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Project on Community Adaption to Climate Change to ensure food security and vulnerability adaptation is formulated based on VRA assessment conducted on 9-10 October 2011 with 80 participants, 40 female, representing local villagers who have been affected by CC including local authority from Proeuk and Trapaing Beng villages, Svay Teap commune, and Preu Meas village, Chamkar Andoung commune, Chamkarleu district, Kampong Cham province. VRA findings conclude that local people in the four target villages have been facing problems of CC including prolonged dry spells and droughts, flooding and heavy rainfall that have caused damages to irrigation schemes, water body drying out, shortage of water for both wet and dry season rice farming for almost every year, making food security a challenge. This has made some poor households to resort to migrate for employment in provincial towns and Phnom Penh, or out of the countries such as Thailand and Malaysia to seek job and income generation to support their families and thus face a number of problems including separating from family, exploitation, violence, trafficking, and children abandoning school, HIV/AIDS, and malnutrition, particularly women. To address these issues the project proposes rehabilitation of ponds, building sluice gates, and repair of dikes, formulation of management committee, establishment of rice bank, and development of capacity of community committee to adapt to changes in rainfall pattern in collaboration with village and commune authorities and relevant stakeholders, and villagers in target areas, with funding request USD49,997.00 from UNDP. The total project budget USD69,661.00 includes USD19,164.96 matching fund from Phnom Srei for Development, USD500.00 from local communities and USD49,997.00 from UNDP. 1.2 Project goal To reduce vulnerability to CC of the people in 4 villages including Maha, Proek, Trapaing Beng and Preus Meas in Chamkarleu district, Kampong Cham province, through water management for irrigation. Project s specific objectives include: Objective 1: Vulnerability of 3,280 villagers, 1,631 women, in 671 households from 4 target villages to drought reduced through effective management and utilization of water for improvement of wet season rice production. 1.3 Project s outcomes Outcome 1.1: One pond and two sluice gates in Maha village, Svay Teap commune, and 1 dike in Preu Meas village, Chamkar Andoung commune, Chamkarleu district, Kampong Cham province, rehabilitated and built; and Outcome 1.2: The duration of food shortage by 600 people, 360 women, from 200 households, reduced from 6 months to only 2 months. 1.3 Key expected outputs Output 1.1.1 (Outcome 1.1): A pond, 63m x 63mx 5m, and 2 sluice gates, 1m x 1.5m, rehabilitated and built respectively in Maha village to provide access to water by 2,263 villagers, 1,104 women, from 454 households in 3 villages, i.e., Maha, Preok, and Trapaing Beng villages, Svay Teap commune, Chamkarleu district, Kampong Cham province. Output 1.1.2 (Outcome 1.1): A dike 35m long, 4m top width, 8m bottom width, and 1.6m high, equipped with a 20m spillway, 4m top width, 8m bottom width, 1.3 m high, built in Preus Meas, Chamkar Andoung commune, Chmakrleu district, Kampong Cham province, for the benefit of 1,017 people, 527 women, from 217 households in the area; Output 1.1.3 (Outcome 1.1): A water management committee of 9 members, 3 female, in Maha village, Svay Teap commune, and another committee of 5 members, 2 female, in Preus Meas village, Chamkar Andoung commune, established and with capacity to manage the irrigation scheme sustainably; Output 1.1.4 (Outcome 1.1): Selected drought resistant rice varieties piloted by 60 villagers, 25 women, from 60 households in Maha, Preok, Trapaing Beng and Preus Meas villages in Chamkarleu district; and Output 1.2.1 (Outcome 2.1): Three existing rice banks in Maha, Preok, and Preus Meas villages, each in one village, in Chamkarleu district, strengthened. 1.3 Major project s activities Output 1.1.1 (Outcome 1.1) Activities - Meeting with 8 members of procurement committee, 2 women, including director of PSFD 1, NCDD 1, DoWRAM 1, NAS 1, LICADHO 1, district authority 1, and Commune Chief 2; - Announce the process to select qualified contractor for 1) rehabilitation of a pond 63m x 63m x 5m, and 2 sluice gates 1m x 1.5 m, at Maha village, Svay Teap commune, Chamkaleu district, Kampong Cham province; 2) Repair a dike 35 m long, 4m top width, 8m bottom width, and 1.6 m high, with a 20m spillway, 4m top width, 8 m bottom width, and 1.3 m high, at Preus Meas village, Cahmakar Andoung commune, Chamkarleu district, Kampong Cham province; - Disseminate of the project in collaboration with local authority prior to rehabilitation of the pond and building of sluice gate; - Establishing of a contract with winning contractor; - Rehabilitation of the pond by winning contractor and building of a sluice gate at Maha village, Svay Teap commune, Chamkarleu district, Kampong Cham province; - Monitoring and evaluation of the quality of rehabilitation work and sluice gate built with the participation of commune procurement community; and - Organize for launching of the pond and sluice gate. Output 1.1.2 (Outcome 1.1) Activities - Disseminate, in coordinate with local authority, plan for dike rehabilitation and spill way building with local people in Preu Meas village, Chamkar Andoung commune, Chamkarleu district, Kampong Cham province; - Develop contract for winning con

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