The Lake Ziway catchment is located in the Central Rift Valley which is one of the most environmentally vulnerable areas of Ethiopia. The lake itself has been degraded as a result of both natural processes and human activities over the past three decades. Agricultural productivity has decreased and worsened food insecurity and poverty for the people living around that area. If current trends continue, there is a threat that Lake Ziway will dry up completely.

This project aims to rehabilitate highly degraded areas into productive units of land, creating alternative livelihood for the local communities and relieving pressure on land and water resources. The project also aims to build good relations among companies, communities, government and Civil Society Organisations operating in this critical landscapes.

• 600 households
• 150,000 ha degraded land rehabilitated

The goal of this three-year project is to graduate 300 chronically food insecure households from the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) food support in Asagirt woreda and strengthen their resilience to cope with income and food related shocks by building on these five core elements: consumption support, savings, asset transfer, technical skills training, and regular life skills coaching.

The project has been designed as part GoH’s Oda Bultum Integrated Community Development Program (Oda Bultum ICDP) and aims to alleviate deep rooted poverty through a holistic development approach (across multiple sectors) to address the specific development needs of rural communities in Oda Bultum. The sectors included in the program are Education, Water, Health and Livelihoods. 95,721 beneficiaries

• 95,721 beneficiaries