PROJECT EXAMPLES
Completed
Increase access to clean and safe drinking water for vulnerable communities in informal urban settlements in Kenya
Period: October 2019 - April 2022
Partner(s): DEG (KfW), Vestergaard Frandsen East Africa Limited
Project Country: Kenya
Beneficiaries: 22,000 family members & 10,000 school going children
A joint project with the focus on increasing access to safe drinking water for the target area; reduction in waterborne and water related illnesses; economic growth due to increased productivity from a healthier workforce and savings on hospital visits from water related ailments.
2,200 family water filters have been distributed to families with a large number of children and 100 community water filters to schools and community centers.
Project activities included training and qualification of over 50 women as community clean water advocates, several community sensitization campaigns on WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene), household sensitization campaigns and finally distribution and installation of the water filters for the family and the communities.
Consultancy to review laboratory equipment specifications and capacity assessment for the Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS)
Period: September 2021 - March 2022
Partner(s): TradeMark East Africa, Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS), Department of Agricultural Research Services (DARS)
Project Country: Malawi
Beneficiaries: Consumers in Malawi and abroad
The main objective of this consultancy is to assess laboratory capacity of MBS and DARS to carry out relevant tests and plant pest diagnostics for food and agricultural products (mainly cereals, nuts, and pulses), with emphasis on traded commodities.
The scope of work included: testing capacity assessment of the overall Malawi Quality infrastructure, mainly at MBS and DARS; development of detailed laboratory specifications for testing equipment to be procured through TMEA support; skills and competency assessment, training needs analysis of laboratory staff; tender evaluation.
Consultancy to develop strategies for identifying respective companies to cooperate in the project and further create awareness on cooperative training benefits among these companies to support the TVET institutions
Period: August 2021 - December 2021
Partner(s): GIZ
Project Country: Kenya
Beneficiaries: 100+ trainees
The project aims to secure 20 training slots per vocation / training institution (total of 40 training slots for both KNP and RIAT); support the TTIs in securing of training slots in Nairobi region for the three TTIs (Kiambu Institute of Science and Technology, Nairobi Technical Training Institute, Thika Technical Training Institute) to secure 20 slots for each (totalling to 60 slots); strengthen the capacity of the respective TVET institutions staff, so that they can mobilize industries independently and run the program by themselves for all the subsequent intakes.
Consultancy to review specifications for laboratory equipment for the Somaliland Quality Control Commission (SQCC) in Berbera port
Period: October 2020 - February 2021
Partner(s): TradeMark East Africa, Somaliland Quality Control Commission (SQCC)
Project Country: Somaliland
Beneficiaries: Consumers in Somaliland and abroad
A project with the focus on achieving positive outcomes particularly for food, pharmaceutical and petroleum value chains.
To strengthen the nation's quality infrastructure systems by reducing counterfeits, promoting quality production, trade processes and increased access to local, regional and international markets, the SQCC is in the process of building a national laboratory based at the main entry point for traded goods; the Berbera Port.
The laboratory is going to ensure compliance of products exported from Somaliland to meet market requirements in the region and abroad. Additionally, the infrastructure will be used to ensure that products coming into the country are safe to use, thereby safeguarding consumer health and safety.
Consultancy to develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to facilitate conformance to food safety among private sector / industry players along selected value chains
Period: August 2019 - January 2020
Partner(s): MESPT
Project Country: Kenya
Beneficiaries: Consumers in Kenya, private sector / industry in the food sector
The objective of the project is to develop SOPs for three value chains namely Dairy, Aquaculture and Horticulture (beans, mango and avocado).
Consultancy on development and deployment of e-learning programme for participatory slum upgrading programme (PSUP)
Period: August 2018 - September 2019
Partner(s): UN Habitat
Project Country: Kenya
Beneficiaries: urban planners, academia, local authorities, country team members
The primary objective of the project is to develop e-learning courses to support the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP) to meet capacity gaps of countries, so that they are able to address slum upgrading and prevention in a sustainable and inclusive way.
In order to extend capacity building functionalities, an E-Learning Platform is also needed to host the E-Learning modules, and which would allow users from different countries the ability to access the information contained.
The e-learning modules and platform are being developed particularly for: urban planners, academia, local authorities, country team members.
Consultancy to finalize the National Export Standard for Fisheries Products in Somalia.
Period: July 2019 - October 2019
Partner(s): International Resource Group (IRG) / RTI International / USAID
Project Country: Somalia
Beneficiaries: Private sector / industry in the fisheries sector
The objective of the activity aims to finalize any policy and legislative documentation required by the Federal Somalia Government legislative process to implement minimum export standards for all fresh or processed aquatic species that are legally harvested in Somalia.
"Supply, installation and commissioning of machines for fitter turner workshop" Project
Supply, installation and commissioning of machines for fitter turner workshop at Don Bosco Technical Institute in Kakuma.
Period: February 2023
Partner(s): Don Bosco Technical Institute in Kakuma / GIZ
Project Country: Kenya
SDGs: 4, 8
Beneficiaries: Refugees from the Kakuma Refugee camps / local industry
This project included the supply, installation and commissioning of machines for metalworking as follows: 3 x Conventional Turning Machines, 2 x Conventional Milling Machines, 1 x Radial Drilling Machine, 1 x Surface Grinder Machine, 1 x. Bench Drilling Machine and 1 x Cylindrical Grinding Machine. In addition, the teachers (and also some students) of the metal workshop were trained on the machines for five days.