Regenerative Cropping
- Minimum Soil Disturbance: Limit mechanical, chemical, and physical soil disturbance.
- Permanent Soil Cover: Maintains soil health and fertility, while suppressing weeds.
- Crop Rotation: Breaks pest and disease cycles, improving soil structure.
- Crop Diversification: Increases resilience and supports ecosystem balance.
These principles improve soil health and fertility, reduce soil erosion and evaporation, suppress weeds, and break pest and disease cycles.
Assisted Natural Regeneration
We empower family farmers to green their farmlands by promoting the growth of coppice trees from remaining native tree stumps or roots after the trunks and branches have been cut down. Through sustainable coppicing practices, we ensure continuous tree regeneration, contributing to a healthy and productive forest ecosystem. This initiative leverages the natural regenerative abilities of native trees, providing a low-cost and effective approach to forest replenishment.
Half Bunds
We empower family farmers to establish Half Bunds—simple, cost-effective structures designed to collect and retain water in semi-arid and arid landscapes. These curved barriers capture rainwater runoff, prevent erosion, and promote the germination of native seeds in barren lands. Over time, these areas transform into greenlands and productive farmlands, supporting sustainable agriculture, mitigating climate change, and improving local livelihoods.
Regenerative Grazing
Our approach is built on six principles:
1. Rotational Grazing: Rotate livestock through multiple paddocks to prevent overgrazing and allow pastures to recover.
2. Plant Diversity: Promote a variety of forage species to enhance soil health and biodiversity.
3. Adequate Rest Periods: Provide sufficient recovery time for plants between grazing periods to rebuild root systems and organic matter.
4. High Stock Density, Short Duration: Use high animal density for brief periods to mimic natural grazing patterns, improving soil aeration and nutrient cycling.
5. Continuous Monitoring and Adjustment: Regularly assess pasture conditions and adjust grazing practices to optimize land health and productivity.
6. Minimal Soil Disturbance: Maintain soil structure and microbial activity by avoiding disruptive practices like plowing.
These principles enhance soil fertility, increase water retention, improve plant and animal health, and support a sustainable agricultural system.
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Half Bunds
Half bunds are simple, yet effective, structures designed to collect and retain water in semi-arid or arid landscapes. These low-cost, curved barriers are strategically placed to capture rainwater runoff, preventing erosion and promoting the germination of underground native seeds in bare, barren lands. Over time, these areas are transformed into productive farmlands, supporting sustainable agriculture, mitigating climate change, and improving local livelihoods.
Survival Rate: WHalf bunds have demonstrated high tree survival rates, as they are designed to collect, store, infiltrate, and prevent evaporation. These structures can continue to function effectively for many years without repairs, providing ongoing benefits to ecosystems and communities.
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End Obstetric Fistula
Obstetric Fistula Advocancy
Obstetric fistula is a devastating childbirth injury that creates a hole between the birth canal and bladder and/or rectum, causing women and girls to leak urine, feces, or both. This often leads to death, depression, social isolation, and deepening poverty. It mostly occurs in rural and slum areas, where women in extreme poverty rely on unskilled midwives and lack access to skilled doctors and timely medical care.
At Civicom Aid, we are committed to ending obstetric fistula through four key pillars: maternal health, advocacy, funding treatment, and reintegration.
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Zero Malaria Drive
Malaria Prevention
Malaria is a serious health threat that keeps families from working and caring for the sick, draining already limited incomes. It also impacts those with little knowledge of malaria prevention.
Our approach combines two key pillars: larvae elimination and vector prevention. We focus on spotting, mapping, and removing mosquito breeding sites to stop population growth. We also prevent mosquitoes from coming into contact with people, especially those that escaped larvae elimination.
Our mission is to eradicate malaria by eliminating larvae, distributing Insecticide-Treated Nets with timely replacements, and teaching communities effective larvae elimination skills.
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Building Schools
We build schools in communities where none exist or where schools have lacked classrooms and toilets for over 20 years. Kyani School in Uganda is one such example, providing education for 22 years without classrooms or toilets. Lessons take place under trees, and the lack of toilets forces students and teachers to use the land behind trees, spreading intestinal worms into the community’s land and water.
To change this, we’ve partnered with AWB Seattle volunteers to design a plan for classrooms, toilets, a tech lab, and a water point. We are actively fundraising to bring these essential improvements to Kyani School.
Join us today by donating or fundraising to make a lasting impact!
Pathway Centre
The Pathway School in Mombasa, Kenya was established due to a lack of affordable education centers, which left many youths and young women without necessary job skills or jobless.
We established Beach Pathway School to address this gap by training youths and young women in entrepreneurship, IT and coding skills, job preparation, CV writing, and online job searching. Through these program, we aim to equip them with the skills needed for successful employment or self employment.
Children in Need
School children from needy families frequently drop out of school, perpetuating a vicious cycle of lack of education and poverty within these families. Financial constraints and the inability to afford school fees and supplies are major barriers that prevent these children from continuing their education.
To address the root causes of school dropouts, we fund tuition fees and provide school supplies. This support enables students to return to school, ensuring they have the resources needed to continue their education and break the cycle of poverty.