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Training helps octopus fisher build a better life
Lima Casimir is a 52 year old and a "piqueuse ourite" - an octopus fisher - who lives on the island of Rodrigues 640 kilometres off the island of Mauritius.
Lima's day starts at 5.30 am when she takes her son's boat to go to her breath-taking 'office' - a vast lagoon that opens onto the Indian Ocean. Her office furniture includes a boat and the magnificent coral reefs. To catch the octopus, she uses an iron rod which she wears around her shoulder. The IFAD-funded Rural Diversification Programme trained Lima in how to catch octopus without damaging the coral reefs.
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How a poor islander became a local leader
Maryline Legoff is a rural entrepreneur. She is 35 years old and a single mother with a 5-year-old son. Maryline lives on the island of Rodrigues, 640 kilometers off the island of Mauritius. For Maryline and the 38,000 people who live on Rodrigues, fishing is a way of life. But their livelihoods are threatened by declining fish stocks.
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Scaling Up Capacity for Community Driven Development in Africa
“I never used to include the beneficiaries in the planning and
preparation of a project,” says Goretti Kabera, head of the division
for Territorial Administration and Good Governance of the Rwandan
Ministry of Local Government. “Now I am including them. We discuss
together and I hope this will yield better results than before.”
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In
the Wake of War
After 10 years of civil war, Burundians are ready for lasting
peace. This IFAD documentary, co-produced with the Television
Trust for the Environment (TVE) for broadcast on BBC World, follows
the stories of three people who are attempting to rebuild their
lives. Through their stories, the film explores the larger challenges
that face the country and the role that international development
can play in preventing conflict from re-igniting.
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Senegal's
Rural Infrastructure Development Project : There is no place
like home
The face of rural Senegal is changing. The city is no longer
draining rural areas of their educated populations, and young
people are returning home to their villages. Many want to shape
the future of their community, while others are returning to
become community leaders.
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Tanzania
(TASAF): Villagers at the Helm
In northwestern Tanzania, where lush,
rolling savannahs give way to the shores of Lake Victoria,
most people eke out a
living farming small plots of land. Their harvest—cassava,
bananas, rice, potatoes -
goes mostly to feed the family. For the poorest of these people,
prosperity
can be just owning a goat.
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Indonesia: Kecamatan
Development Project empowering communities to solve problems
Sleepy Tirtomoyo, a tiny Indonesian village 100 km south
of East Java's capital city Surabaya, may have to change
its name. Tirtomoyo," which literally means "lack
of water," due to the village's chronic condition, is
one of 20,000 villages across Indonesia benefitting from
the Kecamatan Development Program (KDP) -- the largest community-driven
development program in the world.
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