Title of plan: Pwani CCS Strategic Plan
Duration: 2006 - 2011

Highlights

a) Agriculture

•  To identify suitable high value crops for all the regions, amaranth, cashew nuts and macadamia.
•  Up scaling of the current initiative on the promotion of high value crops.
•  Improve farming methods through training farmers on new skills.
•  Collaboration with K.A.R.I and ICRISAT in identifying high value crops for the region.
•  Working / collaborating with churches in community mobilization.
•  Work with existing farmers groups and form new ones

b) Health

•  Verifying the common diseases affecting the population in the region.
•  Collaborating with the ministry of health.
•  Train trainers (TOT) within the community.
•  HIV /AIDS focus will be on prevention targeting different groups.
•  Train the community on care and support of HIV/AIDS patients.

c) Water program

•  Carry out a baseline survey to identify the water resources that are available.
•  Rehabilitation of the wells, springs, earth dams and boreholes.
•  Rain water harvesting.
•  Building the communities capacity to take care of their own water resources.
•  Collaborate with the MOW and MOH.
•  Construction of wells, boreholes, and piping water.
•  Collaboration with the water development trust fund.

d) Lobbying and advocacy.

•  Capacity building for the communities and groups to lobby and advocate for their rights.
•  Facilitating the formation and strengthening of the existing rights forum in the region.
•  Collaboration with the church and all like-minded people.
•  Mapping out for all necessary information on lobbying and advocacy.

c) Marketing strategies

•  Facilitate formation of producer farmers groups.
•  Identify organized groups and link them to the market.
•  Build the capacity of groups to have negotiation powers and to effectively manage their groups.
•  Carry out research on the existing markets for agricultural products