MAPPING
Currently, Ogiek of Mt.Elgon are occupying less than 10 percent of their ancestral lands. This brought the need of mapping the resources with the aim of managing their customary land with new community-based GIS technologies and also advancing tenure rights. This project was a consortium of the Ogiek (CIPDP) in Mt Elgon, Kenya, Digital Democracy (Dd) and Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)
Capacity Building
Capacity Building
Build the Ogiek’s capacity to map and monitor their ancestral lands, across all groups in the community, to create and sustain comprehensive knowledge mapping.
Reduce Marginalization
Reduce Marginalization
Reduce the Ogiek’s marginalization through increasing the community’s ability to advocate for themselves in local and national platforms with government and other actors.
Evidence Generation
Evidence Generation
Improve Ogiek evidence and strategies towards secure land tenure through legal mechanisms, reduced conflict with neighbors and increased internal fluency on territory issues.
Through mapping, we will be able to:
- Have a concrete and comprehensive mapping of the Ogiek lands, reflecting land uses and knowledge of men and women, youth and elders, and availability of information obtained through monitoring tools that can help the community in making decisions in the use and management of their lands.
- Realize increased levels of empowerment amongst the Ogiek to advocate for their rights, including increased prominence for women leaders, and greater solidarity between the Ogiek and neighbouring communities and greater representation in local and national dialogues on land rights.
