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IBTCI – Mid-Term Performance Evaluation of the Pastoral Livelihoods Initiative Phase II (PLI II) - DRAFT
Monthly he treats about 200 cattle, 100 camels, and 1500 shoats. When the government conducts
vaccination campaigns, he participates. The Kebele could use three more CAHWs (currently there are
three). Women CAHWs would be helpful to look after homestead-based livestock. During the dry
season there is less demand for services so he buys a few head of livestock, which he resells when it is
time to stock up on drugs.
Key Informant: Awale Aden, trained as CAHW two years ago. In the last month Ato Awale treated 715
cattle, 81 camels, 1060 shoats with antibiotic injections, with treatments for internal and external
parasites being the main requests. He also has requests for castration, but mainly for animals destined to
the local market. He is skeptical about training women to be CAHWs and doubts that the community
would be willing to accept women in that role. However the Kebele needs two additional CAHWs.
Activity: Cooperatives and self-help groups
FGD: Hawlwedag Women Micro and Small Business Cooperative; Merian Mawi chair lady and Arab Isie
secretary. Arab is the only male member of the cooperative. He is a very respected and trusted person,
both literate and numerate, helping the group in record keeping.
The group members and the community in the area at large moved to the current location from
Bordodi, now under the Oromia, due to regionalization in 2006. The group was established 14 months
ago by bringing 10 women and Arab together. Each member saves 10 birr monthly, involving the group
in distributing basic consumer goods they purchase from the government stores at subsidized prices.
The group extends loans to its members. Five members received loans of 1000 birr each to do
individual businesses. The preference of the group, however, is for group business until they accumulate
adequate capital and experiences to go to doing business individually.
Strategy 2.1.3: Improved sales and value of non-livestock products and services
Focus Group: Two Women’s Self-Help, Savings, and Credit – Mulo. Mumina Said chair and Halwoo
Mohamed, chair:
Group 1: Saved 2,000 Birr and 32,000 Birr, respectively from Mercy Corps. Group 2: saved 1,000 Birr
and 20,800 Birr from MC. As groups they did trading in sorghum, vegetables, and a tea shop. Now that
they are established and received some training, both groups prefer to use the money individually.
Group 1 first lent each woman 2,000 birr but increased the level to 4,000 birr. They have used some of
their profits to fence their property in the village of Mullu as the authorities require corrugated steel
fence. Literacy and numeracy training was expressed as a need for both groups.
Focus Group: Mencha Women’s Income Generating or Hadan Cooperative. Marriam Ali Chair:
The group began about two years ago with 98 members. They had managed to save about 4,000 birr,
but that amount was too small to be used effectively. As part of the Crisis Modifier program, MC
provided training and 100,000 birr in capital. Since that time a number of members dropped out of the
group and currently there are 64 members.
MC used the Crisis Modifier interventions not only to provide support during the drought but also to
promote peace between the various communities inhabiting the Mieso/Mullu area. To the southern part
of the old Woreda of Mieso is an Oromo community of farmers and agro-pastoralists. The northern
part is inhabited by Somalis of the Issa and Hawiya clans. The woreda was divided with the south part in
the Oromo Regional State and the north part in the Somali Regional State.
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