SAVING ORGANIC

Enhancing Environmental Literacy and Organic Household

Waste Management Project

Team Freedom :
Eaint Shwe Yee, Sumon, Hnin Ei, Swan Htet Linn, Zin Myo kyaw
Table of content
1. Project Summary
2. Project Goal and Objectives
3. Project Activities
4. Project TImeline
5. Procurement & Sourcing Strategies
6. Quality Assurance & Control
7. Stakeholders needs & expectations
8. Risk assessment and mitigation plans
9. Type of contract and payment methods

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Project Summary
Project Title Saving Organic

The most common open burning places in Myanmar - Yangon, Sittwe

Target Area/Location
Township (Rakhine State) & Ye Township (Mon State)

Project Duration 6-months (1st July - 31st December 2022)

People in mid-aged between the ages of 40 and 60, farmers and anyone
Target Population
who have a strong interest in the issue

30 participants per training

Beneficiaries
270 participants

3-days , 3 trainings per state

Numbers of Training
Total - 9 trainings

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Project Goal
Our goal is to reduce the organic waste disposal practices which contribute GHGs emissions by raising the environmental
literacy and sustainability awareness of the people.

Project Objectives
1) To improve environmental literacy of the people from targeted areas instead of burning of dry leaves and disposing
the organic waste to the landfills
2) To be aware of a sustainable process of soil rehabilitation and alternative solutions called composting Methods
3) To apply eco-friendly practices that lead to environmental sustainability and create opportunities for community farms
and local families

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Project Activities
We will conduct our environmental literacy project with four different activities.

1. Baseline Assessment Survey

About 270 households from Yangon, Sittwe (Rakhine State) and Ye (Mon State)
2. Assessment Review
3. Providing On-ground Training
4. In-person Follow-up Interview

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Training Details

● Introduction to climate change & greenhouse effect

Section 1 ● Waste management system in Myanmar
● Systematic waste disposal methods and responsible consumption
Day 1

● Organic household waste management and its pros & cons

Section 2
● The alternative solutions

How to manage organic household waste or make organic fertilizer by cold

Day 2 Practical 1
composting method.

How to manage organic household waste or make organic fertilizer by the Bokashi
Day 3 Practical 2
method.

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Project TImeline
Project Activities Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Month 6

1. Socialization Trips & Need Assessment Survey Month 1

1.1. Baseline Assessment Trip in Yangon Month 1

1.2 Baseline Assessment in Sittwe (Rakhine State)
1.3 Baseline Assessment in Ye (Mon State)

2. Procurement Month 1

3. Assessment Review Month 1

4. Providing Organic household waste management and Month 2 Month 3 Month 4

reduction of GHGs Emission Training

4.1 (3) days training in Yangon Month 2

4.2 (3) days training in Sittwe, Month 3

Rakhine State

4.3 (3) days training in Ye, Mon State Month 4

4. Follow up/ Endline Survey Month 5

5. Reporting Month 6

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Procurement Sourcing Strategies
Insourcing
● procurement plan ● project manager, project team, finance

● procurement conduction Outsourcing

● trainers, field coordinators, supplier (key supplier-Bokashi Myanmar)
● procurement process

● the role of project manager Near sourcing

● workshops, training places

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Stakeholders Needs and Expectations
Stakeholders Needs Expectations
Donor Support Funding Successful project outcomes, quality & quantity, on budget
Project manager Cooperating, Reporting, Control, Planning, Time, quality, payment
Resourcing, communication
Finance Person To finance the project Provide sufficient funds on time
Field coordinator Monitor field service activities cultural Quality of work, smooth workflow, time
background, communication, negotiation
Trainer Flexible, background knowledge, Enhance audiences’ knowledge and performance
communication
Local organization Information, collaboration, communication, Assist the project or organization with full of information
supportive
Audience Commitment, time, flexible, passionate Gain knowledge, practical, feasible, cheap
Supplier Provide materials To provide materials in time, quality, cost

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Risk Management
Risk Rating Reason/Cause Consequence Mitigation Measure
Travel Authorization is Advocate the government (Department of social welfare and
issued in targeted Detained by govt collaboration committee.
Medium Delay implementation
community especially in authorities Build relationships together while conducting socialization trips in
Rakhine State Rakhine state and maintain a good relationship with them.
Reach out and network with similar organizations, network with the
Low participation and
influential people in the communities,
interested by the target Not properly
Conduct more sharing sessions together with socialization trip and
communities to join the presented about the Do not meet targeted
High provide documents, consult with the partner organizations and
training program & Lack of training of the participants in the training
community leaders, and explain details of the training, including
Interest by targeted project
objectives, advertise via social media and disseminates information
community participants
such as such as flyers, pamphlets in targeted communities
Participants from the Not properly
explain the participants while conducting a socialization trip and get
targeted community presented the
High Cannot conduct training confirmation all about the training effectiveness, how important the
dependency is increased in effective of the
training.
Rakhine State training beforehand
Increased of Commodities
Only do the situational monitoring, prior agreement when
prices
Not properly added Delay project purchasing equipment and stationeries, reach out donor organization
(Inadequate budget because High
budget contingency implementation to be flexible and revised the budget if they approved
of increase of commodities
prices)

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Risk Management

Risk Rating Reason/Cause Consequence Mitigation Measure

The occurrence of prevalent

Covid-19 in targeted Redesign/change to online sessions where the internet can
Not properly plan
communities in coming months High Delay project implementation access and provide safe facilities for personal hygiene and
before project start
of 2022 during our sanitation to maintain healthy environment
implementation of the project

Unable to access the project

Increased violence during the Postpone the program implementation while violence
High NA areas. Project will not be able to
implementation periods increases
be carried out.

Communicate by phone rather than emailing, keep the

The frequency of Internet data in a safe place, convey information data by staff and
blackout and curfew in target Medium NA Delay project implementation reduce class time, suspend evening training while curfew
townships of Rakhine State and blackout is in force during training implementation
period.

Flooding and
Unexpected weather due to damaging roads, Delay in project Situational monitoring of the weather, some activities to
Medium
rainy seasons affect project implementation be suspended especially in Mon State
implementation

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Quality Assurance & Control
Standard 1 :
All the team members have to be aware of the negative impacts of opening burning and its consequences

Standard 2 :
Team members have to be passionate to enlighten the stakeholders concerning environmental literacy
knowledge and skills during the workshops and throughout their lifelong time

Standard 3 :
All the collaborators, speakers, trainers, and trainees have to know and respect the goals of this project, and
their actions relating to this project should implement the plans

Standard 4 :
Training materials and resources should be flexible depending on time and circumstances unless those could
not lead the opposite direction of project goals

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