TCRS intervention is based on water and sanitation, gender justice, human rights and good governance, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and environmental management. The direct groups involved in these interventions are village councils, water committees, land committees, disaster committees, social welfare committees, environment committees and Public Expenditure Tracking System (PETS) committees, water user groups and special groups such as people living with HIV and AIDS, People With Disabilities, youth, boys and girls in schools. TCRS also trains village animators who stand as a bridge between TCRS and the communities the organisation serves.
TCRS collaborates with the Government on sharing expertise by using government employees on secondment basis. This includes occasional hiring of trainers on environmental management, good governance, human rights, education and water and sanitation.
The Kishapu program is implemented through financial support from donor partners which enhanced TCRS to serve 82,800 people of 10,214 households in 47 villages.
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (Felm) funds three projects, namely, Kishapu Climate Change Adaptation Project serving 14 villages; Small Scale Reforestation Initiative in 2 villages and Building Community Resilience for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in 10 villages.
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) supported the Climate Smart Economic Empowerment (CSEE) activities in 6 villages and Fighting inequality in the agriculture sector in 10 villages. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) funded a livelihoods and food security project in 5 villages, Rural Urban Development Initiatives (RUDI) funded the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) project in 6 villages and Foundation for Civil Society (FCS) funded a project on good governance and accountability by Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) in water sector in 10 villages. The direct beneficiaries served by the project were 28,567 people (15,985 female and 12,582 male). The direct beneficiaries comprise vulnerable women and men including youths, persons with disabilities, people with HIV and AIDS, girls and boys in schools and village leaders. Project implementation focused on community resilience building through gender equality human rights, sustainable livelihood, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), food security, environment management and good governance (transparency and accountability).
