Daimen and I arrived safe in Uganda and met with the members of SLINT (see Daimen’s post). We had a long bumpy drive to a small village in the Kiboga district, called Kiyuni, where community members were eager to learn about nursery set-up and tree care. This was motivated by members of SLINT who provided the community with Avocado seedlings the previous year. In our trip, Dennis, the executive director of SLINT, brought various indigenous tree seeds from the National Forest Center in Kampala.
Dennis presenting indigenous seeds to Kiyuni village
These seeds, along with a short workshop Daimen and I taught, were to start a community forestry project, as well as promoting self sufficient and sustainable ideas to members of Kiyuni, a remote village with poor road access. Environmentally conscious and sustainable practices become necessary to villages such as Kiyuni, where reliance on external resources is not an option, and where these practices promote community self-sufficiency.
Me conducting nursery and tree-planting workshop in Kiyuni
We hope to support Kiyuni further in their tree planting initiatives, through working with SLINT, as well as promoting environmental education and conservation and food security through using Permaculture techniques.
Meeting Kiyuni community members
A few SLINT beneficiaries
Estelle and Daimen (CFI) thank you for touring Kiyuni and for
sensitizing the rural community about nursery set-up and tree care
you really done a great job! Well done.
Best regards
GOOD WORK DONE
THANK YOU FOR SENSITIZING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT TREE PLANTING
Hi, am impressed by the work you are doing and the help you are extending to people. Thanks for the noble cause. To focus on a cause that has a both short and long term impact but bend more towards long term is a huge challenge but worth trying and i bet you can attest to the good outputs and outcomes from this village. I hope this will be scaled out to places like Kapchorwa, Kween and Bukwo that lack fruit trees and have suffered heavy deforestation in the recent past as a result there is massive soil degradation in form of soil erosion, soil fertility loss and landslides.
I would also like to work with you if there is an opportunity. I am forester working with NARO Buginyanya ZARDI in eastern Mt. Elgon region of Uganda. Bravo for the good work and keep up!