Promoting goat and poultry rearing, village banking, and climate-smart gardening for vulnerable households and youth aged 15 to 24.
Economic hardship and agricultural volatility often leave rural youth without viable employment opportunities. MCDA's GOLAH initiative provides pass-on livestock breeding stock (goats and chickens) to vulnerable households and young caregivers. Complemented by financial literacy training, village savings associations, and climate-smart gardening, the initiative provides a resilient asset buffer against seasonal crop failures.
Youth aged 15 to 24 who complete basic schooling often face acute unemployment, lack of credit access and high susceptibility to seasonal poverty in rural rainfed farming zones.
MCDA delivers breeding pairs of disease-resilient goats and poultry, trains young farmers in veterinary husbandry and shelter fabrication, and integrates participants into Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs).
Trained youth groups manage peer-to-peer pass-on agreements where firstborn offspring are passed to neighboring vulnerable families, compounding local economic impact.
Planned deliverables under active implementation oversight:
Documentary records captured during community stakeholder meetings, material inspections, and handover proceedings.
Constructing a modern 1x3 classroom block and a six-compartment ablution block for 1,443 learners currently facing an acute shortage of safe learning spaces.
Addressing the deep-rooted cultural practices driving child marriage and gender-based violence in partnership with FAWEZA and ChildFund.
Establishing 233 community boreholes and distributing water purification solutions to eliminate long water-fetching treks and waterborne diseases.
MCDA welcomes project monitoring visits, joint programming and technical partnerships from accredited development agencies and foundations.
