Sululta Chancho Mulo Water Supply Project

Final Report for Sululta Mulo Water Supply Project

1. Project Location: North Showa Zone of Oromia Regional State, Sululta Mulo

District, Ekkoo Effoo Babbo communities located to the North of Addis Ababa.

2. Implementing Agency: Gudina Tumsa Foundation.

3. Donor Agency: A Glimmer of Hope Foundation.

4. Duration: Three Months, June 5, 2002 to September 5, 2002.

5. Goals and Objectives of The Project:

Goals: The overall goal is to bring about improvement in the health status of the communities in the two target Kebeles. The achievement of this goal is to be realized by establishing water supply systems at these communities. The specific objectives include the following:

Specific Objectives:

Ø Provide potable water for about 500 community members.

Ø Cap and develop 3 springs at Ekko Effo Babbo and Dirre Silo Laga Heeto Kebeles.

Ø Provide water supply facilities for humans and livestock by constructing one water point, one cattle trough and one collection chamber at Harbu-Haaraa spring in Effoo Ekkoo Baabboo Kebele.

Ø Organize and train water committee to ensure sustainability of water management in the target Kebeles.

6. Program Implementation:

It was planned to complete project implementation within three months of its starting. The process began immediately after signing of project agreement with the line bureaus on5 June 2002. Construction agreement was signed between GTF and the contractor on June 11, 2002.

The construction work was started in the same month. However, project activity implementation was retarded due to the heavy rains occurred in July and September, which created transportation problem to the project site. On the other hand, the crops in the field created additional similar problem until they were collected in late November. The implementation process was reactivated in early December 2002.

All the activities indicated in the project are implemented and accomplished according to their plan. One spring at Harbu-Haaraa site is protected and the water supply system such as water line for irrigation, collection chamber, water point stand and cattle trough are properly constructed.

The two springs at Effo Ekko localities are constructed and water tabs are installed accordingly. The community members have already started using water from these facilities. The handing-over program will be accomplished on February 16, 2003.

A water committee of 7 members was organized from Effo Ekko Baabgbo communities and provided with the necessary orientation to ensure water manaement sustainability in the area after handing-over of the project.

Frequent visits were conducted to the project site by GTF staff and District Water Development Office to monitor the construction process. Community mobilization and sensitization of the project objectives were conducted during the monitoring visits.

The beneficiaries had participated in the construction process by giving the necessary support and providing free labor in paving the road to the project sites during the work. Members of the water committee also contributed to the facilitation of the construction work by mobilizing the community members at different time.

A group of experts from GTF and the Sululta Distric Water Development Office have recently made final monitoring visit and had physically observed the mentioned water facilities. The group had talked with community members and found out that the project outcome will serve the community members as intended. This indicated that the project is successfully implemented according to its plan.

The major accomplished activities are shown in the following table. The financial report is also presented together with this report. In addition, few photographs showing some parts of the project are attached with this report.

Major Accomplished Activities

Activities	Measurement	Plan	Accomplished	Site	No. Of Beneficiaries	No. Of Livestock	Remark
Spring Capping	Pieces	1	1	Harbu-Haraa	50 households
Water Point Stand	’’	1	1	”
Collection Chamber	”	1	1	”
Cattle Trough	”	1	1	”		500	For all communities
Water Line for Irrigation	”	1	1	”
Spring Capping	”	1	1	Gulale/Bukaa Sagadaa	30 households
Spring Capping	”	1	1	Effo Ekko/Burka Shambali	20 households
Water Committee Formation	NO	1	1				7 members

To A Glimmer of Hope Foundation

Addis Ababa.

Re: Project Implementation Final Report

Dear Sir or Madam:

The implementation of the project entitled “Sululta Mulo Water Supply Scheme” is successfully accomplished. However, the implementation period was extended due to heavy rain occurred during the last summer and the crops in the fields which created transportation problem.

The process was restarted in early December after the conditions improved. The physical and financial report of the project implementation is attached herewith.

