The Ilkerin Loita Integral Development Programme (ILIDP) is a community organization that has successfully incorporated drought cycle management in all its operations.  Started in 1972, ILIDP is owned and run by the Loita Maasai pastoralists of the Narok District, Kenya.  It consists of one main centre and six Pastoralists Community Development Associations.  ILIDP supports and facilitates initiatives by these community organizations, each of which serves between 2,000 and 4,000 people.  In 2000-01, the community associations and their disaster committees carried out all drought-relief and

The demand of small-scale farmers in Kenya for cheap and readily available irrigation technology has led artisans to develop ways to imitate imported sprinklers with improvised materials.  Artisans were able to produce an astonishing variety of sprinklers using different materials and technologies and for different purposes.

People of Rajasthan construct dams to retain monsoon waters for times of drought.

This Indian-German Financial-Cooperation Project project has (1) constructed 59 cyclone shelters; (2) helped communities develop a Contingency Plan of their own; (3) enabled individual households to discuss and share best practices to stay prepared for a cyclone;(4) esablished a shelter communities fund through individual household contributions to address the emergency disaster situations, paying premium for the insurance, village development activities, and shelter repairs, and (5) developed audio-visuals on disaster Risk Reduction Measures for awareness-raising and sensitization on the rol

In the drought-prone regions of Maharashtra State, the Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) is helping poor communities reclaim degraded lands through the regeneration and sustainable management of watersheds. About 70 percent of Maharashtra’s land area is hot semi-arid to arid, supporting agriculture that is largely dependent upon monsoon rainfall. Precipitation is concentrated in just a few months of the year and is highly variable in frequency, intensity, and geographic coverage.

Ethiopia, with the help of the World Food Program, has an early warning system that monitors food shortages and communicates danger of famine. This system has been evolving since 1976. Currently, it is implemented by the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Committee. The activities performed by this Committee include assessing the adequacy of food to local populations, monitoring the effect of climatic variation on food availability, supplying seed or food where necessary, and communicating the risk of famine to a wide audience through media and other means.

El Salvador regularly suffers from droughts (particularly in the east) seriously damaging crops including maize, bean, rice, sorghum, and watermelon.  In 2002, the Red Cross implemented the Drought Response and Mitigation Project with one overall objective: to increase the capacity of subsistence farmers in the east of the country to better respond to and recuperate from future unfavourable climatic conditions.

The Analog Forestry Initiative focuses on protection of watersheds, revegetation of the riversides, and adaptation activities such as crop diversification with emphasis on permanent crops. In the forest realm, the project designs Analog Forests using a diversity of species (especially those with broader geographical ranges) capable of supplying the environmental needs of the community in the event of climatic changes. It also establishes tree nurseries as spaces for researching the adaptation of species.

This ongoing action was not primarily oriented for adaptation to climate change, but the Cuban government has realized that the benefits of the program are crucial to increase the adaptation capacity of the Cuban population. With this program, the government hopes that an important number of the diseases related with climate change influence have been eradicated at national and local levels. Link to Source

Following the floods of 2002, the Costa Rican Red Cross initiated a community training program in disaster preparedness and prevention, community first aid, and psychological support.  The idea of an early warning system was presented to communities with the understanding that the communities themselves would operate and follow through with the system.  Building materials were distributed to support structures such as retaining walls and for repairing drinking-water pipes damaged in the landslide.  Meanwhile, local authorities established an emergency committee to coordinate disaster respon