Strengthening human resilience in Northern Clarendon & West Kingston, Jamaica
Activity Budget: USD 307,900 (funded)
Scope: Jamaica
LBS Protocol Articles/Annexes: Annex I
Objective
The goal of the programme is to contribute to enhanced resilience and human security of communities in Northern Clarendon and West Kingston in Jamaica. This will be achieved through four key objectives:
- Objective 1: Strengthening of community organizational capacity and cohesion
- Objective 2: Enhancing economic, food and nutrition security
- Objective 3: Improved environmental health and water security at the community, local and national levels; and
- Objective 4: Institutional capacity for integration of Human Security Approach strengthened
The AMEP sub-programme will support achievement of Objective 3 relating to specific obligations under the LBS Protocol.
This programme is being jointly implemented by the Government of Jamaica and the following United Nations agencies in Jamaica: Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme, and UN Women. Funding is provided by the Government of Jamaica, the UN agencies and the UN Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS).
The main activities to be undertaken include to:
- Train community members on integrated water resources management;
- Compile and disseminate manuals/guidelines on integrated water resources management;
- Develop and distribute knowledge and training materials on the design, construction, maintenance and management of water harvesting systems;
- Train beneficiaries, with a focus on women, youth and persons with disabilities, and other institutional stakeholders in the design, construction, use and maintenance of water harvesting systems;
- Establish and strengthen reuse/recycling systems in communities; and f. Introduce waste management techniques with focus on waste as a resource
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