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The Department of Agrarian Reform launched the Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling Project (SPLIT) in October 2020, which will grant individual titles to collective CLOA holders as mandated under CARP within three years. But land rights groups, like ORKALEFF and KAISAHAN, caution DAR to first ensure that ARBs are not vulnerable to pawning or selling their land and are capable to make their land productive. In Leyte, SPLIT targets 3,000 collective CLOAs awarded to farmers now in their 60s or mid-50s ordeceased. Some may be unable to farm but with heirs who can continue farming their land. It is crucial that these ARBs retain land ownership, especially now with the economic pressures from the COVID-19 pandemic. How will the SPLIT project involve these ageing farmers and their heirs given COVID-19 restrictions for senior citizens and mass gatherings? ORKALEFF and KAISAHAN targets to influence DAR to ensure that ageing ARB members and their heirs are qualified to benefit from the SPLIT project, are not disenfranchised, and understand the repercussions of individual titling under SPLIT on their land rights. Specifically, it targets the following: 1. Local and national criteria and processes for the validation and prioritization of beneficiaries under the SPLIT project are influenced in favor of the qualified ageing ARBs and youth heirs. 2. Ageing ORKALEFF members and youth heirs are not disenfranchised or forced into parcelization by the SPLIT processes. 3. Clearer policies on ARB succession in collective EPs/CLOAs and policy or government directives on the provision of support services to ARB SPLIT beneficiaries are issued. The project will focus on ORKALEFF members in Ormoc City and Kananga and KAISAHAN partner ARB organizations in municipalities of Capoocan and Alangalang in Leyte. Other key actors are DAR, concerned agencies and CSO advocates.

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CCFC, established in 2011, works in 10 provinces, covering 74 communities w/r to land rights and protection of natural resources. They organize, build the capacity of farmer communities, network at grassroots level in order to have one voice and to promote transparency and good governance by the government, donor community and private sector. For FIRST project, CFCF aimed to improve the influence capacity, analytical skill, and meaningful engagement of small-holder’s farmers, local leaders, and women leaders on the Cambodia Social Protection Mechanism to be more inclusive in developing and delivering. To implement the project effectively and efficiency, CCFC will work closely and directly with 250 (40% of females) small-holder’s farmers, local leaders, and women leaders in some selected CCFC’s target communities where are located in 11 target provinces, including Kosh Kong, Preah Sihanouk, Kampong Spue, Kampot, Takeo, Kandal, Prey Veng, Svay Reing, Thbong Khmom, Kratie, and Preah Vihear.

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The goal of this project is to give women more agency so that they can gain access to agricultural land and see their own initiatives for social and economic development bolstered by the community. The project will encourage both men and women to participate in atraining program designed to increase their knowledge and, in particular, to encourage men to alter their behavior and stereotypes in ways that will open up more opportunities for women to work the land. More than that, the program will provide men with a more nuanced understanding of women's perspectives, allowing them to move beyond seeing them as objects of amusement and instead include them in social and economic development decisions, particularly those pertaining to land access and the distribution of agricultural goods. Meetings for raising awareness, training, support, networking, and advocacy that actively involves those who will ultimately benefit from the project (the right holders and duty bearers) are the mainstays. The activities will be completed through the use of several methods, including the Empowerment Approach, the Rights Based Approach, the Facilitation Approach, and the Integrated Approach. The Mazingira Kwanza monitoring team, in conjunction with the focal person from the District Community Office, District WelfareOffice, Ward, and Community level, and on leaders from beneficiary's groups, will implement a monitoring mechanism (Track Results Taskforce). The taskforce's primary responsibility will be to keep tabs on how things are progressing on a day-to-day basis. To further track changes and gauge the project's success, other monitoring and evaluation activities like team meetings, activity reports, monthly and quarterly reports, and similar activities can be used. Among the activities that will be implemented include: Activity 1. Project Kickoff Community Meeting and introduction to the selected district at the LGA Activity: 2. Provision of capacity strengthening and training to 50 women on land and legal rights, financial literacy and enterpreneurship activities through modern farming. The workshop will be run for two weeks Workshop. Activity: 3. To Raise awareness on the women's land rights for equality and economic growth Activity 4. Provision of raw materials and other needed resources to support 50 women trained in modern farming Activity 5. Communication and reporting Activity 6. Linking and Learning