Delivering the Community Development Program

FARMING SCHEMES

Capacity building of 7,000 households for adopting more efficient agricultural techniques through conservation farming/smart agriculture practices.

• 182 demonstration plots.
• 2,800 families have benefited from horticulture capacity building.
• 1,153,000 kilos of improved seeds corn, beans, soya and sesame.
• 1,017,000 cassava cuttings and seedlings.
• 111,000 kilos of sweet potato cuttings.
• 15,000 fruit trees.

LIVESTOCK FARMING SCHEMES

• 1,027 families received 3 goatlings each (3,081animals), in order to breed and share the first two offsprings.
• Increases availability of protein and boosts income, based on principle of sharing value with neighbours.

HONEY PRODUCTION

• Distribution of 1,941 beehives
• Honey production improves income generation and promotes the protection of the forest, as some beehives are located close to the plantations, leading communities to protect this source of income.

FISH PONDS

• Construction of 70 fish ponds and training for families.
• Important to improve intake of protein and for additional income generation.

POULTRY VACCINATION

• Vaccination of poultry against Newcastle disease in collaboration with public veterinary services.
• Over 949.200 doses administered since 2015.

IMPROVED BARNS

• Support for the construction of 2,465 improved barns. They allow for longer storage of produce and consumption or sale during times of greater scarcity.

DRINKING WATER

• 46 boreholes built + 68 non-operational boreholes repaired.
• Over 10.000 families (50.000 people) benefited
• Independent laboratory analyses confirm that the water is good for human consumption.

ACCESS ROADS, BRIDGES

• Rehabilitation and building of roads and rural paths of over 5.300 kilometres. Rehabilitation of more than 20 small rural bridges and other road infrastructures.

HEALTH

• Supporting with USD 275,000 the construction of the Surgical Block at the hospital in Ile, Zambezia province.
• The new infrastructure will benefit several tens of thousands of people in the district and surrounding areas.

(information updated on August 2026)