Social and Green Projects in Africa
Girls of Destiny Project, Uganda
Empowering a girl child to reach full potential. We work in partnership with Buikwe Full Gospel Church to duplicate the same project throughout our local communities in towns and the countryside. Website: http://fullgospelchildren.ning.com Location: Bweyogerere, Kampala
Objectives 1) To increase access to youth-friendly services, including vocational training, basic education, healthcare, and livelihood opportunities. 2) To empower young girls and all youths to have a greater knowledge and understanding of their basic human rights, relevant policies and development programmes within their localities. 3) To stimulate the participation of girls and all youths to hold accountable local poverty-reduction and decision-making interventions. 4) To advocate for a policy environment conducive to the rights and needs of girls and all young people. 5) Strengthen mechanisms for information dissemination and experience-sharing among girls and youth groups within and beyond Wakiso District.
Buiwke Tree Planting project
To improve the agricultural practices in the community and establish activities that will lead to future income generation. Our mission is; * to create opportunities for the local women around Buikwe communities * to improve the standard of education and health care * to preserve and sustainbly improve the environment Aim of project; * To grow 2000 million trees per year by establishing 2 community tree nurseries, each growing 1000,000 trees per year to provide sustainable source of wood for the future. * To train, educate and empower the local communities to sustainably manage their environment to reduce poverty. Project duration; * We will be opening nurseries as funds become available Project Location; Buikwe communities. Budget breakdown two Nurseries; Awareness training, tree nursery training, compost training 0 Basic tree nursery equipment, polythene tube and seeds 0 Purchasing of 2000,000 tree seedlings (2000’000*, 00) 00 Monitoring and Evaluation 0 Rewarding those who plant and properly care for seedlings 0
Total request for project USD2600 - pays for setting up and running of 2 tree nurseries for one year. This money pays for equipment, polythene tubes, seeds, training, monitoring, and transport. Buikwe community is a poor society and 99% of the people live in rural areas. Wood is a necessary part of every day life, and there is tremendous pressure to clear forests for agriculture. The present way of life is not sustainable, and wood has always been treated as a free resource and vast areas of woodland have been cleared up carelessly without any replanting for future generation. This deforestation also leads to soil erosion, land degradation and ultimately climate change, which is and will have a devastating effect.
Dr Simon Harding
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