Programmes
WINCA Program Areas
1. Environment and Sustainable Natural Resources Management
2. Sustainable Livelihoods, Food and Nutrition security
3. Gender and Community Development
4. Education Services
5. Organization Development
1. Environment and Sustainable Natural Resources Management
a) Promoting Sustainability and Resiliency of Ecosystems
o Forests (Rain forests, Carbon Sinks)
o Land (Wetlands, Agricultural Lands)
o Water (Streams, Rivers, lakes)
o Air (Reduction of air Pollution
b) Promoting access to clean energy
o Expanding utilization of bio-energies (Solar, Biogas)
o Expanding Utilization of Clean Technologies (Briquettes, Energy saving cook stoves)
o Policy Advocacy through Local Governments and National Government Institutions
c) Waste management
o Household solid waste management
o Promotion of sustainable waste collection and transportation
o Innovation in exploring the three Rs (Reduce, Reuse/Recovery, Recycle)
2. Sustainable Livelihoods, Food and Nutrition security
a) Sustainable Agriculture
o Climate smart agriculture production
o Agri-Business development and promotion
o Agricultural Value-chain development
b) Financial Inclusion
o Empowering Financial capability through financial literacy
o Increasing formal Community managed savings through formation of VSLA’s and cooperatives
o Reducing Financial exclusion
o Establish, train and build capacity of farmer groups, VSLA’s and cooperatives
c) Alternative sources of livelihoods
o Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises
o Skills development for alternative livelihoods (technical, Vocational education and training)
3. Gender and Community Development
o Women and Youth Empowerment
o Environment and Public health
o Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
o Community mobilization and mind-set change
o Disaster Risk Reduction
o Gender and Environment
4. Education Services
o Environmental Education in communities and Institutions of learning
o Career development and Mind set change
o Graduate employability capacity development
5. Organization Development
a) Research and innovation
o Development research
o Social research
o Action research
o Surveys and rapid assessments
b) Research product development and technology transfer
o Innovation of new products and services
o Improvement of existing products and services to increase efficiency
c) Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL)
o Develop indicators for projects/program
o Monitoring and Evaluation of project/program
o Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning tools
o Strategic Planning