Bio-diversity

Gwandara is a community located in the North Central geopolitical zone, in Karu L.G.A of Nasarawa State with a population size of about 20,000 people engages in peasant farming) as a major occupation, this community is not linked to National Grid and members live in abject poverty. The absence of portable drinking water is also a challenge and the access road leading to the community is bad which most times is inaccessible during the peak of the rainy season. The Inhabitants of this community are poor with with high unemployment Community members depend directly on wood as major source of fuel for cooking and energy, with trees indiscriminately cut-down without provision for replenishing new ones. This project is therefore designed to address climate change issues by planting 4000 (1,000 oil palm, 500 cocoa nut trees, 1,000 oranges, 500 Guava trees, 500 Banana/Plantain, 500 Neem tree fruit and shade trees on a 15 hectares land size as already provided by the community village head; and Creation of SWEET SHADE BOTANICAL GARDEN in the local community school environment with different species of fruit and shade trees, which includes 50 oranges, 50 guava, 50 Cocoa nut and 25 Banana trees, this is an initiative to help educate the school community and the space for the Botanical garden will be provided by the school which they have done in our previous projects,. this will also help in afforestation of the area; sensitization of community members , especially the vulnerable unemployed population which run in over 200 people on climate impacts and possible ways of addressing these challenges; enhance income generation for inhabitants and reduce unemployment rate by training 30 indigenes on the construction and installation of solar panel which in turn will provide electricity and improve community standard of living.

Nigeria