Environmental policy and administrative management

Gariya Community seeks to implement an integrated programme that focuses on addressing the challenges of shortage of water for livestock and wild life in Tsholotsho District. This involves the rehabilitation of Gariya Dam which is currently dry due to siltation. The group will also engage in the rehabilitation and protection of Manzamnyama Catchment which has become seriously deforested and degraded.The project also seeks to address the [problem of food security and income generation through nutrition gardens.The project will be located around Gariya dam which benefits 5 wards namely ward 1, 7, 8, 10 ,and11 through livestock and wildlife watering and water for domestic uses. Objectives of the programme include, to improve the capacity of Gariya community to manage the project through the establishment of Gariya Development Association, to improve the availability of surface water through rehabilitation of Gariya dam in order to ensure availability of water for livestock, to equip communities with skills on how to manage Manzamnyama catchment together with engaging in activities that include re-afforestation, gully reclamation, enrichment planting, grazing management and planting of vertiva grass and to improve the community`s income and livelihood levels through gardening, fish-farming and small grains production together with, documentation of lessons learnt from implementing the Gariya programme useful for information exchange and replication. project activities -community mobilization and awareness raising -training of the GDA management committee -rehabilitate 2 canals one measuring 18km and the other measuring 10km -rehabilitate the dam mouth and construct silt traps and other protection structures -clear and fence out two pilot 1 acre market gardening irrigation schemes for the San community project outputs -Gariya community and traditional leadership aware and capable to manage the integrated programme -dam mouth rehabilitated -gariya dam desilted -2 canals providing water to the communities and wildlife rehabilitated and functioning -dam wall reinforced and protected from livestock and wildlife -2 one acre market gardening irrigation schemes with storage facilities established for the San community -San community incomes improved through the sale of fish and vegetables -Gariya community trained in small gains production -San community equipped with seed and implements to engage in agriculture

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