#NMO_ORG visits the areas where the project “Increasing Resilience through Innovative and Sustainable Improvement” is being implemented

#NMO_ORG, represented by the project team and in the presence of the representatives of the project supporter #DKH, conducted an inspection visit to the areas where the project title “Increasing Resilience through Innovative and Sustainable Improvement of Food Security and Livelihoods for Returnees, IDPs and Host Communities” is being implemented in Taiz Governorate, Al-Makha District, and Al-Hudaydah Governorate, Khokha District and Al-Tuhayta District.

This implemented project seeks to address part of the challenges facing the western coastal region on the Red Sea that houses traditional fishermen communities by providing fuel-efficient cooking solutions (solar stoves and stoves) and will encourage food drying practices with the introduction of enhanced food processing (drying) by using solar dryers at the family and community level, it will also seek to create income-generating job opportunities.

The team visited more than one area to inspect the project’s conditions as follows:

• An assessment visit to see the situation of the IDPs, listen to them, understand their needs and assess the humanitarian situation in the village of Al-Hayma - Izlat Al-Mateena - Al-Tuhayta District.
• Visit the manufacturing workshops in the Al-Makha district to see the progress of manufacturing solar cookers locally and learn about their advantages.
• Visiting farms in Al-Khokha district to evaluate the drying process of agricultural products and to enhance their market and economic value.
• Visiting the ongoing solar cooker awareness sessions to explain the work of the solar cooker device and to taste the food cooked by it in the Mocha district.
• visiting the local authority in the district of Al-Tuhayta, represented by the director of Al-Tuhayta district, in order to agree on work and to overcome difficulties in an area and the work of awareness teams in it.

This project, which is being implemented by the organization, is going through several phases and is currently working on the beneficiary awareness phase, which will consequently enhance the existing livelihood strategies and make them more sustainable through the successful introduction of innovative locally adapted products and processes.