Lead organisation: Chyullu Development Foundation C.B.O.
The livelihoods initiative named Ukulima bora, Maisha bora has mobilised 400 farmers within Chyullu and Tsavo marginalised areas into apiculture to build resilience and improve the socio-economic standards of the community. The project sought to enhance the communities’ traditional beekeeping activities by improving the already established Chyullu Honey Processors. The project activities include building the capacity of 400 farmers, engaging 10 potential youth into local production of sustainable hives, equipping the existing honey aggregation centre with more efficient tools, solarising power and security systems, developing an online marketing system, and installing a local bio-waste recycling system. Upon successful completion of the project, honey production is expected to increase by 35%, especially after the farmer training, establishment of a production unit, and provision of more sustainable beehives.
Innovation Challenge grantees have the option to participate in a research study in collaboration with the Stockholm Resilience Centre looking at the transformative potential of their initiative. This is part of the Seeds for Transformative Resilience work. The research project involves a series of interviews and surveys that were analysed to develop a document that details and explains these efforts and investigates the grantees transformative potential.
A seed is a local or regional initiative already being implemented but not yet mainstream that strengthens community resilience and has the potential to drive transformative change. These initiatives offer practical examples of how more sustainable, resilient, and peaceful futures can emerge through new ways of thinking, social movements, institutions or technologies. Seeds have transformative potential when they support learning and systems understanding, foster collaboration, are backed by resources, fit their context and help shift power structures and norms.