Youths and farming.
After exilic period, the government of Uganda has tried to introduce number of programs in the country to eradicate poverty especial in northern part of the country these includes National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), Plan to Modernize Agriculture (PMA) to promote the production of agriculture and Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF), and environmental Alert (E.A) also fully supports to increase peasants’ income level in the districts of Moyo, Adjumani and Yumbe respectively .
Mr. Dralowi Charles & Innocent trained farmers supervising their Maize garden in Metu sub-county:Field visit 30th /09/2011
Despite all the above affirmative action, the majority of the population especially in Moyo district-Uganda that has seriously suffered for more than two decades (20 or more years) is still completely below the poverty line. In many homes, acquisition of basic needs such food and education is a big challenge. Some people have ever starved. Sons and daughters of the peasants hardly go to well to do schools.
Field visit 14th /08/2011
Coupling with bad culture, the girl child education is marginalized. Generally, women have very little say on ownership of factors of production such as land, the children they produce and they themselves especially for those dowry(KBT) has been paid.
HIV/AIDS has made matters worse by claiming so many lives of the industrious age group leaving behind widows, orphans, and the elderly who cannot produce, but depend. As such, the dependent syndrome is very high. This has caused frustration, low self esteem, stress and suicide.
The management of action against poverty (AAP) decided to present the concept paper on: capacity building in agro- nutrition-income to provide solution to these matters (tragedy).
Mr. Drale pruning some of the excess cassava stocks for re-planting in his field/garden in Metu Sub-county :Field visit 14th /08/2011
Advantages.
The programme will benefit the members a lot and all the blogger users. When the capacity of the members is built, they will be able to produce enough food, consume enough in order to improve their Nutritional status and sell the excess for income for acquiring basic needs. They will be able to feed themselves well, send their children to better schools for better and quality education, get very good medical services and other ‘needs’ and ‘wants’.
AAP has the ability to secure more than ten (10) acres for the programme. There is readily available labour (group members will work at low cost as a demo plots).
Conclusion.
Good hygiene promotes better health and living for all types of people regardless of children or adults. It also contributes a lot to good performance of pupils and students in schools.
Following positive attention to support the grassroots, most of these information will be addressed and majority of the people will be lifted out of the serious poverty.
Prepared by:
Field Officer
Metu Maarifa Centre.
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