Therefore, we kindly request your generous Foundation to see in to it and let us know if you have comments on the report. Looking forward to hearing from you,

With Kind Regards,

Suluta Beekeeping

Final Report of Suluta Beekeeping Project

1. Introductory Remark

This report deals with implementation progress of the project entitled “bee keeping for needy women in Sululta Income Generating scheme”. The project was designed to serve as initial step to intervene with integrated development and better quality of life for the population. Particularly women and children with limited resources. The aim is to see how this limited intervention can:

¨ Create the awareness of women on their marginalized situation

¨ Introduce the skill of thrift and income management

¨ Enhance the source of additional income and food security for the household and

¨ Identify most appropriate and targeted interventions for future implementation that the population of the project area.

The launching of the implementation of the project could not take place immediately after securing of grant fund on 30/04/2001 due to delay in the project agreement with government which was effected on June, 2d002.

The actual implementation process, therefore commenced on October 1,2001. Project duration is 2 years (from June 2001 to July 2003).

Therefore, this reports includes all the project activities implemented from commencement up to this end. The progress of the project within its shout existence has shown effectiveness of project objectives. The project is the first of its kind in the project area. Modern beekeeping methods were not introduced in to this area before intervention of this project. The beneficiaries have shown full participation in the program. The fact that traditional beekeeping is practiced in the area helped the beneficiaries to get bees available for their hives, made the project implementation viable. Almost all of the beehives so far distributed (54) have trapped bees.

2. Goals & Objectives

Specific objectives of the project include:

- Identification of 30 poor women

- Assist the beneficiaries with proper skill on modern beekeeping method thru technical training for 15 days.

- Introduce home: yard gardens in selected household

- Introduce low-cost technologies home improvements

- Community sensitization on better health,

Implementation strategies include stakeholder participation in the implementation process and strengthening the capacity of the beneficiaries to establish and maintain beehives in their backyards. The target women will be oriented on the importance of nutrition and hygienic practices to their life. These objectives are realized through implementation of the following project major activities.

3. Community Sensitization

The sensitization program is designed to inform the stakeholders (district council and line ministries) on objective, plan, methodology and duration of the project to facilitate project implementation process. The sensitization program was conducted on August 2001 for 20 participants represented from GTF, District council woreda and Zone Agriculture office including community members. The sensitization seminar therefore, was effective and fruitful. As a result, participation of all the stakeholders was enhanced.

4. Sites and Beneficiaries Selection

After the project agreement, selection of the project sites and beneficiaries were conducted in collaboration with the community leaders and local authorities. Sululta Mulo was selected as project site due to presence of poor firewood collector women in this area. The selection criterea were level of income, and priority for female headed families. According to these criteria, 30 poor beneficiary women were selected beneficiaries of the project and provided with the necessary training and facilities.

5. Provision of Supplies and Equipment

The provision of supplies and equipment is the major project activity. The intended equipments and tools are 60 beehives with its.accessories, vegetable seeds and tools for backyard gardening. So far, 60 beehives were procured and distributed to 30 beneficiaries. The bees were obtained by using the traditional beekeeping method of the local communities. Out of the already distributed 54 beehives, 46 are contained with bees. Four kg. Of vegetable and flower, seeds were purchased and distributed to the beneficiaries. The District Agriculture Office provided 1,500 seedlings and these seedlings were distributed to the 30 beneficiaries during the project period.

The beneficiaries fully participated in constructing bee shelters and searching and trapping bees from the local areas.vegetable seeds were procured and distributed to the 30 women. One seed-planting expert is assigned to this activity. The expert is introducing different seeds (plant seed, flower seeds etc) by closely working with the beneficiaries especially in 5 backyards.

One honey extractor was purchased and distributed to facilitate extraction of honey for the beneficiaries. In addition, 60 kg of wax was purchased and made available to the project site for replacement of broken wax.

6. Training:

It is clearly stated in the project objective to provide training to develop proper skill for the beneficiaries to implement the project and to sustain the project impact beyond project life span. Therefore, 8 days skill training program was conducted for 30 women on 1-8 October 2001. Project staff and experts or resource persons invited from local agricultural office gave the training. The topics on which the training was given include:

- On project objectives

- On traditional beekeeping method

- On types of plants that attract bees.

- On modern beekeeping methods

- On bee protection and honey extraction

- Nutritional values of honey etc.

