Individual Consultant-Home Based at IOM
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Lake Tanganyika, the largest freshwater lake in the Great Lakesregion, is vitalfor many people. However, climate change affects water levels, posing significant threats to nearby populations. Due to rising water levels, communities along the Lake are at high risk of climate-related threats such as flooding and landslides. The increasing severity and frequency of hazards necessitate a substantial improvement in community resilience and preparedness at all levels. In recent years, Lake Tanganyika’s water level has risen to 776.5 meters in 2021, almost 4 meters higher than the historical average. The overflow of riverbeds from the Lake is causing human displacement, as people move from their original places, crop and property destruction, and soil erosion, particularly in the Kigoma region. Flooding in Kigoma alone leads to economic losses of 13-16 million USD per year, with projections indicating a potential threefold increase (URT, 2019). The Kigoma Region in the United Republic of Tanzania is highly vulnerable to climate change, mainly due to the region’s high poverty rates and reliance on agriculture and ecosystem services. The Uvinza district has experienced significant inland pluvial flooding, with approximately 2,000 people affected and over 250 houses damaged or destroyed in April 2020 (UNDRR, 2024).
The project“Strengthening Climate- RelatedDisaster Preparedness,Response, andCommunity Resiliencein the LakeTanganyika Basin” isa two-year project that is being implemented by the InternationalOrganization for Migration (IOM), in collaboration with the Prime Minister’sOffice-Disaster Management Department and Kigoma Local Government Authorities, funded by the IOM Development Fund (IDF).
The project aims to contribute to strengthening the resilience of the Lake Tanganyika basin communities to cope with the effects of climate change by promoting sub-regionalcollaboration on preparednessand mitigation actions in the United Republic of Tanzania and Burundi.
In October 2024, IOM in collaboration with the Kigoma Local Authorities, conducted a workshop to assess the viability of nature-based community-level mitigation initiatives for flooding effects in Uvinza District Council by engaging the representatives from the flood-prone areas. As a results from the workshop, a number of the potential nature-based community-level mitigation initiatives were identifiedand prioritized by community members for implementation with support from IOM.
In light of the above, IOM plans to implement a nature-based community-level mitigation initiative benefiting households and vulnerable communities impacted by flooding effects in the Uvinza District Council, Kigoma region. The specific activities to be conducted include the fishery and tree planting to mitigate the flooding effects while benefiting the community members economically as part of the livelihood strategy. The activity is part of the project “Strengthening Climate-Related Disaster Preparedness,Response, and Community Resilience in the Lake Tanganyika Basin”.
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