in gullies
32 Ha
Infiltration ditches established
60
Climate resilient dwelling units are under construction
40
Climate resilient dwelling settlements units constructed and commissioned
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Knowledge transfer and mainstreaming

1500
local authorities and community representatives trained on project objectives and goals, climate change causes, effects and mitigation measures
24
Awareness raising sessions conducted
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News & Updates

 
Nyagatare Training
18 Nov
Green Gicumbi Project trains all its staff on gender mainstreaming

The Green Gicumbi Project has this week trained all its staff on gender with the aim to empower them with knowledge o

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Gicumbi
29 Oct
Umushinga Green Gicumbi urateganya gusazura amashyamba kuri 360Ha no gutera ingemwe zisaga 1,100,000

Muri iki gihembwe, umushinga Green Gicumbi urateganya gusazura amashyamba ku buso bungana na hegitari 360, aho hazate

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GCF team visits the Green Gicumbi Project
05 Oct
GCF team visits the Green Gicumbi Project
GCF which is in Rwanda as part of their mission to assess Rwanda’s readiness for the preparations of the upcoming B.35 GCF meeting scheduled in March 2023.
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Meet
16 Mar
Meet Christine Katusiime: A Green Gicumbi Beneficiary
Two years ago, Christine Katusiime, her husband and their three children were worried about their future.
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Green Gicumbi
15 Jan
How rural youth project is reducing charcoal usage
Youth who have teamed up to form “Gicumbi New Vision Cooperative” in Gicumbi District are making a fortune from manufacturing modern cook stoves
Traveling
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We aim to strengthen climate resilience of our communities

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