All photos on this site are copyrighted to Living Earth, unless otherwise stated.
|
 |
News
On 21st and 22nd April 2008, Living Earth Uganda organised a National Conference on Urban Environment with the theme of "Enabling Urban Poor to realize their potential though partnerships". A cross section of local community groups and businesses, civil society organisations and private sector companies were invited to attend and to share their experiences of Living Earth's Urban Livelihoods Project.
Find out more about the conference here.
Watch three short films about initiatives supported by Living Earth Uganda's Urban Livelihoods Project
With special thanks to Dominick Reuter and Leah Garvin for producing the films.
Read Living Earth Uganda's Quarterly (July - Sept) Newsletter here....
BBC Sport visits Living Earth Uganda projects
On 3rd July 2007, Living Earth Uganda hosted a team from Comic Relief (UK) and presenters and producers from BBC Sports, including ex-footballer Les Ferdinand. They came to visit the Comic Relief-funded Urban Livelihoods Project (ULP). |
©Living Earth Foundation
|
©Living Earth Foundation
|
The visit was in preparation for Sports Relief, which is one of Comic Relief's major fundraising efforts. The group visited three of Living Earth’s local project partners: Gayaza Joint Association (GAJOA); Nansana Twezimbe Group (NTG) and Saving Energy Saving Stove Africa (SESSA) in Lweza. |
At the GAJOA site the visitors viewed examples of “backyard gardening” including mushroom growing and vertical kitchen gardens – vegetables grown in sacks or metal drums in confined spaces between closely-packed house. They also saw organic natural juice, honey and crafts, made by local GAJOA members, which GAJOA then sells. Another two community groups, Akutwala Ekiro and Bukesa Urban Farmers’ Association were invited by their counterparts of GAJOA to exhibit their products. |
©Living Earth Foundation
|
The group then visited a community-managed solid waste collection service operating in Nansana Town Market. The Nabugabo Investments Ltd was set up and trained through the Urban Livelihoods Project, and now has a formal contract with Nansana Town Council to manage and recycle the waste from the Nansana Town Market. Similar small businesses have been given support, advice and business skills training through the ULP, and they too have formal contacts with local councils in the region.
Finally the team visited Saving Energy Saving Stove Africa (SESSA) where they saw cooking briquettes made from vegetable waste and energy saving stoves being made. The briquettes are an ingenious solution to the huge demand for firewood in a city like Kampala, using, as its base ingredient, dried plantain peelings recycled from household waste. |
©Living Earth Foundation
|
The stoves and energy efficient ovens are made from scrap metals, vermiculite and pumice, and are sold to institutions and households in Uganda and elsewhere.
Find out more about the Urban Livelihoods Project here
______________________________________________ |
LEU helps to develop Plastics Recycling Project
Living Earth Uganda in partnership with Rwenzori Beverage Company and other associated companies have been planning the implementation of plastics recycling projects in Kampala.
This project will mainly be a Consumer Education Programme. Living Earth Uganda has already begun collecting plastics from the communities implementing the Urban Livelihoods Project (ULP).
Woven Polypropylene bags have been distributed by the ULP Team for the community groups to collect the plastic waste which will be retrieved by the Recycling Company. Other collection bags have also been distributed to institutions and clients to collect plastics for the recycling. |
LEU Organises Solid Waste Management Forum
As part of the Urban Livelihoods Project, Living Earth Uganda (LEU) organized a Solid Waste Management (SWM) forum in Kampala in April last year, to bring together all the stakeholders involved in SWM in Kampala, including fifteen companies and enterprises as well as officials from the Ministry of Local Government, Municipal and Town Councils where LEU operates, and Environment Statutory bodies.
The Forum was organized by Living Earth Uganda (LEU) to highlight the problems associated with SWM and collection in Kampala.
There are over thirty companies in Kampala alone dealing in SWM. The challenges they face include unclear tendering and contracting procedures, unfair competition due to corruption in Local Government, and failure to pay for SWM services particularly in the poorer sections of the city. This has led to segmentation of the market focusing on areas where the residents can afford the user fees. This means that areas where the majority of the population lives are also the ones which are not serviced.
After enlightening presentations and discussions, the SWM Forum ended by resolving to reactivate the Uganda Solid Waste Management Association which was formed back in 2000 but never took off. It was agreed that through this association issues of common concern for stakeholders and companies involved in SWM will be addressed and a common forum used to raise issues which need the attention of both local and central governments.
For more information contact Living Earth Uganda |
LEU Participates in Gatsby Exhibition
Living Earth Uganda participated in the second Technology Exhibition organized by Uganda Gatsby Trust (UGT) from July 19th to July 25th 2006.
UGT operates under the Faculty of Technology, Makerere University. It is mandated to develop the technological base of the small and medium enterprise sector in Uganda, enabling the growth of such enterprises. This year’s theme was “Technology Development in SMEs, the future for Uganda’s Industrial base in the next Ten years".
Three Micro enterprises supported by LEU took part in the exhibition which attracted over two hundred exhibitors from within Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
KICA OBANGA which deals in recycling metal scrap into saucepans was able to make better sales than ever before and the group has been able to expand its market from Lira and other parts of the northern region to Kampala.
Found out more about this project here |
Award Winning NGO
In 2001 Living Earth Uganda (LEU) celebrated winning the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) Gold Award for 'Best NGO' for their work in mobilisation activities towards establishing partnerships between local Community Based Organisation’s (CBO’s), businesses and government, to develop initiatives and best practice in environmental management.
Find out more...
LEU has also received NEMA certificates in 2001, 2002 and 2004 in recognition of their work and their active participation in the annual World Environment Day.
|
|
|
Uganda in a Nutshell
“The visit of the Comic Relief Team has given a new dimension to the ULP project especially as it promotes confidence in the project partners and beneficiaries and creates linkages with the donors” Noah Wandera, Living Earth Uganda
|
“We were very glad to see that the visitors had the time to come and see what is happening on the ground. It gave us an opportunity to express our views and we were so excited that they showed interest in our products and even bought them. This has motivated us to do even more and better thing”.
Ssengendo Zawedde, Member of community group supported by ULP |
“The visitors were so impressed with the Tin-Man from Lira and the fact that scrap metal can actually be recycled to make usable and durable saucepans and cooking pots”
Irene Mirembe, Living Earth Uganda. |
Back to Top
Back to Top
|
Living Earth
5 Great James Street, London WC1N 3DB, England
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7440 9750 • Facsimile: +44 (0) 20 7242 3817
Copyright © Living Earth Foundation 2008 | Sitemap |
copyright countryreports.org