The objective is to empower local communities on ways to arrest coastal degradation and enhance marine resources through mangrove restoration and to enable inhabitants to acquire skills in the production and marketing of eco-goods, kitchen gardening and cookery.
The project is funded by Mitsui O.S.K. Charitable Trust. A few images from the closing ceremony
Clean up Rivière des Creoles Beach
The activitity was held on 5 June 2022
Clean-up Bois des Amourettes and Anse Jonchée
Cookery Capacity-building
One of the activities relates to cookery
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Ecobags
Several persons are being trianed in the making and marketing of ecobags.
Backyard Gardening
Another successful component of the project was the induction and promotion of backyard gardening. Several households in Rivière des Creoles and other villages participated in the project. They were provided with seed, fertilisers, soil and expertise.
Small Business Cooperative Society Ltd (SBCS)
Textile products and Pastry
Registered Feb 2023
As an essential commitment of ADD to ensure sustainability, ADD took the iniative and encouraged and facilitaed the establishment of a Cooperative Society. The project araes covered were Textile products and Pastry. The Ministry of Industrial Development, SMEs and Cooperatives provided ready assistance.
The Society is a cornerstone of ensuring empowerment, replication and sustainabilty.
Closing ceremony
The project comprised main components for empowering in
Ecobags, Pastry, Kitchen Gardening, establish Cooperative Society