Empowering Local Resilience: 60 Waste Management Champions Trained in Yobe State

In a significant stride towards building flood-resilient communities, sixty focal persons from Damaturu, Karasuwa, and Bade Local Government Areas in Yobe state underwent expert training on Wednesday. Organized by Plan International through the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance (ZCRA) project, the two-day workshop aimed to equip residents with the knowledge and skills to guide their communities in waste management and climate-related challenges. The training, marking a crucial step in community resilience building, focused on transforming selected residents into empowered focal persons responsible for guiding their neighborhoods through environmental hazards.

Key Takeaways:

• The Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance (ZCRA) project, in collaboration with Plan International, is working to create flood-resilient communities in Yobe state through a two-day workshop on waste management and climate resilience.
• The project aims to leverage targeted advocacy to influence national policy and collaborate with global alliances to share knowledge and shape international climate funding and decisions.
• Participants were trained on community safeguarding policies, effective waste management techniques, and climate-smart environmental practices, and they have committed to translating their knowledge into practical projects to protect their communities from climate change impacts.
• Participating local governments include Bade, Damaturu, and Karasuwa, with a focus on transforming residents into empowered focal persons responsible for guiding their communities.
• The training utilizes the Climate Resilience Measurement for Communities (CRMC) to diagnose specific vulnerabilities and co-design projects with communities to address them.

Statistics:

• 60 individuals from Damaturu, Karasuwa, and Bade Local Government Areas were trained as focal persons on waste management and climate resilience.
• The training is part of a larger project aiming to create flood-resilient communities through the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance (ZCRA) project.
• The nature of the project's advocacy efforts include influencing national policy and collaborating with international climate funding and decision-making bodies.

Sources:

• "Plan International through the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance (ZCRA) project"
• "Mathew Aliyu, Influencing and Advocacy Officer for the ZCRA project"