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We’re Athena Project – the Denver, Colorado nonprofit dedicated to strengthening our local and global communities by empowering women* and girls to embrace their place as leaders in the arts. We believe representation matters - because enabling women’s artistic voices to be powerfully expressed alongside men’s is not just good for women – it builds a healthy society for everyone. The richer the weave of ideas around us, the stronger the fabric of our communities. Which means a more connected, less polarized, safer and happier world for us all.Volunteer Description: Must access social media daily (or more often!) Looking for a minimum of 1 hour a day to find content and then update and respond on our social media channels, especially: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Twitter and YouTube. Also conducts outreach to other social media channels to introduce our organization and build relationships.
Why Volunteer with Athena Project?
- Enhance your skills and build confidence
- Engage with fellow volunteers and our vibrant community of artists and supporters
- Experience a supportive, collaborative grassroots community organization
- Empower women through the arts
*At Athena Project, we believe that “women” means many things and can be a complicated term. We recognize that the term “women” does not automatically include all aspects of the gender spectrum. We want to create a safer space for the expression and growth for all women, non-binary, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.
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THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT IS $18,392.Target Communities: Abonorok,Danere 1 and Danere 2 in Boki Local Government of Cross River State Nigeria
Time Frame: 1 Year
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The target communities are Danere 1, Danere 2 and Abontakon ccommunities are tropical rainforest community located at Afi Mountain in Boki LGA respectively and it is contiguous with Cross River National Park. There is deforestation activities in the communities forest and encroachment in the National Park for poaching, logging and harvest of Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs).Their Forest is still being cut and cleared to the point of degradation. This is largely due to poverty and the continuous reliance on forest products for survival, and there is limited capacity to utilize the forest in a sustainable manner. The people see forest as resources to be exploited. Following years of exploitation the forest is no longer able to effectively perform its functions such as – provision of food, shelter, fuel wood and medicine needed for healthy living. Also of concern is the fact that these degraded forests is unable to protect our water due to watershed destruction and as a consequence the community does not have safe sources of portable water. The communities have rattan in the forest which is being unsustainable harvested.
In Ekuri community in Akamkpa tropical rainforest community, rattan is used as rope to tie yams to a barn, used as sieve for garri production, construction of musical instruments, making baskets and cane ropes.
In Danere 1 and Danre 2 communities in Boki, rattan is used in building local houses, making baskets for carrying yams, food stuff, harvested cocoa bean and basket for storing matchets.
In Abontakon community in Boki tropical rainforest rattan is mostly us tying roof mates (roofing mates made from raffia), tying of yams to yam barns and fencing. What is common amongst all the communities is that rattan is used in its crude form without value addition.
BACKGROUND
Non-Timber Forest products (NTFPs) play significant roles in livelihood sustenance especially in rural communities of sub - Sahara Africa. Over centuries, people in developing tropical regions globally have relied on forest products for food, medicine and shelter. Several thousands of people depend on harvesting, processing and sale of rattan alone in Cameroon for livelihood sustenance (Dione et al., 2000). Rattans, being important NTFP play a significant role in the international market place with over US $6.5 billion annual trade (Oteng-Amoako and Obiri-Darko, 2002). Rattans or Canes are the stems of climbing palms which belong to the family Palmae. It is widely distributed in wetlands of the tropical rainforest ecosystems of West Africa and Asia, (Uhl and Dransfield, 1987). The most important commercial canes come from the genus Calamus, Eremospatha, and Laccosperma.
According to the report of the recognizance inventory of resources of the high forest and swamp forest in Cross River State (CRSFP 1994) indicates that there are about 709 different Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in the state. Of these number 85% are traded and sold regularly by households and urban traders. The forest biodiversity provides actual income of a larger population of the state.
For the purpose of commercialization of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in the state, the number of NTFPs have been reduced to Top 15 NTFPs.The ranking is based on demand, frequency of use and economic importance to the local households and urban traders.
According to Michael Balingga of African Research, Global Rattan trade amounts to about $6.5 Billion annually with Asia controlling 99%. Rattan is planted in plantations in Asia unlike Africa where it harvested in the wild with little prospect of regeneration. Cross River State communities that have this resource use it its raw and crude form.
USES OF RATTAN
✓ Arts and handicraft: Rattans are used for interior decoration. These include furniture, flower vases, wig holders, lampshade and stands, mirror picture frames, hand fans, shelves. Wardrobes, shopping and laundry baskets and walking sticks.
✓ Construction of building: Rattan are used traditionally to construct frames and walls. In mud houses it used as ceiling. It is also used in to construct barns and granaries.
✓ Agricultural Articles: Several agricultural items are produced from rattan for farm and on-farm activities. These include baskets, sieves, racks, winnowers, rope materials for tying ladders and trailing yam products.
THESE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH USE OF RATTAN INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:
❖ Presence of local and international market for rattan products. There are local and intermediate collectors and traders that ensure urban market linkages
❖ Small and informal nature of rattan cottage enterprises. Rattan business requires low capital which is mostly financed through personal savings and soft loan for market expenses.
❖ Employment opportunities in rattan local labour market. It has been noted that rate of unemployment is reducing in the informal sector. Rattan provides employment for a great number of labour force in informal sector
Rattan business activities can take the following form: -
❖ Raw rattan supply
❖ Small scale manufacturing
❖ Integrated rattan supplies and cane manufactured products
SITUATION ANALYSIS
A situation analysis was carried out by CENVIS at the affected communities with the objective of ascertaining the level of unsustainable harvesting of rattan,defrorestation,environmental degradation and poverty.
PROBLEM STATEMENT
1. Rattan is over harvested which is not sustainable
2. Bulk of harvested rattan is traded out of the state without value addition resulting to lose of revenue
3. A lot of waste occurs in the process of harvesting and processing for local use and marketing
4. Specifically, rattan is sold its raw form to outside buyers from Ijebu Ode in south west of Nigeria, Ikot Ekpene in the neighboring Akwa Ibom State and Kano in Northern Nigeria. The products are subsequently reexported back to the state in more process form. The value added is lost to the state in general.
PROGRAM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
• Training of 75 artisans from 3 communities sustainable use of rattan
• Promote sustainable harvesting of rattan
• Regeneration of rattan with seeds collected from the wild
• Ensure continues availability of rattan
• Improve income generation of rattan through value addition through making of tables, chairs, baskets, garri sieve and other products
• Produce qualitative products to meet international standards
• Develop more products variety
• Exhibition of products to the public
• Opening a marketing outlet to market products
THE PROGRAMME JUSTIFICATION ARE:
The forest is unsustainable exploited
The is extreme draught and extreme rain fall as a result of deforestation
• Diminishing availability of Rattan as Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) due to unsustainable harvesting
• Long hours women and youths in search of rattan would be curtail
• The above conditions make the project justifiable. The programme will arrest the negative impact of over exploitation of rattan.
OUTCOME OF THE PROGRAMME IS:
• Increase sales
• Generate additional business
• Increase artisan income
• Generate more employment for artisan
• Improve quality of production
• Buy new equipment
• Improve efficiency
• Improve working condition of the rattan value chain
• the communities’ forest is conserved and protected from unsustainable use
• Alternative income generation for 75 men and women from the 3 communities
• 75 men and women are employed directly with enhanced income
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