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Kavango East & West

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Poverty reduction through economic growth

MillenniuM Challenge aCCount naMibia

about Mca Namibia

the government of the Republic of namibia and the u.S. government signed a grant funding agreement, the Millennium Challenge account namibia (MCa-n) Compact to the value of uS$ 304.5 million (n$ 3 billion) on 28 July 2008. the five-year implementation period for projects in the education, agriculture and tourism sectors commenced on 16 September 2009 and will end on 15 September 2014.

the Compact is funded by the united States government through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and aims to reduce poverty through economic growth by increasing the competence of the namibian workforce, improving access to quality education as well as increasing productivity of agriculture and tourism enterprises in communal areas. MCa-n is the programme implementing unit under the national Planning Commission (nPC) and cooperates closely with government beneficiary sector ministries and agencies, namely the Ministry of education (Moe), Ministry of agriculture, Water and Forestry (MaWF), Ministry of lands and Resettlement (MlR), Ministry of environment and tourism (Met), namibia tourism board (ntb) and the namibia training authority (nta).

MCa-n has adopted a results and business-oriented approach to successfully execute all project activities within the prescribed implementation period.

Foreword

April 2014

Textbooks

• out of the 320 schools in both Kavango Regions, 166 schools recived 155,266 english, Mathematics, and Science textbooks as well as other learning materials for grades 5 to 12 to the combined value of approx. n$ 25 million. Remaining schools either have lower grades or did not order.

• other support provided by MCa-n under this activity is a new computerised Management information System (MiS) for learner Support Material (lSM), incl. textbook provision. this MiS system will reduce the time between ordering and delivery of textbooks to schools. every school in the country with electricity will be linked to the textbook procurement system. the lSM MiS was launched in March 2014.

Textbooks procured by MCA-N at a warehouse in Windhoek

Objective:

to reduce the gap in the current provision of textbooks and increase the efficiency in textbook procurement and delivery, thereby improving learners’ performance.

achievements:

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Education ProjectImproving the Quality of Education

continuous Professional Development (cPD)

• MCa namibia supported the university of namibia (unaM) in establishing a national Continuous Professional Development (CPD) unit through a grant agreement valued at n$ 14.4 million. Simultaneously, a Memorandum of understanding (Mou) on the joint coordination and future CPD financing was signed between the Ministry of education (Moe) and unaM.

• early training focused on textbook management training, school management and administration, preventative and other maintenance as well as hiV/aiDS prevention and management.

• CPD unit trained 200 Master trainers. these trainers are currently training all teachers in the regions until June 2014.

Objective:

to offer opportunities to teachers, teacher educators, education managers and inspectors, principals and subject advisors as well as hiV/aiDS coordinators to continuously upgrade their skills.

achievements:

CPD Forum 2012 in Windhoek

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Teachers accomodation at Namavambi CS

Newly upgarded Namavambi CS

Computer Laboratory block with aircondition installation at Max Makushe

Administration block at St. Boniface College

Objective:

to address poor quality of infrastructure and equipment, reduce the gap of overcrowded classrooms as well as to attract well qualified teachers to remote areas.

achievements:

• MCa-n upgraded, renovated and equipped 5 schools in the Kavango Regions; where necessary teachers accommodation was added: namavambi CS, Shinyunge CS, Dr Romanus Kampungu SS, St boniface College, Max Makushe CS

Expanding & Renovating up to 47 Schools

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New Furniture and Equipment

Chairs, Desks, teacher tables, teacher Chairs 2,072notebook (laptops) 70 per Senior School and 35 per Combined School – CoMbineD 2802 lCD Projectors per school – CoMbineD 103 network Printers per School – CoMbineD 10Steel Filing Cabinets 45Repaired Furniture 155,266

Objective:

to create a better learning environment for both learners and teachers.

achievements:

community Skills Development centres (cOSDEc)

Objective:

to alleviate skills constraints to enterprise growth and productivity to ensure that disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, school leavers and adult learners acquire competences that are needed for gainful employment and income-earning opportunities.

