Indigenous Maasai Women Adapt to Climate Change
"The climate survey opened our eyes. We now understand what is happening and what we can do about it. We are learning new farming methods and harvesting rainwater. We are not helpless anymore."
The climate change vulnerability baseline survey revealed that building materials are depleted by the impact of climate change on vegetation. What once took 2 weeks to build a house now takes 2 months due to lack of rainfall to replenish vegetation.
After the survey, women are now well equipped with knowledge on areas that affect them, what they should do, and what they should demand from both county and national government to reverse the degradation.
Communities are developing their own homegrown institutions for awareness, information, knowledge sharing and local climate smart actions. RWN is building women's capacity in climate smart and conservation agriculture as they abandon pastoralism due to climate change impact on pasture.
Women are also improving their roofs for rainwater harvesting for home use and kitchen gardens. This boosts adaptive capacity of grassroot women to overcome adaptive challenges ranging from lack of information, finances and support for their resilience capacity.
Related Programs
Maasai Women of Ewuaso Kendong participated in the following programs:
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