The training was so effective that the beneficiaries immediately used the information they got on the program and accepted the project idea without hesitating and started implementation process.

7. Expected Project Outputs

The expected output and results with indications are shown below:

7.1.Modern Beekeeping and Gardening Introduced.

Training was conducted for the beneficiaries and women are fully participating in the implementation process. This is verified by regular and site visit project reports.

7.2. Assign Home Economist:

One home economist is assigned to the project area. The home economist monitored the everyday to day project activities and reported from project site

7.3. Modern Beehives Distributed:

Report from site, monitoring visit and observation verifies.

7.4. Improvement in the Quality of Consumption Food:

The improvement of the quality of life of the people is the general goal of the project and will be achieved during the project implementation. This is to be realized through improvement of family income as a result of sales from honey production. Consequently, a total of 29..5 kg of honey was produced with in the average of the first four months of bee obtaining during the last quarter for 6 beneficiaries, which amounts to total of 590 ETB, 98.3 per person. This is an indication of improvement of family income, which in turn implies improvement of quality of consumption food.

7.5. Increased household level of income is also expected after the honey production out put increase in the coming period. At the moment, two third of the 54 distributed beehives are expected to give about 250kg of honey in the coming few weeks. The estimated price per kg is ETB 20. This implies that the beneficiaries will get a total of 5,000.00 ETB, 166.6 per household.

7.6. Women Participation

Women participation in social and economic activities and decision-making is already started at the beginning of the implementation period. Women are elected in the project committee and participated in discussion and selection of project site and beneficiaries and are activities participating in the project implementation. This experience will create a better condition for improvement of women in the larger society.

8. Monitoring And Evaluation

It was indicated in the project document that monitoring activities be conducted by

- Weekly field visit for the initial two months and this is accomplished project staff conducted 8 days site visit and monitored implementation process.

- Monthly field visit up to the end of project life span to ensure the implementation progress to be according to plan. The project staff so far conducted 50 days visits to project area and made the necessary corrective measures and decisions. The coordination was conducted in collaboration with district council and line ministries especially with agricultural bureau.

-Regular meeting with community leader was conducted for more than 4 days to give their support to project implementation process. As a result, the Keble leaders have participated by making continuous follow up to facilitate administrative services to the beneficiaries.

- The analysis of socio-economic gape among the Sululta Mulo population is not yet conducted. This was because main effort was to realize the project objective. This will be conducted in the coming evaluation period.

In general, it is indicated that the project objective is met and viable to bring an impact on the life of the direct beneficiaries if the stakeholders jointly work towards sustainability of the project findings.

9. Organizations and Management.

The overall management of the project is carried out by GTF head office and assigned project staff. District council and district agriculture office have collaborated during supervision and monitoring. The home economist assigned by GTF and the project committee who are selected from among the beneficiaries conducted the day to day implementation activities of the project.

10. Project Finance:

Project finance was utilized in accordance to the implementation plan. The detail is attached to this report.

11. Lessons Learnt:

The population of the project area is influenced by daily economic activity of saling firewood to Addis Ababa City. It took more effort to convince these people to engage them in project activity because they are addicted to immediate economic benefits than to think interms of a better tomorrow. So, strict and continuous follow up was needed to get the situation more convenient for project implementation.

Few of the beneficiaries after being selected were found reluctant to give effort in building the beehive’s house and to trap bee. New selected willing community members replaced these beneficiaries. The reselection was conduct in collaboration with the agricultural office.

12. Problem Encountered:

The project implementation process has gone smoothly. However, the required project budget is not fully available. Total project cost is 97,570.00 for the whole project period. Total grant so far received is 46,068.00. This final report is concerned with the grant made available. The remaining difference, which is 51,502, is yet to be available for further implementation of the project activities. If the required amount is made available, activities involving sustainability of the project would be facilitated.

CRDA

Program Department

Addis Ababa

Re: Final Report on “ Sululta Mulo Beekeeping Project”.

Dear Sir or Madam:

Greetings to you! Attached to this letter please find the activity report and financial statement regarding the “Sululta Mulo beekeeping pilot project” as of October 2002.

We appreciate your comments and suggestions regarding the progress of the project implementation.

With kind regards,