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CORE-JSDF Project

  • Improved Livelihood Opportunites and Accessibility for Underserved Urban Communities in Meru, Kenya.

CORE Kenya with funding from the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) through the World Bank is implementing the project titled “Improved Livelihood Opportunites and Accessibility for Underserved Urban Communities in Meru, Kenya.”

Project Beneficiaries

Direct and Indirect beneficiaries of the project is estimated at 1,250 people and 13,500 people respectively. The proposed project duration will be three (3) years, with the 40% of project beneficiaries being women and 5% people living with disabilities.

Thematic Areas
  • Capacity building in road maintenance through the application of do-nou technology.
  • Enhancement of livelihood opportunities in target communities in the County of Meru by empowering them to become SMEs.
Project Aims
  • Create employment opportunities and skills in labor-based road maintenance, and
  • Improve the basic accessibility to the target population of the selected under-served urban communities of Meru town.
Project Components

Capacity building and sustainability of labor-based road maintenance using Do-nou technology at target communities.

  • Mobilization of training resources.
  • Community mobilization and training.
  • Pre-selection of target groups - 50 Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) stage.
  • Institutionalization of road maintenance using Do-nou and,
  • Capacity building support to Meru County.
Project Components

Enhancement of Livelihood Opportunities:

  • Formation and formalization of SMEs and;
  • Technical and financial support to SMEs.
Project Components

Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Knowledge Dissemination.

  • Overall project management.
  • Monitoring and evaluation.
  • Knowledge dissemination.

Do-nou Technology

Do-nou is a Japanese word for gunny bag. Do-nou Technology is a method of road rehabilitation using gunny bags. It involves filling of gunny bags with appropriate fill material laying it systematically on impassible sections of the roads, compacting to the required standard and covering with a wearing course. The result is a well-maintained road that leads to increased accessibility.

On the job training will be carried out on a stretch of 26km and will involve packing Do-nou bags with appropriate fill material; tying the open end properly; laying gunny bags systematically (rows and columns) on the damaged section of the road; and compacting them by hand rammer.

A gravel wearing course will then be applied on the roads.

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Accreditation

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  • info@corekenya.com
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