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.

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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)