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:

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