On 21st March 2014
thousands of Ugandans gathered at St.Kizito grounds in Mpigi district to
commemorate the International Forestry Day.
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| Theme of the day |
The event commenced with a band-march from
St.Kizito to the main town round-about.
In his speech as the representative of the chief Guest Hon. Ephraim Kamuntu,
the RDC asserted and I quote;
“I have learnt of the wonderful work
done by an environmental Organization called IDEAS for Uganda, IDEAS are you
here….? Come up front and I give you more IDEAS. I am suggesting to you that in
addition to the IDEAS you have, I the RDC of Mpigi hereby send you out there to
mobilise and train other Civil society organizations to develop new sources of
energy, specifically clean energy to create an alternative to wood fuel. I and
you will talk about more ideas when we meet for a discussion. Go and spread
IDEAS”
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| IDEASFORUGANDA AT A GLANCE |
The day was marked with Ceremonial
tree planting while 1000 seedlings were given out to community tree growing
groups and individuals in Mpigidisctrict, courtesy of Tree Talk Foundation
Uganda. Starting next week, we shall be carry out enrichment planting of 5ha in
Navugulu Central Forest reserve.
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| Students of st.Kizito matching |
Thanks to all development partners
and stakeholders including The ministry of Water and environment, the
Forest sector Support department, Environmental Alert, Care Uganda, ACODE,
FAMU, Saw log Production Grant Scheme (SPGS), Tree Talk Foundation and all the
IDEAS volunteers to making this day a success. See you all when we return to
plant 5 hectares Navugulu central Forest Reserve.
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| Some of the IDEASForMakerere chapter members at the Function posing for a photo.In the middle is the Central region coordinator,Mr.Matovu Paul |
