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Development of the Geluj Pastoralist Centre in Western Lowlands of Eritrea Time frame: 2008 - 2010 Funder: ICCO (Netherlands) Geographical Area: Western Lowlands: Geluj town PENHA and NUEYS (the National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students) have worked on a programme to empower pastoralists in the Western Lowlands of Eritrea since 2003. During a regional pastoralist workshop, pastoralist forum members expressed the view that they urgently needed a centre where they could gather, organise themselves and continue a variety of activities and training to foster their development. (The pastoralist forums were established by PENHA-NUEYS with the pastoralist communities during 2003.) After several meetings and discussions the administration in Geluj donated a plot of land and gave permission to build the pastoralist centre. The compound wall with a gate has now been successfully concluded (see photograph) and the official hand over from the contractors to PENHA-NUEYS took place during a recent field visit on the 17th of October , 2009.  Rooms within the compound will be built using local materials. It is planned that the centre should foremost be a place of active participation and production with storage facilities, equipment etc. How exactly the centre will be equipped will be decided following the needs assessment which was carried out at the end of 2009. Equipping the centre should take place in the first half of 2010. A committee (with about 40 members) was set up formally by pastoralists and local policy makers. It consists of representatives from all villages within the sub-region of Geluj. The committee will be responsible for the centre, which can be used by all pastoralists living in and visiting the area. |
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