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11 damascene gashumba-rural environment and development organisation (redo)
REDO was founded in 1999 and works in community conservation around two national parks in Rwanda. Its overall program is called TEAMS, which stands for Tree planting, Environment awareness and research, Agriculture, Microprojects, and Social integration of Historically Marginalized People. REDO's vision is for rural communities to sustain integrated development through natural resources without harming the environment. Its objectives include environmental education, instilling environmental values at all levels, poverty eradication through sustainable participation, and integrating marginalized groups. One of REDO's projects focuses on beekeeping to improve livelihoods and conserve Volcanoes National Park, through training women in modern beekeeping techniques and developing beekeeping value chains.
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- 1. REDO PRESENTATION • foundedin 1999 . •Area of intervention: community conservation around VNP and NNP • The overall program of REDO, is called: TEAMS •T ree planting •E nvironment awareness and research •A griculture •M icroprojects (like bee keeping, arts, goats etc,) •Social integration of Historically Marginalised People(HMP) Rural Environment and Development Organization (REDO) (Act together towards a green Environment, Peace and development) P.O. Box: 7067 Kigali-Rwanda E-mail: info@redo.org.rw/ inforedo@yahoo.com Web site: www.redo.org.rw Tel: +250 789111130(Office) & +250 788408910 (Mobile)
- 2. vision • . REDO: A society where the rural communities sustain the integrated development through the use of available natural resources without compromising the ecological structures Objetives: • To champion environmental education and public awareness for sustainability in the country and in the great lakes region. • To instil environmental concerns from grass root to national level • To work towards poverty eradication through a participatory sustainable approach. • To integrate HMP into community
- 3. Beekeeping for VNPConservation and livelihoods improvement Proposed interventions Current situation -High demographic pressure -Poor agricure production -Poor livelihoods -Environment destruction -Lack of capital for women to initiate enterprise -Limited involvement of women in beekeeping Inputs -Beekeeping modern techniques promotion -Beekeeping value chain development -Economic linkages Outputs -Beekeeping modern techniques well applied -Increased number of women involved in beekeeping -Beekeeping products availed on the local Market Improved livelihoods Honey Current situation Women participating in sustainable livelihood thru production, income and employment generated by bee products
- 4. Beekeeping sector specificlimitations in Volcanoes area • Farmers more recipients than markets key players • Coops remain dependent on slow and inconsistent local sales • Low Production : only 4,050 Tons harvested annually . The total demand is about 13,800 Tons per year ( Source : MINAGRI) • High cost of inputs, which affect competiveness ( beekeeping equipment and honey packaging material that are imported) • Donor’s funding opportunities to support the beekeeping program
- 5. 5 Title Lessons learnt:Beekeeping could became a way of poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation: Proposed Simplified inclusive business model Certified Beehive makers & other Inputs supply Bee Promoters Whole sellers Exporters Banks& MFIs Beekeepers cooperative BK groups Individuals BK ProcessorsREDO + other stakeholder EU and other international markets Boutiques
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