A MEMORABLE EASTER FOR NAKIVALE CHILDREN

 

Elbag and the happy children celebrating Easter

The 2022 Easter holiday celebrations for children and adults living in the Nakivale Resettlement district have been made  memorable as the youth leadership in that area prepared food and entertainment for them

Elie Nuru Elbag a young and vibrant leader who runs the One Can Bakery made some delicious cookies for the kids.

Cookie parcels for each child

Easter is the time to share our love and compassion for each other as Jesus Christ did for the world when he gave up His life for the redemption of our sins.

Also read :Christmas Food Parcels For the less Privileged 

Writing on her Facebook Page Helen Stokes a key member and consultant of the Australia with Africa thanked  One Can Bakery for the amazing job they did for the little children. 

A free live concert was also organized and resident super star and reggae sensation Pat Sabag performed alongside El Consolato,Super and  Anderson.

A fired up Pat Sabag never disappointed as he gave us an electrifying performance 

To watch Pat Sabag's live performances please visit https://www.facebook.com/978072095591332/posts/5225489990849500/?app=fbl

or follow him on YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9M_rnK6fDnc

Indeed it was an Easter to remember!!

HEAVY RAINS HITS KwaZULU NATAL-MORE EXPECTED TO HIT CAPE TOWN

A traffic round -about destroyed by heavy floods in KZN

Heavy rainfall has hit a South African province, KwaZulu Natal.

At least 459 people have been reported dead by the time of publishing.

A lot of infrastructure and properties have been damaged, Houses could be seen drowning like mother earth is swallowing them.

Containers of goods, trucks and cars are seen covered in water, Highways looking like straight rivers.

It's really an eyesore, The damage caused by this floods is so disturbing.

Among the prominent damaged buildings is a Blind People's home, A big number of blind people were left homeless after the shelter was damaged.

Roads got destroyed during the KZN storm

Authorities reported that they had opened community halls in their efforts to assist the affected residents with shelter.

Climate change has resulted in parts of Southern Africa being hit by cyclones that have seen Mozambique and parts of Zimbabwe hit by 2 cyclones in a short space of time.

Climate change activists are calling for people to take their advice seriously and reduce their carbon emissions.

Speaking to SABC News , Climate Change and Energy activist Thandile Chinyavanhu warned that authorities in Cape Town must be prepared for similar or worse storms in the near future.
 

THE MIGRATORY LOCUST

The migratory locust on an Olive tree in Cape Town:Photo Credit:Takesure Matewa (2022)

The migratory locust scientifically known as Locusta Migratoria is a grey- brown grasshopper found in the various areas throughout the whole world. 

 It feed on plants, rangeland flora and economic crops such as corn/maize, sorghum and millet.Large groups of these locust can cause crop damage hence they are considered pests by farmers. Adults can grow up to 4 - 6 cm

They belong to the short horned grasshoppers, locusts and cricket family

Migratory locusts are mostly found where there is green plants and their common habitat is wetlands, agricultural fields and mountains.

Just like their cousins crickets, Migratory locusts  are  eaten by human beings  in Africa and other parts of the world and considered as a high source of protein.

NAKIVALE PERMACULTURE TRAINING PROGRAMME AT AN ADVANCED STAGE

 

Permaculture food production

Plans to equip a group of community leaders in the Nakivale Refugee Resettlement  area with Permaculture knowledge are at an advanced stage.

The training course is scheduled to commence on the 31st April to the 4th of May 2022 and will be attended by a number of young community leaders from the refugee community.

Permaculture courses are very essential for the Nakivale communities as they will gradually assist in food sustainability which is key to smooth running of schools that we recently wrote about in our previous articles.

Read:Refugees Cry For Humanitarian Help

Also read:War Could Not Stop His Dreams: The Story of Mugisha Namwanga

Lives of women, children and almost everyone in the camp has become so unbearable with the cost of living going up every day.

This comes as the UN is reported to have reduced the monthly ration for refugees to 13 000 Ugandan Shilling or US $3.50

Facilitated by trainers from Congo and the DRC , The training aims at empowering refugee communities with organic food production skills-reverting back to our African tradition of producing food without chemicals and fertilizers which are a health and environmental hazard.

Poteint Oliver Mayange, one of the members tasked with the planning of this training course said they were in need of the following

Theory /Class Training: We need A tent, Plastic Chairs,flip flops or board markers, note books and pens

Field Work (Practical part of the course): We need a piece of land, Hoes, Water Sprayers/Sprinklers, Jerry Cans, Ropes, Hammers and Nails.

Trainers will bring seeds whilst community members and trainees will have to provide organic manure in form of food waste like banana peels and leaves, egg shells, animal waste like cow dung, rabbit and goat droppings and so on.

The demonstration piece of land will be looked after by the trainees and will work as a prototype that will inspire fellow community members to start similar projects for self reliance and sustainable food production.

The project will result in a boost in food crop production and breeding of chicken, rabbits and goats in the Nakivale Refugee Settlement.

Advocate for Equality and Coordinator  for Australia with Africa who is helping with planning this permaculture training Australian based Human Rights Activist and Consultant Helen Stokes popularly known by the Nakivale Community as Sisii Helen told this publication that she managed to secure some resources needed to get the training started.

For the training course, more organizers are appealing for assistance in any form be it provision of the items listed above or financial assistance.

Helen Stokes can be contacted on the following contact details

Email:stokesh17@gmail.com

Phone:0477999500 (Australia)