SUNCASA
ከሰሃራ በታች ባሉ የአፍሪካ የአየር ንብረት መላመድ (Scaling Urban Nature-based Solutions (NbS)) የ3 አመት ፕሮጀክት ሲሆን በኢትዮጵያ፣ ሩዋንዳ እና የከተማ ማህበረሰቦች ውስጥ የመቋቋም፣ የፆታ እኩልነት፣ ማህበራዊ ማካተት እና የብዝሀ ህይወት ጥበቃን ለማሳደግ ያለመ የ3 አመት ፕሮጀክት ነው። ደቡብ አፍሪቃ።
SUNCASA በድሬዳዋ (ኢትዮጵያ)፣ በኪጋሊ (ሩዋንዳ) እና በጆሃንስበርግ (ደቡብ አፍሪካ) ከፍተኛ የጎርፍ አደጋ ተጋላጭ በሆኑ አካባቢዎች የሚኖሩ 2.2 ሚሊዮን ሰዎችን ተጠቃሚ ያደርጋል። በአለምአቀፍ ጉዳዮች ካናዳ በሽርክና ለአየር ንብረት ፕሮግራም እና በ IISD እና በአለም ሪሶርስ ኢንስቲትዩት የሚሰጥ፣ SUNCASA ከተለያዩ የሀገር ውስጥ ድርጅቶች ጋር በመተባበር ይተገበራል። የፕሮጀክቱ ሥርዓተ-ፆታ ምላሽ ሰጪ NbS ወደ ላይ የተፋሰሱ አካባቢዎችን በአግሮ ደን ልማት፣ በደን ልማት እና በደን መልሶ ማልማት፣ በቦፈር ዞን መፍጠር እና በከተማ የዛፍ ተከላ ማደስ እና ጥበቃን ያጠቃልላል።
የእኛ ከተሞች

ድሬዳዋ
SUNCASA በድሬዳዋ ኢትዮጵያ የሚገኘውን የዴቻቱ ወንዝ ተፋሰስ ወደነበረበት በመመለስ የጎርፍ አደጋን፣ የአፈር መሸርሸርን እና የከተማ የውሃ ውጥረትን በመቀነስ ከ200,000 በላይ ሰዎችን ተጠቃሚ ያደርጋል።

ኪጋሊ
በኪጋሊ፣ ሩዋንዳ፣ SUNCASA በታችኛው የኒያባሮንጎ ወንዝ ተፋሰስ ውስጥ የሚገኙትን ጥቃቅን ንክኪዎች ወደነበረበት ይመልሳል፣ የጎርፍ አደጋን፣ የመሬት መንሸራተትን እና የአፈር መሸርሸርን በመከላከል የ975,000 ሰዎችን የመቋቋም አቅም ያሻሽላል።

ጆሃንስበርግ
በጆሃንስበርግ፣ ደቡብ አፍሪካ የሚገኘው SUNCASA፣ ወራሪ የውጭ ዝርያዎችን እና የዛፍ ተከላ ተነሳሽነቶችን በማስወገድ፣ የጎርፍ መጥለቅለቅን በመቀነስ እና ለ 1.045 ሚሊዮን ሰዎች የውሃ ደህንነትን በማሻሻል የጁክስኬይ ወንዝ ተፋሰስን ያድሳል።
ዜና እና ክስተቶች

Year One of SUNCASA Progress: Lessons in Nature-Based Solutions
In its first year of implementation, the Scaling Urban Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Climate Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SUNCASA) project has delivered significant results, laying the foundation for scaling up gender-equitable and socially inclusive climate adaptation efforts in 2025 and 2026 in Dire Dawa (Ethiopia), Kigali (Rwanda), and Johannesburg (South Africa).

Challenging Gender Discriminatory Norms, Practices, and Beliefs in Sub-Saharan Africa
SUNCASA held a series of training sessions to support women and other underrepresented groups in overcoming the barriers preventing their access to natural resources and meaningful participation in nature-based solutions governance.

Kigali Shares Lessons on Flood Risk Reduction and Gender Equality With Other Sub-Saharan African Cities
KIGALI, RWANDA—Representatives from 14 organizations and city governments delivering the USD 21 million SUNCASA project will meet in Kigali this week to exchange experiences and insights on advancing nature-based solutions (NbS) for reducing flood and climate risk while improving the lives of women and vulnerable groups.

3 African Cities Restore Nature to Revitalize Their Rivers
Africa’s cities, from large metropolises to smaller towns, are increasingly characterized by growing urban sprawl. As cities and surrounding farmlands expand further into their hinterlands, they encroach upon watersheds essential to water supply and climate resilience.

The New Times | Becoming a city in the forest: Catalyzing Kigali’s climate resilience through nature
By 2026, SUNCASA aims to enhance the resilience of 975,000 Kigali residents while promoting gender equality, social inclusion, and biodiversity protection.

Mail & Guardian | Alexandra Water Warriors are reviving Joburg’s Jukskei River
As one of the city’s largest rivers, the Jukskei’s roughly 50km course inexorably marks it as a casualty of Johannesburg’s rapid urbanisation. Its deeply eroded waterways have long been a repository of the city’s sewage, stormwater, litter, industrial waste and building rubble. But through the work of the community-based Alexandra Water Warriors, the healing and restoration of the blighted river is under way. (Photo: Delwyn Verasamy| M&G)