The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) joined forces in 2019, leveraging a combined 65 years’ experience in research on the role of forests and trees in solving critical global challenges.
Rainwater Association of Somalia (RAAS) is one of the associated partners of the ICRAF/IGAD project funded by EU through IGAD assigned to facilitate and support the implementation of project; rainwater harvesting program for re-greening the environment. The main objective of the ToR for the Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) was to implement RWH and water use technologies in identified pilot farms in the IGAD-BMP project sites within Laga Badana Bush Bushle area of Somalia. In line with Article 1 of the ICRAF/RAAS sub-agreement signed on 28th September 2015, RAAS has successfully completed six (6) general activities of approved work. According to the Article-3 of the ICRAF/RAAS sub-agreement and the project work plan, the timeframe of the project indicated from 1st July 2015 to 31st July 2016, but due different challenges including time consuming of the consultative meetings for the project implementation endorsements with different levels of authorities at federal, regional and up to district level, the late signing of the project agreement on 28th September 2015, as well as unplanned time consuming negotiations to solve many issues raised at different times by the different line Ministers at federal government based in Mogadishu and the federal member state line Minsters based in Kismayo town resulted the delays of the entire activities of the approved work plan, but it is remarkable to note that from the inception to the end of the project, there was no single issue raised by the local leaders on the respective project sites (Buurgabo and Kidifaani Villages). However, RAAS requested for one month of no-cost extension of the sub-agreement to ICRAF on 26th July 2016, which ICRAF approved on 1st August 2016 that differed, the end date of the sub-agreement from 31st July 2016 to 31st August 2016.
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