TUBAE- Turkana Bio Aloe Organization (TUBAE)

1. TUBAE- Turkana Bio Aloe Organization (TUBAE) Operations in Turkana County By: Eliud Emeri (Programme Manager – NRM & Peace building officer) presented on 28th August,2012 at Sasame guest house, Lodwar

2. Content • Organization history • Thematic areas • Thematic components • Areas of operation • Natural resource management and conflict in Northern Kenya • Organization achievements and challenges • Proposed organization plans

3. TUBAE VISION • “An independent society that is able to sustain itself with minimal external reliance“

4. PHILOSOPHY • “Institution promoting sustainable exploitation of natural resources to alleviate poverty”

5. GOAL • To empower the Turkana communities on the importance of environmental conservation coupled with sustainable exploitation of valuable natural resources, engage in demand for justice and respect to humanity.

6. MISSION STATEMENT • Mobilize the poor and marginalized turkana communities on importance of good governance, respect of humanity and realization of justice in order to sustainably exploit and conserve natural resources through enhanced capacities and market driven approaches for economic empowerment aimed at alleviating poverty.

7. OBJECTIVES • To empower and support local initiatives aimed at promoting democratic governance and reforms • To enhance a market-driven approaches to dry land products aimed at economic empowerment of vulnerable groups to alleviate poverty through adoption of alternative livelihoods by local communities • Promote advocacy issues pertaining environmental governance and Natural resource management • To promote and build the capacity of the local people to be able to engage, demand and sustainability of rule of law to all through access to justice and human rights education

8. TUBAE History Status: CBO and in advance stages is waiting for acknowledgment from registrar of societies as TRUST. TUBAE operates in Turkana and intends to extend to Pokot, Elgeyomarakwet, Marsabit Counties and on cross border to Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda. Our offices: Head office based in Lodwar town at Lodwar Post office (Telecom Building), Sub offices; Turkana South at Kalemungorok centre (World vision – Building)

9. Transition • 1998 –Juluk riverine association (vegetable group) • 2000 – TURIPO (Turkwell Riverine Project Organization) covered Kaputir location and in 2004 extended to Kalemungorok introduced industrial production and value addition to NRM • 2006 – TUBAE (Turkana Bio Aloe Organization) umbrella of Aloe management units in entire Turkana districts • 2012 – Trust (rebranded as The African Marginalized Groups Defenders Trust - TAMAGDET)

10. TUBAE programmes TUBAE THEMATIC AREAS • Governance & advocacy • Natural resource management • Education & counseling • WASH – Water, Sanitation & Health • Disaster Risk Response (DRR) • Livelihoods option & Food security

11. Governance & advocacy • Civic and voter education • Human rights and access to justice • Land rights • Natural resource exploitation, production and environmental assessments • Eviction and community compensation

12. Natural Resource Management (NRM) • Afforestation • Environmental conservation and protection • Environmental community policing • Sustainable exploitation of valuable resources • Research and development • Technology transfer; set demonstration centre • Value addition • Market and market access of dry lands products • Training on NRM management and policies • Rural road access to Loima forest

13. Education & counseling • Community awareness on educational policies and governance • Schools instructional materials (IM) supply to vulnerable rural schools • Support and training of Para teachers i.e. Work Experience Teacher (WET) to schools to address shortage of teachers • Vocational training to youth and women • Establishment of learning resource centre that is IT (Information Technology) compliant • Counseling of Girls, ladies dropped out of school and Vulnerable groups in the society • Carrier development and growth

14. WASH- Water, Sanitation & Health • Water: • Training of water users groups & water management • Improve water harvesting methods; construct water jars to 3 schools and 1 dispensary • Dig 3 shallow wells and 1 improved shallow well • Construction of water pan

15. WASH – Sanitation & Health • Supply of clean and safe water • Pit latrines and dust bins • Waste and cabbage disposal • Health education • Supply of sanitary to rural vulnerable schools • Nutritional education • Disease control i.e. preventive and curative measures • Reproductive health • Support and establishment of school & community health clubs/ Associations

16. Disaster Risk Response • Disaster management and response as result of Climate change – natural phenomena; famine, drought, floods, winds, hunger & starvation • Peace building & mitigative measures • Conflict transformation • Climate change issues • Early warning systems • Consultative forums • Talent shows and peaceful co-existence • Adoption of viable technologies as mitigative measures to disasters

17. Livelihoods and Food security • Support irrigation schemes to enhance food production • Bee and horticultural farming • Value addition i.e. industrial production – Aloe cottage industries (3 Turkana County) and Proposed Honey processing unit at Kalemungorok • Food security education • Economic empowerment and diversification • Market and market access to produce

