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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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The 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 climate adaptation project which focuses on building the adaptative capacity of the vulnerable communities to climate change. We are a 6-year project implemented by the National Fund for Environment under the funding of the Green Climate Fund (GCF).

Project Key Achievements

 

Watershed protection and climate resilient agriculture

600
Ha of progressive terraces established
600
Ha of Radical terraces established
21000
Green Jobs Created - 52% women, 48% men
3
Automated weather stations established
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Sustainable Forest management and sustainable energy

747
Ha of degraded forests rehabilitated
14000
improved cook stoves distributed & 10 domestic biogas units constructed as pilot
2000000
Seedlings of fruit trees produced and planted
10000
Bamboo seedlings planted along the river banks
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Climate resilient settlements

4700
check-dams under construction in seven gullies
2770
Gully plugs installed into gullies
2428 M3
of rainwater harvested from roofs of households
40
Dwelling climate resilient settlements units under construction
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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

 
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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Farmer Image
11 Jan
Farmers capacitated to cope with the impacts of climate change
Mr. Ntawuruhunga Venant, a resident of Kagarama village in Mukarange sector, serves as a model farmer
Blog
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launch
11 Jan
Green Gicumbi Project Launches the Forestry Planting Season 2020-2021 with 50,000 trees being planted

The Green Gicumbi Project has on Saturday 7, November launched the Forestry Planting Season 2020-2021, an event that

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stoves
11 Jan
Gicumbi Residents in big relief as they receive cook stoves

Residents of Gicumbi District are in a big relief after they received this last week cook stoves that save energy and

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We are building climate resilience for our communities

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