A training Report on Group Leadership, Management and ...

SECTION IIntroductionCare Kenya, along with the other partners of Enhanced Livelihoods in the Mandera Triangle(ELMT) Project; have been working with the pastoralist communities in Garissa and otherdistricts in the Mandera Triangle in an effort to enhance their livelihoods. To achieve this, manyinterventions have been implemented. This <strong>training</strong> on group leadership and management as wellas introducing the trained groups to the Dairy Traders Association (DTA) is a follow up to anearlier assignment done by SITE in November 2009 on <strong>training</strong> the camel milk handlers inGarissa on hygienic milk harvesting, handling, storage, transportation as well as basic businessskills as an intervention under ELMT.The targeted participants under this <strong>training</strong> were the leaders in the camel milk marketing groupsin Garissa town. Thirty participants were trained out of which 25 were women (83%) while onlyfive (17%) were men. The leaders fell into two categories – leaders of the individual groups andleaders of an umbrella of the individual groups. Twenty six participants were leaders ofindividual groups while four were leaders of the umbrella.The main objective of the assignment was to strengthen the leadership and management of thegroups. The groups were also to be encouraged to strengthen their umbrella before linking themto the DTA. The chairman of the national DTA was to talk to the leaders on the benefits ofassociating among themselves and with other milk traders in Kenya.Expected deliverablesi) A <strong>training</strong> report covering the <strong>training</strong> activities and recommendations on the wayforward.ii) A debriefing session after completion of the assignmentThis report is divided into four parts, each part addressing a specific deliverable as follows:o Course outlineo Training activities and recommendationso Recommendations and conclusionso Annexes3