In response, ForAfrika launched an integrated recovery and resilience program in the affected areas, focusing on both immediate recovery and long-term disaster risk reduction. Key components of the program include:

Promoting backyard agroforestry:
Engaging 20 model farmers and 400 follower farmers to integrate agroforestry practices into their farming systems, promoting sustainable land use and environmental restoration.

Introducing weather-resilient agriculture:
Enhancing community resilience to weather-related shocks while improving agricultural productivity through sustainable, adaptive farming techniques.

The program also embeds Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and afforestation measures aimed at stabilizing slopes and preventing future landslides. Comprehensive catchment management interventions combining physical and biological conservation methods have been implemented.

The initiative has produced significant positive outcomes, reducing the risk of landslides, restoring degraded land, and empowering farmers with tools, seeds, and seedlings. Farmers have also adopted nutrition-dense crops such as cassava, alongside coffee cultivation to diversify income sources and improve household nutrition.

In recognition of its impactful work, ForAfrika received a Certificate of Recognition from the Gofa Development Association Board. The certificate was jointly signed by Hon. Dr. Tesfaye Belgige, Board Chair and Member of the House of Peoples’ Representatives, and Professor Eyasu Elias, a distinguished scholar and senior professor at Addis Ababa University.