Beekeeping project
Green Institute Zimbabwe in partnership with Girl Child Empowerment Zimbabwe are currently running a beekeeping project. The project is meant to support cyclone Idai victims with life skills training, in a move that is meant to give women in affected communities’ financial empowerment. To achieve this, 100 girls and young women from Matanga, Barauta, Dimire, Masheedze and kobeka were trained with sustainable beekeeping skills. The idea behind capacitating these women, is to improve livelihoods and to educate villagers about forestry conservation as most participants reside around Chirinda forestry, one of the remaining natural forests in Zimbabwe-which currently under threat from massive deforestation. We have so far created about 120 beehives, specifically for this project.
Major Achievements
- Through the training of trainer’s workshop held the young people were capacitated in holding duty bearers accountable due increased knowledge and skills environmental accountability monitoring. The youth were enhanced capacity of to how to organize them in demanding environmental l accountability from local state and non-state institutions.
- The created whatsapp groups and serviced information centers raised and well-coordinated voices of the young women and men in climate change process. The platforms have also improved the participation of youth in community development initiatives and programs.
- The community dialogue meetings have improved the interaction between youth and local state and non-state actors.
- The AAGs managed to have regular interactions with local councils through presentations at full council meetings and other council meetings, and they engaged with traditional leaders, during community meetings articulating issues of concern and suggestions.
- Establishment of 120 sustainable beehives, for our beekeeping project
- 3 community gardens were established