Summary Camp Dryland Solutions, a Somali community-led non-profit, will establish a 171-hectare model farm and education center to enhance food security for 2,500 local farmers and their families. In a country ravaged by drought, the project will: Enhance food security by creating food forests and improving food production methods. Mitigate the effects of climate change and extreme droughts by improving water management and grazing techniques. Provide regenerative farming training. Challenge Climate change may be the biggest threat Somalia has ever faced—water and food costs are rising sharply after months of drought. Farmers and herders are losing primary income sources as livestock perish and harvests fail. This is worsened by a severely degraded landscape due to centuries of overgrazing and deforestation. As rural life becomes unsustainable, many people leave their homes to seek shelter in displacement camps. Solution The key to rebuilding a healthy and vibrant Somalia lies in restoring its natural resources. This is the core mission of Camp Dryland Solutions: proving that thriving on the land is possible by reversing the cycle of natural resource degradation. Farmers and herders will learn how to improve livelihoods and enhance food security while regreening the landscape, ultimately creating abundance for their communities, plants, and animals. Let’s bring Somalia back to abundance! Long-Term Impact 1 year: Drought-resilient crops and grasses are planted, improving food security; pastures, soil health swales, and check dams are built to capture rainwater. 5 years: Water infiltration is improved, replenishing the water table; a tree nursery is established to plant over 500,000 trees. 10 years: Hundreds of food forests are established locally; a green landscape with abundant resources is created. For all generations: Natural resources are restored and people thrive on their native land! Resources Ecosystem Restoration Camps Camp Dryland Solutions - Ecosystem Restoration Camps Meet Yasmin, Camp Dryland Solutions' founder (YouTube) One of Camp Dryland Solutions' projects (YouTube) To learn more about this campaign, please watch this video.

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