18. TUBAE current areas of operation

19. Development partners (supporting agencies)

20. Partners associates in projects implementation • Partners: • SAPCONE- Governance (UNDP, KCDF), NRM- Land rights, Education & DRR • NRM – Apad (policy development) not formal under way • LWF (Turkana project) – Aloe propagation and value addition • KARMA – Kaputir Resource Management Association (Turkana south) • NADO – Nakwalele Development Organization (Turkana central) • DLMC – District Livestock Marketing Council: governance Loima and NRM in Central

21. Associates in projects implementation • These are government departments relevant to the projects; • MOA- Ministry of Agriculture • KFS – Kenya Forest Service • KEFRI – Kenya Forestry Research Institute • KWS – Kenya Wildlife Service • DSDO – District Social Development Office • DTO – District Trade Office • NEMA – National Environment Management Authority

22. Cooperate members • Aloe management units (AMU)- 39 entire Turkana County • Women & Youth groups • Pastoralists and Peasants • Private sector • Special interest groups (e.g. people with disabilities, poor people, women, children in distress, etc.) • Learning institutions

23. Natural resource management and conflict in Turkana South District • Key issues: • Land • Governance • Livelihoods and food security • Disaster risk response

24. Land 1. Land disputes- boundary where Pokot have encroached with creation of new administrative units, Kainuk division 2. Natural resource exploitation; Oil and gas exploration – no community involvement

25. Governance • Poor governance – has no development agenda and not people driven • State institution not executing their roles as expected thus; high insecurity with rampant loss of lives and property, displacement of persons and eviction thus many areas deserted • Local community participation and involvement due to low capacities • Development actors poor strategies in dev implementation • Ignorance to invest in Research and development • Poor leadership with pathetic infrastructure has hindered investments opportunities (roads & no communication in 60% 0f the County )

26. Livelihoods and food security • Low diversification on better livelihoods option to nomadic lifestyles • Availability of arable land to support farming i.e. existence of irrigation schemes along river Turkwell; Kainuk , Loyapat, Nakwamoru, Kapelibok, Juluk, Nawoyaregae, Katilu and Lokapel. • Valuable natural resources; Aloe, resin, gum Arabica, incense, oil and gas, gold, gypsum to name but a few, • Willingness of population to practice agriculture • Value addition to Aloe, basketry, honey and livestock products

27. Disaster risk response • Drought and famine • Hunger and starvation • Floods • Out break of diseases • Conflict result in loss of land, lives and property

28. Cont. 4. Trade – minor economic activity that supports small % unlike livestock, fishing and farming which are the major source of survival

29. TUBAE SUCCESS • Establishment of three aloe cottage industries in Turkana south, Loima and Turkana West runned by our own member organizations • Production of industrial Aloe products, SOAPS, LOTION, SHAMPOO, LIQUID DETERGENT (OMO), Aloe gum (Mawe ya supili), skin tonic (those who want to be like the whites) • Propagation (planting of 39 Aloe farms across Turkana county) • Construction of premises to process Aloe products • First to attain collective trade mark in Kenya (ECHUCHUKA) • Products have adhered to the normal legal frame work; approved by KEBs, Bar code of Kenya and acceptable world wide • Training of communities on management of Natural resources mainly Aloe, resin (Ekinyate), incense (Elubai), gum Arabica (eminae) • Partnership and linkages – worked with Practical action, LWF (Lutheran world federation), Lodwar diocese and GOK departments that deal with environment • CDTF who are funding ENVIRONMENT PROJECT entitled: turkana environment & poverty reduction project (TEPEP) in three district for the next three years (jan,2012 - 2014) • Pragya India –Education for 3 months July,- Sept, 2012 • UNDP-K Amkeni waKenya Governance & peace project for 6 months

30. Challenges • Inadequate funds to fully implement components in line with beneficiaries needs • Staff inadequate no funds to support and sustain • Logistical problem in relation to insecure project areas i.e. Oropoi going by motor cycle, Juluk with Lorogon issue unsettled • No funds for research which is required to inform the project on the needs and projects demand • mapping of NRM has not been done in Turkana • Duplication of projects with no zoning, mapping who is where, doing what, where to partner

31. Proposed projects • Establish environmental conservancy centre for research, technology transfer and cultural tourism Lodwar town • Newsletter for Environmental conservation and governance • Integrated approach to Conflict Transformation in northern Kenya (target 15 locations most affected by conflict)

32. Conclusion • This is the small we have and still doing • Due to high demand and increased needs in Turkana county we have sleepless nights fund raising in ensuring we do our best at our time with your help and support • Be blessed • Thank you