Isiolo women under the umbrella of Queen of Peace community-based organisation during a meeting at Daaba, in Ngaremara Ward, on July 4, 2026. [Ali Abdi, Standard]
Isiolo women want a bigger part of the County Climate Change Fund (CCCF) to be channeled to counter non-economic losses and damages.
Under the umbrella of Queen of Peace community-based organisation, representatives of 28 women groups with over 3,000 members from wards in the county said that the kitty which was piloted first in Isiolo in 2011with funds from the World Bank had not yet fully addressed the challenges those in villages go through as a result of the effects of climate change.
They urged the administration to focus more on the Non-Economic Losses and Damages (NELD) by empowering women and the youth in the villages who are faced by the challenges of the adverse effects of climate change using the funds under CCCF.
CCCF, that also covered covered Garissa, Kitui, Makueni and Wajir during the pilot period before it was rolled out nationwide, had received support through national programmes like the World Bank-backed Financing Locally-Led Climate Action (FLLOCA) initiative.
