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3.5 Provide seed grant and technical support to Woodland Park Zoo for TKCP Project
in PNG
The Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program TKCP in Papua New Guinea PNG was founded in 1996 by Dr. Lisa Dabek, Senior Conservation Scientist and Director of TKCP at the Woodland
Park Zoo WPZ in partnership with CI and James Cook University. The goal of the TKCP is largely to protect the endangered Matschies tree kangaroo. Recognizing the links between
increasing population, health and conservation in the TKCP project areas, BALANCED key staff and Lisa Dabek began discussing the possibility of integrating family planning into TKCP’s
ongoing community-based program. During the visit of the BALANCED PHE Technical Assistant Lead PTAL to the TKCP project sites in June 2011, it was decided to give WPZ a
seed grant to integrate family planning into its ongoing community-based program. During this reporting period, BALANCED issued an 18 month seed grant to WPZ for up to
40,000 to implement the “Healthy Village, Healthy Forest: Integrating Healthy Family Planning and Conservation in Papua New Guinea” project. The project will focus on one region
in the YUS Conservation Area YUS is an acronym for the Yopno, Uruwa, and Som rivers—the primary watershed in the region to achieve the following objectives:
• Increase awareness among YUS families of family planning and its role in health, food,
and environmental conservation •
Improve access and use of FP methods and services The PTAL will visit PNG during the next reporting period to help them develop their integrated
IEC materials and set up their CBDPE system. Given that both BALANCED and WPZ are partners with CI, the CIPNG staff will be invited to all BALANCED training workshops in PNG
and to an upcoming study tour in the Philippines conducted as part of the BALANCED- Philippines activities.
Results from Activity 3.5
• None, to date
3.6 Provide seed grant and technical support to VEDCO and Bwindi Mgahinga
Conservation Trust in Uganda
In June 2011, BALANCED distributed a targeted notice to PHE practitioners from East Africa and to BALANCED partners PRB, WWC, BALANCED Advisory Committee members, etc. to
elicit concept notes from organizations in Africa interested in applying for a BALANCED seed grant and receiving technical support to integrate FPRH into on-going conservation activities.
Of the 20 concept notes received, three NGOs from Uganda were shortlisted. In August 2011, the EAC visited the three shortlisted candidates to determine the final two seed grant recipients.
After visiting the three organizations and reviewing their finances, the two seed grant recipients selected were Volunteer Efforts for Development Concerns VEDCO and Bwindi Mgahinga
Conservation Trust BMCT.
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other relief organizations to support communities in accessing basic needs, particularly safe water, adequate food and health care. VEDCO is currently implementing a five- year strategic
plan 2010-2014 whose goal is “equitable wealth creation among farmers in Uganda.” They work in Kapeka, Nakese District—the same areas as FHI –and the two organizations are in
communication with each other. FHI staff mentioned their willingness to collaborate with VEDCO given that FHI recently received funds from the USAID Mission to expand their
community work. FHI is interested in learning how the private sector complements public sector volunteers and what comparisons can be drawn from both approaches. The goal of the 18 month
seed grant is to improve access and use of family planning in the agriculture-dependent districts of Nakaseke, Moyo and Yumbe. The integrated PHE intervention has the potential to reach a
total population of 529,221.
BMCT was established in March 1994 with a capital endowment fund of US 4.3 million from the Global Environmental Facility GEF to provide long-term reliable support for projects
promoting research or conservation of biological diversity and sustainable use of natural resources in the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park MGNP and Bwindi Impenetrable National
Park BINP. It is also tasked with promoting the welfare of neighboring communities. The18 month seed grant will support BCMT’s “Integrated Community Conservation and Development
for a Healthy Population around Bwindi Conservation Area” Project and enable communities in the Kanungu district to manage their resources in ways that improve their health and livelihoods,
while conserving the Bwindi critical ecosystem upon which they depend. During this reporting period, two participants from each seed grant recipient attended the
December 2011 PHE Program Design workshop held in Senegal see Activity 1.1. In the next reporting period, the EAC will travel to Uganda to train VEDCO and BCMT on PHE CBD and
PE systems and help them to refine their implementation plans. Results from Activity 3.6
• 4 participants 2 from BCMT, 2 from VEDCO trained on PHE Program Design
counted under Activity 1.1 •
2 target organizations incorporating PHE tools, protocols, etc. into their work counted under Activity 1.1
3.7 Implement recommendations from the Glacier Melt Study
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