SUNCASA

ከሰሃራ በታች ባሉ የአፍሪካ የአየር ንብረት መላመድ (Scaling Urban Nature-based Solutions (NbS)) የ3 አመት ፕሮጀክት ሲሆን በኢትዮጵያ፣ ሩዋንዳ እና የከተማ ማህበረሰቦች ውስጥ የመቋቋም፣ የፆታ እኩልነት፣ ማህበራዊ ማካተት እና የብዝሀ ህይወት ጥበቃን ለማሳደግ ያለመ የ3 አመት ፕሮጀክት ነው። ደቡብ አፍሪቃ።

SUNCASA በድሬዳዋ (ኢትዮጵያ)፣ በኪጋሊ (ሩዋንዳ) እና በጆሃንስበርግ (ደቡብ አፍሪካ) ከፍተኛ የጎርፍ አደጋ ተጋላጭ በሆኑ አካባቢዎች የሚኖሩ 2.2 ሚሊዮን ሰዎችን ተጠቃሚ ያደርጋል። በአለምአቀፍ ጉዳዮች ካናዳ በሽርክና ለአየር ንብረት ፕሮግራም እና በ IISD እና በአለም ሪሶርስ ኢንስቲትዩት የሚሰጥ፣ SUNCASA ከተለያዩ የሀገር ውስጥ ድርጅቶች ጋር በመተባበር ይተገበራል። የፕሮጀክቱ ሥርዓተ-ፆታ ምላሽ ሰጪ NbS ወደ ላይ የተፋሰሱ አካባቢዎችን በአግሮ ደን ልማት፣ በደን ልማት እና በደን መልሶ ማልማት፣ በቦፈር ዞን መፍጠር እና በከተማ የዛፍ ተከላ ማደስ እና ጥበቃን ያጠቃልላል።

የእኛ ከተሞች

ድሬዳዋ

SUNCASA በድሬዳዋ ኢትዮጵያ የሚገኘውን የዴቻቱ ወንዝ ተፋሰስ ወደነበረበት በመመለስ የጎርፍ አደጋን፣ የአፈር መሸርሸርን እና የከተማ የውሃ ውጥረትን በመቀነስ ከ200,000 በላይ ሰዎችን ተጠቃሚ ያደርጋል።

ኪጋሊ

በኪጋሊ፣ ሩዋንዳ፣ SUNCASA በታችኛው የኒያባሮንጎ ወንዝ ተፋሰስ ውስጥ የሚገኙትን ጥቃቅን ንክኪዎች ወደነበረበት ይመልሳል፣ የጎርፍ አደጋን፣ የመሬት መንሸራተትን እና የአፈር መሸርሸርን በመከላከል የ975,000 ሰዎችን የመቋቋም አቅም ያሻሽላል።

ጆሃንስበርግ

በጆሃንስበርግ፣ ደቡብ አፍሪካ የሚገኘው SUNCASA፣ ወራሪ የውጭ ዝርያዎችን እና የዛፍ ተከላ ተነሳሽነቶችን በማስወገድ፣ የጎርፍ መጥለቅለቅን በመቀነስ እና ለ 1.045 ሚሊዮን ሰዎች የውሃ ደህንነትን በማሻሻል የጁክስኬይ ወንዝ ተፋሰስን ያድሳል።

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Press release

May 22, 2024

The New Times | Becoming a city in the forest: Catalyzing Kigali’s climate resilience through nature

By 2026, SUNCASA aims to enhance the resilience of 975,000 Kigali residents while promoting gender equality, social inclusion, and biodiversity protection.

WRI | Three Takeaways on Green Infrastructures and Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience

IISD and ICUN recently highlighted SUNCASA in the fifth installment of the NAbSA Dialogue Series. This series takes an in-depth look at NbS and climate adaptation, covering topics such as how to incorporate gender equality into NbS, the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem evaluation.

Alex News | Canada’s foreign affairs minister visits Jukskei River in Alex

Canada’s minister of foreign affairs, Mélanie Joly, visited the Jukskei River on August 22 to view the progress of its government-funded work being done by the Alexandra Water Warriors. The project is significant as it aligns with the city’s water security strategy, which aims to create resilient, liveable, and sustainable urban water environments, and foster a water-conscious society.

Mail & Guardian | Alexandra Water Warriors are reviving Joburg’s Jukskei River

As one of the city’s largest rivers, the Jukskei’s roughly 50km course inexorably marks it as a casualty of Johannesburg’s rapid urbanisation. Its deeply eroded waterways have long been a repository of the city’s sewage, stormwater, litter, industrial waste and building rubble. But through the work of the community-based Alexandra Water Warriors, the healing and restoration of the blighted river is under way. (Photo: Delwyn Verasamy| M&G)

Video: SUNCASA | Resilient Cities. Natural Solutions.

The SUNCASA project is a 3-year initiative aiming to revitalize critical watersheds in Dire Dawa (Ethiopia), Kigali (Rwanda), and Johannesburg (South Africa), by implement gender-responsive nature-based solutions (NbS) such as agroforestry, afforestation and reforestation, buffer zone creation, alien invasive species removal, and urban tree planting.