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Students in the renovated computer lab at the Rundu COSDEC

Automotive Mechanics class benefitting from MCA-N NAMCOL Grant

• MCa-n upgraded and renovated the Community Skills Devel-opment Centre (CoSDeC) in Rundu to enhance/increase voca-tional skills in the region. the Rundu CoSDeC was upgraded and renovated to the value of n$ 14 million.

• MCa-n supports the namibia training authority (nta) to research, design, pilot and implement a national training Fund (ntF) to collect a levy from employers as per the Vocational training act 2008 for vocational training.

• MCa-n targeted 1,800 trainees in high-demand skills, namely tour guides, hospitality, bricklaying and mining.

achievements:

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TOURISM

Improving Etosha Management and Infrastructure

Etosha National Park ENP Gates

POVERTY RATE BY REGION (%)

10.6 - 21.5

21.6 - 32.0

32.1 - 42.5

42.6 - 53.5

5.1 - 10.5

AGRICULTURE

Communal Land Support

Livestock Support

Community Based Rangelandand Livestock Management

Operational Areas

Rangeland Intervention Areas

Indigenous Natural Products (Supported PPO's)

Veterinary Cordon fence

Quarantine CampsState Veterinary Offices (SVO)

Conservancy Development Support Services

Supported Conservancies

ENP Staff Village

Marketing Namibia in Tourism

Arid Eden Tourist Route

Four Rivers Tourist Route

Omulunga Palm Tourist Route

EDUCATION

Quality of General Education

Vocational and Skills Training

Regional Study and Resource Centres

RSRCs

Arts and Crafts CentreCOSDECs

47 Schools

Commiphora Commiphora & Mopane

Commiphora & Sarcocaulon

Devil’s Claw

Marula

Mopane

Ximenia

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1 Orupembe 17 Sheya Shuushona

2 Sanitatas 18 King Nehale

3 Ehirovipuka 19 Kasika

4 Omatendeka 20 Muduva Nyangana

5 Sesfontein 21 George Mukoya

6 Torra 22 Nyae Nyae

7 Puros 23 N#a-Jaqna

8 Anabeb 24 Kwando

9 Marienfluss 25 Mayuni

10 Uukolonkadhi Ruacana 26 Mashi

11 Doro nawas1, Doro nawas2 27 Wuparo

12 Uibasen Twyfelfontein 28 Balyerwa

13 Khoadi Hoas 29 Sikunga

14 Sorris Sorris 30 Impalila

16 Uukwaluudhi 31 Salambala

community-Based Rangeland and Livestock Management (cBRLM)

• MCa-n procured 1.75 million new namlitS (visual and electronic) ear tags, computer soft and hardware system and Radio Frequency identification Device and barcodes Readers (RFiD) and other gadgets for DVS staff to tag all the cattle in in the nCas. Specifically, the following tags were made available: Kwangali = 108,000, Mbunza = 72,000, Shambyu = 49,600 and gciriku = 58,000. Beneficiaries: More than 200,000 cattle have been tagged. out of the total budget for traceability, the Kavango regions received at least n$ 6 million.

Toughbook computer used for NamLits Traceability

Objective:

to establish a traceability system for food safety purpose, meeting government and trade regulations to document health status, reproductive history an movement of livestock in the northern Communal areas (nCa) in order to meet globally accepted meat products requirements. achievements:

Objective:

Community-based Rangeland and livestock Management is mandated to assist communal farmers to improve their rangeland and livestock productivity, mainly through training.

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agriculture ProjectEnhancing Sustainable Use of Resources

Livestock Support

traceability

• grazing areas at Kakekete, nyege, Dumushi, nsindi, Marema, Mangundu, Karo, Katope, Kaguni, etenderera, Shambahe, Mungomba, Samasira, Kaakuwa, tosa and Maporesa were supported in rangeland management, livestock husbandry, marketing, community development and water infrastructure.

• Kavango received 16 grazing area livestock assistant (gala) animal husbandry tool Kits to enable communities to implement acquired techniques. thirteen kits were provided to the agriculture Ministry’s DeeS officials to carry out their functions better. Combined value: n$ 290,000.

