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Climate-Resilient Livelihoods
Strengthening livelihoods in a changing dryland landscape
We support practical solutions, including climate-smart kitchen gardens, that help families build food security and resilience while reducing pressure on natural resources.
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Vertical Gardens
Growing more with less in a dryland landscape
Families in Amboseli live with limited rainfall, recurring drought and increasing pressure on water resources. Under these conditions, traditional food production can become difficult, leaving households more exposed to rising food costs, poor nutrition and climate shocks.
CHD’s Vertical Gardens programme responds by helping families grow nutritious food using limited space and water. Through practical, low-cost growing methods, households can strengthen food security while adapting to the realities of a dry and increasingly unpredictable climate.
The programme turns small spaces into productive food sources, giving families a practical way to build resilience without placing additional pressure on an already fragile landscape.
What we Do
CHD works with families to establish vertical kitchen gardens, promote water-conscious growing methods, introduce suitable vegetables and crops, build practical gardening and food-production skills, and strengthen household nutrition.
By helping households grow food using less land and water, the programme improves resilience to drought, rising food costs and other climate pressures. It also reduces pressure on natural resources, creating a more stable foundation for communities living alongside wildlife.
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Household Resilience & Skills
Strengthening the capacity to adapt and thrive
Climate shocks rarely affect only one part of household life. Drought, rising food costs, limited income opportunities and growing pressure on natural resources can combine quickly, making families more vulnerable and reducing their ability to plan ahead.
CHD’s Household Resilience & Skills programme responds by helping families build practical knowledge and capabilities that strengthen their ability to cope with environmental and economic pressures.
The programme connects livelihood skills, food security, climate awareness and household decision-making, helping families develop more options, make informed choices and navigate change with greater confidence.
What we Do
CHD works with households and community groups to build practical livelihood and resilience skills, strengthen food planning and resource management, connect climate knowledge to everyday decision-making, support peer learning and knowledge sharing, strengthen the role of women and young people in household resilience, and link communities to relevant training and opportunities.
Greater household stability gives families more capacity to absorb shocks, make longer-term decisions and participate meaningfully in conservation, while reducing pressure on natural resources.
Impact
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