Urban Livelihoods Project:

The Tin Man of Lira

Kica Obanga, otherwise known as the Tin Man of Lira, is an aluminium recycling business based in the Lira municipality of Northern Uganda. Watch the film below to learn how this organisation is inspiring others to derive sustainable livelihoods from their environment by turning scraps into shillings...

"We are trying to use our environment to solve some of the problems which we face ...that is the foundation for developing underdeveloped economies."
Ambrose Atwoko, Deputy Town Clerk, Lira

Find out more about the Urban Livelihoods Project here.


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Tin Man of Lira

 

With thanks to Dominick Reuter and Leah Garvin for filming and producing the films.

 

 


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