The ACRLP places communities at the center of the projects. Investing in community institutions is critical for long-term sustainability of project interventions as well as strengthening social resilience and cohesion. This activity provides assistance to build the capacity of CRGs and other local community institutions. It supports the costs related to community mobilization, planning, implementation, monitoring, and training on a variety of topics. The activities complement interventions by other agencies in health, education and agriculture by raising community awareness of available services, helping to identify vulnerable beneficiaries, and assisting with information and knowledge campaigns related to healthcare services, vaccinations, nutrition, food assistance, and the importance of girls’ education. The activity also delivers training on development planning, the establishment of Kitchen Gardens and Grain/Food Banks, and women’s well-being. Communities will be capacitated in community-based climate and disaster risk management, climate change adaptation and mitigation practices and interventions, building on lessons learnt from the various project activities . Supporting CRGs builds strong accountability mechanisms at the community level for monitoring of activities and resolving grievances. The CRGs are important as an entry point for supporting women’s participation in cash for work and labor intensive activities.
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