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Comic Relief and BBC Sport visit Living Earth Uganda...
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). The visit was in preparation for Sport Relief, which is one of Comic Relief's major fundraising efforts. |
BBC Sports and Comic Relief visist LEU
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Visiting the Gayaza mushroom project
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The group visited three of Living Earth Uganda’s local project partners: Gayaza Joint Association (GAJOA); Nansana Twezimbe Group (NTG) and Saving Energy Saving Stoves Africa (SESSA) in Lweza. Each project partner had been supported by the ULP project which encourages pro-poor public-private partnerships to deliver improved urban services. |
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. |
Backyard gardening at GAJOA
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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. |
Preparing the stoves at SESSA
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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
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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”.
Sengendo 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. |
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