The Awakening Giant Did you know that in the colonial era between the 1900s and 1960s: Busoga was known as a food basket for Uganda and the wider East African region because of its fertile soils, favorable rainfall, and proximity to Lake Victoria and the Nile, which facilitated the production of abundant cash crops such as Cotton and sugarcane and food crops such as maize, millet, cassava, beans, groundnuts, bananas, and rice. So Busoga wasn’t only feeding its people; it supported Kampala, Jinja’s industries, and neighboring regions, making it an agricultural and industrial hub until degradation, overpopulation, and land-use changes…
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World Environment Day
Running Out of Trees(ROOTS)
To our silent Warriors who work towards contributing to national development through restoring Uganda’s degraded ecosystems, your dedication and tireless work behind the scenes in planting Seeds of Change has resonated in our ecosystems’ health, and Your Reward is ahead.
This Labor Day, as we celebrate the dedication and resilience of workers across Uganda and the entire World, let us also reflect on the labor of love we owe our environment. Our forests are fast disappearing, and with them, the livelihoods, health, native trees, and future of our communities are threatened. Let’s honor our work by protecting our native trees. Join the ROOTs (Running Out of Trees) campaign and take action to restore Uganda’s green cover. 40 Million Trees Annually: One Ugandan = One Tree
Mr. Muhindo James of ACODE spearheading vote counting to elect the new steering committee of Uganda Forest Working Group (UFWG), which took place on 12th March 2020 at Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala
Dr. Patrick Byakagaba, the newly elected chairperson of Uganda Forest Working Group (UFWG) addressing members during the Annual General Meeting that took place on 12th March 2020 at Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala