CARE Ethiopia Pastoral Livelihoods Programs

in Oromia Region

Charles Hopkins

Workshop on Developing Index-Based Livestock Insurance to Reduce Vulnerability due to Drought-related Livestock Deaths

ILRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

12 July 2010

Projects in Borana

• 6 woredas in Borana zone & 3 field office: Yabello, Moyale & Dire

• Pastoralist Livelihood Initiative – p II• Regional Resilience Against Drought – P II• Global Water initiative • Emergency Interventions – based on need

These projects increased resilience to Shocks

Pastoral development challenges

– Repeated cycles of drought;– Increased population pressure;– Climatic variability and change;– Resource based conflicts & decreased morbidity;– Global food prices and globalization– Access to Basic Services;– Loss of livelihoods assets & agri. Encroachment– Rangeland/natural resource degradation, and– Inadequate investment in the dry lands.

CARE Pastoral Program

• NRM - integral part of our pastoral livelihood interventions (e.g. rangeland mgt)

• Strengthen customary rules – control, govern access & resource use (e.g. training & exchange visit)

• Preparedness & resilience to shocks (e.g. drought related interventions)

• Economic security & mutual support to women & girls saving groups, & cooperatives, through diversified engagement in pastoral economy

• Improve animal health (e.g. mass vaccination & training of CAHWs

Pastoral Livelihoods Initiative (PLI 2)

May 2009 – March 2013Protecting and strengthening the lives of pastoralist and ex- pastoralists in Oromia and Afar Regions

Program Focus

• Livestock production health and marketing

• Srengthing early warnings systems

• Rangeland development

• Economic empowerment of pastoralist women

• ‘Good Practices’ studies for wider sharing

• Prevention, care and support for HIV AIDS patients & Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC)

• Crisis response to drought emergency – Crisis Modifier

Global Water Initiative (GWI)

Program Focus • Increase the scale of IWRM

interventions• Contribute to water related

shock risk management

• Strengthen community understanding of sustainable water resource management and environmental protection

• Build local communities water management capacity

• Address trans-boundary issues in water basin management

Reducing the vulnerability of pastoralist communities in the lowlands of Borana, to water-related shocks and improve their quality of life through Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) 

Regional Resilience Enhancement Against Drought (RREAD 2)

July 2009 – June 2010Enhancing pastoralist adaptive coping strategies to drought through

improved response and preparedness

Program Focus

•Rehabilitation of water points along migratory/grazing routes

•Logistical support for strategic livestock vaccinations against diseases

•Support to local authorities in drought preparedness, mitigation and early response through contingency fund

•Livestock off take / commercial de-stocking

•Income generating activities

Enhanced Livelihoods in Pastoralist areas of Southern Ethiopia (ELSE)

Increasing self-reliance of the targeted population in drought prone pastoral areas of Southern Ethiopia and improving livelihoods

Program Focus

•Livelihood protection during drought triggered emergencies

•Improved livestock health and marketing

•Income generation activities

•Natural resource management (Holistic Management)

•Peace building and conflict mitigation

•“Pastoral Voice” in dry land policy

October 2007 – February 2009 (extended with RCU until March 2009)

IBLI type of intervention

• Index based livestock insurance program

1. Work with the govt. cooperative office

2. Work with existing women groups, cooperatives,

3. Work with customary institutions – awareness raising

4. Work closely with CARE & partners – access to pastoral communities - research

5. Timely info to pastoralist on climate

Info to pastoralist helps timely decision

Timely decision will help pastoralist avoid asset loss

involve Women, Youth & Elders

Support pastoralist make the right decision

Livestock are grazing during the dry period

Challenges perceived – getting pastoralist to invest – level of private investment

The way forward

The way forward

• Private sector engagement

• Reduce pastoral asset loss

• Work closely with the government decentralized structure

• Work closely with the Customary institutions

• Timely information

The Future

Thank you