CODEA works to promote and support the conservation and management of natural resources upon which life depends. Our interventions include training of farmers and other stakeholders, increasing access to clean renewable energy, sustainable management of river catchment areas, promoting tree growing initiatives, as well and supporting green businesses/ nature-based enterprises.

Our interventions are designed to reduce pressure on natural resources and to restore the degraded areas and ecosystems, mindful that present and future generations equally need ecosystem services. This area further involves innovative actions aimed at mitigating climate change.

CODEA seeks to break the vicious circle of poverty by improving the livelihoods of vulnerable households. We focus on improving the economic and social well-being of people. This is done through delivering/ supporting training programs that equip beneficiaries with knowledge and skills. We work with private sector partners, CSOs, as well as government institutions to deliver appropriate interventions including but not limited to promoting climate smart agriculture, entrepreneurship development, and vocation training. We also create financial and market linkages as well as ending violence and harmful practices against women, girls, men and boys. This area further involves delivery of emergency relief and resettlement of disaster victims.

Efforts towards fighting poverty are meaningful if the health of people is given priority. Health minds generate innovative ideas that can build the economy and conserve the environment. Thus, CODEA’s efforts in this area seek to contribute to improved health conditions of children, women the youth as well as men. This is pursued through increasing awareness of and access to health services. It further involves access to safe ware in the face of climate change, nutrition, behavior change, and promoting health living practices.

This area focuses on strengthening the internal capacity of CODEA and local implementing partners to deliver interventions and sustain significant outcomes and impact. It focuses on training, improving systems, and ensuring meaningful networking.

In CODEA’s work setting, Climate change, Gender, and Human rights are themes that cut across all our areas of work, thus not taken a stand-alone.