Local Partner: Lattu Lifespring
Background and objective: Pastoralists have observed strange phenomena that has manifested itself through the onset of unpredictability of seasonal rainfall calendar, decrease in quantities of rainfall and quality of pasture, increased frequency and severity of drought and subsequent famine. This is taking place among communities already threatened by loss of indigenous knowledge, weakened customary institutions necessary for political, social and resource governance, lack of secure land tenure, reduced mobility, insecurity and rural-urban youth emigration.
The project will advance inter-generational transmission of practical knowledge and skills (elders to children and youth) on traditional resource management, drought coping strategies, inter-ethnic natural resource sharing and peaceful coexistence and contemporary understanding of climate change, intervention measures and bring the critical voices of local children and youth to the global youth movements against Climate Change
Local partner information: Lattu Lifespring is a Community Based Organization working in Isiolo County in northern Kenya was formed in September 2017 and registered with the Department of Social Services in 2019. The organization works with primary schools, parents and children to promote early child education through providing opportunities for children to appreciate and learn their languages, indigenous knowledge, cultural practices and to acquire the necessary skills to enable them grasp and tackle emerging environmental and social issues of concern.
This initiative has helped create awareness on climate change, make improvements to the permanent educational exhibition on culture and climate change at Gotu, documented ecological knowledge related to pastoralism, weather forecasting and climate coping strategies among communities, undertook more intergenerational natural resource and territory mapping exercises and created youth networks for action against climate change.
