Environment & Livelihood Programs
Candlelight has its separate natural resource management department that carries out the different environmental and livelihoods programs. The department is run by a team of experienced staff with multi-disciplinary skills, such as community trainings, soil and water conservation, gender mainstreaming in environmental activities, climate change, sustainable agriculture, energy etc.
Major areas of focus include:
- Community trainings on climate change adaptation and environmental protection,
- Training sustainable agriculture practices with provision of seeds, hand tools and farm tillage hours to resource poor farmers.
- Training on fodder production and livestock management practices
- Soil and water conservation techniques
- Mainstreaming gender and environment
- Promoting alternative energies
- Roof water harvesting methods
- Nurseries management and reforestation program
- Construction and rehabilitation of water sources
- Construction of sub-surface dams
- Construction of shallow wells
- Construction of feeder roads
- Income generation/diversification activities with focus on pastoral and agro-pastoral communities. This includes bee-keeping trainings and material inputs, farmer’s assistance packages etc.
- Research & documentation
