Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP) in the Horn of Africa

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The development objective of the Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP) for Kenya is to improve access to basic social services, expand economic opportunities, and enhance environmental management for communities hosting refugees in the target areas in the Recipient's territory. The project comprises of five components. The first component, social and economic infrastructure and services will specifically support improvements in access to quality basic services for the host communities. The key services will include education, primary and secondary health services, water supply, sanitation, and hygiene. It consists of following sub-components: (i) community investment fund; and (ii) capacity support for local planning and decentralized service delivery. The second component, environmental and natural resource management aims to decrease environmental impacts of protracted refugee presence which has resulted in deterioration of the natural resource base because of deforestation resulting from the overexploitation of wood and other non‐timber forest products for various purposes (shelter, firewood, charcoal, food, medicines, and so on), degradation of grazing lands, loss of wildlife, soil erosion, open disposal of solid waste (especially plastics), and uncontrolled abstraction of groundwater for domestic consumption and livestock. It consists of following sub-components: (i) integrated natural resources management; and (ii) access to energy. The third component, livelihoods program will support interventions aimed at improving the productivity of traditional and non‐traditional livelihoods and strengthening the resilience of communities. It consists of following sub-components: (i) support to traditional and non‐traditional livelihoods; and (ii) capacity building of community‐based organizations for livelihoods. The fourth component, project management, monitoring and evaluation (M and E), and knowledge sharing objective is to ensure enhanced and effective project management, coordination, and implementation and to support the design of the project’s M and E system, which will be described in detail in the M and E manual. The fifth component, will support the expansion of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD’s) existing Regional Secretariat for forced displacement and mixed migration (FDMM) to include Kenya that will join other DRDIP countries in the regional project steering committee (RPSC) and represented by nominees of its national steering committee and the project coordinator.