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[[Image:Rwambu project.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A wetland management and water harvesting project of the Rwambu catchment in Uganda. Photo: [http://www.akvo.org/rsr/project/439/ Akvo.org]]]
<font size="2" color=#06A5D1555555>'''Project period:''' October 2012 to December 2013 for the implementation. <br>Documentation and learning will take a longer time, possibly until the end of 2014.</font>
===Pilot challenge===
====Current situation====
The uphill areas require protection measures for erosion and runoff and would benefit from the increase in recharge produced by these protection measures. Due to the variety of slopes and soil types, 5 different technologies are going to be implemented.
===Location and partners===
[[Image:Rwenzori mountains.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Rwenzori Mountain range is in Western Uganda. Map credit: [http://www.ccentre.wa.gov.au/ForSchools/CHOGM/WhobelongstotheCommonwealth/Pages/Uganda.aspx ccentre.wa.gov.au]]]
* '''Location:''' The Rwambu area is in the West of Uganda on the boundary of the Ibanda and Kamwenge districts, Latitude: 0° 1'33.03" North of the Equator. Longitude: 30°24'55.54" East of Greenwich Meridian.
* '''Role and responsibility of main partner:''' JESE proposed the intervention area, worked with RAIN and Wetlands International and URWA on the program development and is the sole implementer of the project.
* '''Other partners:''' [http://www.wetlands.org/ Wetlands International] and [http://www.gharainwaterugandarainwater.org/urwa_contacts.html Uganda Rain Water Association (URWA)]
* '''Role and responsibilities of other partners:''' Technical advice, program advice, capacity building.
===Description===
* To compensate people who had to abandon cultivation in the wetland area.
====Strategy====
The strategy will be to divide the hill into different sections. On the top of the hill, that is now only used for grazing, we will plant trees. It is expected that the type of tree Grevillea Robusta will grow productively on the top of these hills without disturbing its agricultural use. The Grevillea is planted to stabilize the soil and catch more rainwater and allow it to infiltrate into the hill slope without diminishing the opportunity for grazing cattle.
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===Outputs===
====Technical====