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The Boshe Ilgira Integrated Rural Development Project (BIIRDP) is one of
the 30 projects of the Development and Social Service Commission DASSC)
in 19 Synods and 1 Area Work through out the country. These projects
altogether
address
a total
target population of 1,181.064. BIIRDP is one of the projects in the
South Central Synod (SCS),
founded in 1969
and located in
Hosanna town.
BIIRDP
itself has got
two project sites, one in Kembata and one in Hadiya, serving 76,573
people.
Main projects of
the
SCS
include 2 pre-schools, 3 hostels, 2 health institutions with family
planning, HIV/AIDS prevention program, 10 literacy centers (non-formal
education) and three
Integrated Rural Development Projects (Boshe Ilgira, Butajira, and
Gombora Amacho). Central activities of the BIIRDP are animal and plant
husbandry, aforestation, water development, nutrition & hygiene, gender
issues.
Major
problems of the target community as identified were:
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Lack of potable water
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Lack of agricultural inputs: Plough oxen credit
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Low productivity: Due to soil erosion
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Lack of diversity of crops (fruits, vegetables)
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Lack of improved breeds, shortage of animal feed
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Lack of infrastructure: Bridge, health facilities, school
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Lack of access to cash credit: Especially for women
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Harmful traditions:
Suffering from FGM, fistula problem, early marriage, frequent
pregnancies
The people in the project areas were confronted with a vicious circle,
where the population pressure stood in the centre, surrounded by
depletion of natural resource base, reduced agricultural productivity,
food insecurity and poverty, insufficient farm income opportunities and
inadequate productive assets.
In order to meet the aforementioned problems, the BIIRDP set the
following objectives:
· Building capacity of target groups
· Increased food availability
· Rehabilitation of environment
· Increasing production and productivity of plant and animal husbandry
· Reducing
women’s workload
· improving health status of community
· Realization of existing potentials
· Development of low input innovations
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· immediate benefit to target population
· Gender equality
Plant
Production:
· Fruit
tree and root crop promotion
· Vegetation
and off-season production
· Introduction
of triticale and improved of wheat/pulse crops
· Compost
preparation
Soil
and Water Conservation / Afforstation:
· Biological,
physical measures
· Strip
cropping, permanent crops
· Nursery
promotion
· Environmental
school club promotion
Animal
Husbandry:
· Forage
Development
· Veterinary
health care (improved castration)
· Provision
of breeding bulls
Water Development:
· Gravity
Scheme construction
· Spring
protections and hand dug wells
· Shallow
well drilling
· Training
on management of water
· Sanitation
and hygiene
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