Aweer Community

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WATCH (IPCC WATCH)

IPCC aims to increase adaptation and mitigation measures in hard areas to reach e.g. Qantas, Tana River and Lamu Counties. The core values include equality, transparency, commitment and inclusivity. Focal areas for IPCC Watch include land and natural resource governance, water and sanitation, public health, education and vocational training as well as food security. Security, plus building and conflict resolution, documentation, information management and digital inclusion. IPCC target groups include hunters and gatherers, nomadic pastoralists and Small-scale farmers.

CLIMATE CHANGE

• ✓To improve early warning systems and disaster preparedness with regards to climate change.
• ✓Climate change adaptation, mitigation and related technologies.
• ✓To enhance the role of indigenous communities in climate change mitigation.
• ✓To participate in policy and legislation making process for sustainable natural resources.
• ✓To increase the resilience of indigenous communities on climate change.

IPCC's major beneficiaries include indigenous women, indigenous youth, persons with disabilities, persons living with HIV/AIDS and indigenous elderly men and women.

LAMU MINORITIES PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (LMPDP)

LMPD is a Community Based Organization established in June 2020 as a non-profit making and voluntary entity of Members of the Lamu Minority Communities in furtherance of the objectives as stated below:

LMPD PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

• ✓To develop and uphold the best of the cultural, social, economic rights of the Minority communities.
• ✓To advocate for the protection and registration of community owned native land and forest.
• ✓To ensure there is access to basic health care, good education and employment opportunities for the Minority community Groups.
• ✓To articulate and develop a collective strategic agenda to guide advocacy efforts towards realization of resources and financial legislation, considering existing pain and emerging opportunities.

The organization goal is to realize the protection and promotion of the minority peoples rights, responding to some of their battles so as to eradicate poverty and contribute to their dignity and identity, hence improving their living standards.

LMPD's vision is to ensure progressive realization of minorities peoples rights in Lamu and beyond. The Membership of the Lamu minority people and Development organization LMPD is comprised of the two Minority communities of the Aweer and the Sanye people from Lamu, and beyond.