00:00We are activating several projects in the southern region of Ethiopia,
00:09in particular in Borena and in the Somali region of Ethiopia.
00:13These are actually three integrated projects in one program.
00:17The program is based on integrated resilience in emergencies.
00:21So the first project was about an immediate response,
00:27responding to the needs and needs of the population to survive.
00:33So distribution of money, distribution of hygienic kits,
00:39and this was to stop the very first emergency.
00:44The second project was about strengthening the early warning systems,
00:52so working with local authorities to set up early warning and protection mechanisms,
01:01trying to allow communities to respond to emergencies
01:07without always needing the intervention of external actors
01:12such as CESVI and other non-governmental international organizations.
01:18Finally, there is a third phase of the project, which is to provide long-term resilience.
01:25So with the intervention of the water network restoration,
01:29CESVI is carrying out irrigation projects to allow agricultural practices
01:36even when there are drought seasons.
01:41Finally, in the long-term resilience project,
01:46we are also setting up security systems.
01:49That is to say, during drought periods,
01:54the greatest damage to communities is obviously the death of the livestock.
02:00And with the death of the livestock, there is the economic disaster for these communities.
02:05So thanks to these security mechanisms,
02:10in collaboration with IRRI, which is an agency of the United Nations,
02:14we are trying to set up mechanisms that can mitigate the worst economic damage during droughts.
02:21Gender justice is absolutely at the center of our interventions.
02:26In the local committees, perhaps the only request from CESVI is a female representation.
02:35So when there are our activities of money distribution, for example,
02:41when there are activities of strengthening security mechanisms,
02:46at the center of these operations there is always a female representation,
02:51trying to never go below 60%.
02:55There is a great deal of attention to trying to work with communities, with local committees,
03:01giving space to gender representation in a way that is not disconcerting,
03:06that does not produce violence in these communities,
03:11where the presence of gender injustice is very strong.
03:19They are pastoral communities where the male has an atavistic role of power.
03:31So for CESVI it is very important to produce a change without disturbing these communities.
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