1. Background
Emergency needs for fisher folk and farmers have being addressed by government as well as donors/partners, although there are still more assistance needed for tsunami-affected victims to restore their livelihood. In addition to the restoration of production assets, more attention should be given to long-term sustainable rehabilitation of the livelihood of coastal communities as well as responsible natural resource management and community empowerment to mitigate potential damages caused by natural disasters.
2. Objectives
This project aims to facilitate participatory community-based fisheries management and sustainable human development in coastal fishing communities in tsunami-affected areas, through awareness building, organization and empowerment of communities, promotion of alternative income generating activities, facilitating improved access to credit schemes as well as social and extension services, and strengthening linkages between community organizations and local government institutions and administration.
The primary purpose of the project is to empower local community-level organizations and fishermen’s organization to manage their natural resources in sustainable manner, to plan, implement and monitor development activities to address their concerns and needs and to gain better access to services. The Project will be participatory in nature beginning with identification of needs, determination of solution options, planning, implementation and through to monitoring and evaluation in close collaboration with existing local NGOs.
3. Expected outputs
a) Constraints and problems in improving livelihood and sustainable natural resource management will be identified by the community.
b) Strengthened managerial capacity of village-level organizations/fishermen’s organizations
c) Increased access in coastal fishing communities to selected social services, credit schemes and alternative income generation opportunities
d) Established community based and stakeholder management of fisheries resources towards sustainable fisheries.
e) Improved public awareness on disaster mitigation.
f) Improved capacity of coastal fishing communities to cope with natural disasters and their aftermath.
4. Inputs
a) Personnel
b) Training to local officers, community organizations/fishermen’s organizations
c) PRA/Workshop
d) Micro-credit scheme
e) Study tour (in-country)
f) Equipment and materials
5. Duration
2 years
