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Selam Environmental Development Association (SEDA)The Selam Environmental Development Association (SEDA) was formed on the basis of a direct felt-need of the founders and target communities to address the deterioration of the physical environment and underdevelopment of human resources. SEDA's area of operations was identified after a series of analytic surveys. The Rift-valley Region was found to be the most marginalized area with abundant resources but with farming and other practices which needed improvement. SEDA therefore proposed and the Oromia Regional state approved interventions to combat problems in the areas of resource degradation, increasing poverty, competition from private investors, increasing population and failure of development activities to incorporate the vulnerable groups of society. Since the program approval, SEDA is now undertaking different activities that are aimed to alleviate the problems of grass-roots communities. The activities include communal and private forestation programs, cash crop production improvement, promoting environmental education, women's credit and saving schemes, and environmental impact assessments.
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SEDA'S MISSION AND OBJECTIVES
2.1 THE MANDATE OF THE ASSOCIATION 1. To assess available resources and design programmes to use them on an efficient and sustainable basis. 2. To initiate and organize communities from the grass-roots, to utilize their own potential in serving and developing their resources, identifying priorities. 3. To work with all other similar societies and line Ministries towards co-ordinateddevelopment programs mobilizing and using human and material resources for identified objectives in the impact area. 2.2 VISION AND DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES Selam Environmental Development Association (SEDA) promotes a development vision for pro-Human, Environment and Sustainable Development: it aims to empower the poorest of the poor, prioritizing the most vulnerable groups in grass-roots communities through popular participatory approaches. In discharging the program SEDA utilizes standardized mechanism of Food-For-Work (FFW), incentives in the form of Womens credit and Saving Schemes, sensitizing the community through its environmental education endeavours which includes elements of civic education. |
SEDA'S PROGRAMME
2.3 PRIORITY OBJECTIVES 1. To combat environmental degradation by participating in tree planting soil and water conservation, wild life preservation and forest inventory programs, to ensure that Natural Resources are utilized at sustainable and optimal rate. 2. To initiate sustainable development programs by promoting rural infrastructural developments in agriculture, environment health, education, and water resources; using the indigenous knowledge and expertise of local population in need identification, agreeing .appropriate solutions and prioritizing developments. 3. To alleviate poverty from the Grass-root, improving the living condition of the target community by creating overall regional development; initiate and support for balanced and sustainable use of Environment, Human and Material resources of the region. |
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
a) Provide community beneficiaries with technical and material support (through project inputs and advocacy services) and divert their attitude from Relief to Development Priorities. b) Train kontoma members (Elders-Forum)and community beneficiaries on physical conservation measures which include Agro-Forestry Management, Tree planting,inclusion of Natural Trees, and organize an Environmental pressure Group (Environmental Clubs) at Grass-root level. c) Rehabilitate the degraded land and Vegetation Resources and there by manage the Environment on sustainable basis to stabilize ecosystem in the region. d) Improve guardening and Food crop production(increasing productivity), reduce annual and seasonal Fluctuation of outputs. e) Increase the cash crop production possibilities and concentrate on production of cash crops to upgrade the potential of local community for sustainable capacity building. Contact SEDA at: Girma D Roba E-mail: Seda1992@aol.com Phone: (612) 869-4912 |