• Construction of auction Pens at ncaute valued n$ 4.2 million for communal farmers to improve livestock marketing.

• as a crucial component in making CbRlM a success, waterpoints were erected in areas such as Kaakuwa, Marema, Dumushi, Shambahe, Samasira, Karo, Kaguni, Maperesa, Kakekete, etenderera, omunda, tosa.

• Five communities received 9 stud bulls under MCa-n’s bull Scheme to improve their livestock breed.

Delivery of Animal Husbandry Tool Kits.

Offloading of a stud bull to improve livestock productivity in communal areas.

achievements:

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communal Land Support

• through this activity MCa-n agriculture supported the Ministry of lands and Resettlement with outreach workshops and training of traditional leaders to understand the Communal land Reform act of 2002 better.

Indigenous Natural Products (INP)

• MCa-n signed PPo Service agreements with Muduva nyangana, george Mukoya and Joseph Mbambangandu in Kavango east and with Daniel Sitentu Mpasi and Katope CF in Kavango West, all involved in Devils Claw harvesting. they benefited from training and capacity building under the inP-PPo activity of MCa-n.

• in the Kavango regions MCa-n supported inP harvesters with trainings, grants and technical support on how to harvest inP in a sustainable manner as well as bringing their produce closer the to the market by donating donkey carts for transportation. Donkey Carts for Devils Claw harvesters.

Objective:

to improve land tenure security and increase adaption of sustainable rangeland management, animal husbandry and livestock marketing practices, allowing farmers to increase their performance in the livestock sector.

achievements:

Objective:

to increase income of harvesters and producers of indigenous natural Products (inP) by capacitating producers and processor organizations to improve inP prodction, processing and by training harvesters in sustainable inP gathering.

achievements:

10


Eco-tourism Development for communal conservancies

• MCa-n assisted conservancies to develop and submit grant applications to the Conservancy Development Support grants Fund (CDSgF).

• Conservancy Development Support Services (CDSS) provided training and technical assistance in governance, natural resources management and tourism enterprise development.

• translocation of game to communal conservancies to attract more tourists to communal conservancies.

• Participating Conservancies in Kavango:

george Mukoya Conservancy Muduva nyangana Conservancy

Wildlife translocation to conservancies

Objective:

to enhance the capacities of communal conservancies to manage the resources entrusted to them while competing to attract tourists, thus increasing their incomes and that of conservancy members.

achievements:

11

tourism ProjectGrowing the tourism Industry

Eco-tourism Development for communal conservancies

• george Mukoya, Muduva nyangana Conservancies and namibia exclusive Safaris (neS) constructed the Kavango Retreat, to be jointly owned by the two conservancies and managed by namibia exclusive Safaris. Value: n$ 800,000.the project encompasses 3 bungalows, 3 professional hunter sleeping quarters, main lodge area and kitchen, 6 staff accommodation units, water system and piping, solar power and solar geysers.

• george Mukoya , Muduva nyangana Conservancies and neS constructed the Khaudum Camp within the Khaudum national Park Concession (lodge, Campsite and a tourism hub), to be jointly owned with the two Conservancies and managed by namibia exclusive Safaris (neS).

Value: n$ 5 million.

this will increase a sense of ownership and result in employ-ment creation as well as increased income generation for com-munity members.

total under MCa-n’s Conservancy Development Support grants Fund (CDSgF): approx. n$ 6 million

Newly constructed Kavango Retreat with support from MCA-N

achievements:

12


Development & Marketing of

Local and Regional tourism Routes

• MCa-n supported the namibia tourism board (ntb) in developing 3 new domes-tic routes named arid eden, Four Rivers and omulunga Palm.

• omulunga Palm Route will market Kavango east, while Kavango West will be marketed under the Four Rivers Route.

these tourism routes will further unlock new opportunities for eco-tourism in commu-nal conservancies, providing compelling reasons for tourists to get off the beaten track and enjoy the magic beauty of these little nature oases.

Objective:

to increase international awareness of namibia as a premium destination for tourists, translating to increased tourist numbers and growth of the namibian tourism sector with all the accompanying benefits such as increased employment.

achievements:

13


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