SMALL ISLANDS FOOD AND WATER PROJECT
SIFWaP is a multi-country project that aims to improve the access to sustainable and healthy diets for beneficiary communities across four countries: Kiribati; Federated States of Micronesia (FSM); Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI); and Tuvalu. The four target countries are among the smallest, most isolated and fragile of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
TARGET GROUP:
The project will assist the households in communities who rely heavily on subsistence agriculture selected from among rural communities on outer islands and from semi-rural communities on the main/capital islands. The project will reach around 200 communities, corresponding to about direct 50,000 household member beneficiaries, approximately 17% of the 4 countries population.
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH
The project implementation approach is founded on:
- A multi-country approach: common implementation framework, with decentralized decision-making and administrative modalities, with flexibility for countries and communities to determine their own priorities.
- A strength-based approach: build on traditional knowledge, organizations and resilience practices, indigenous food systems, and community structures.
- Community engagement: build on the successful Kiribati Outer Islands Food and Water Project (KOIFAWP)
- Partnerships: with NGOs, CBOs, Farmer Organizations, producer associations, private sector, and build on potential South-South Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) opportunities.
- Non-prescriptive approach: to enable communities, households and individual participants to plan and undertake investments in pursuit of improved food, nutrition and water security.
- Supporting investments: providing financial support to communities, groups and individuals to implement their priority activities based on an indicative list.
COMPONENTS:
- COMPONENT 1: build on traditional knowledge, organizations and resilience practices, indigenous food systems, and community structures.
- COMPONENT 2: build on the successful Kiribati Outer Islands Food and Water Project (KOIFAWP)
SouthTriangular Cooperation (SSTC) opportunities.
- COMPONENT 3: to enable communities, households and individual participants to plan and undertake investments in pursuit of improved food, nutrition and water security.
- COMPONENT 4: providing financial support to communities, groups and individuals to implement their priority activities based on an indicative list.