WORLD TOURISM DAY

  IDEAS FOR NKUMBA AWARDED FOR WORLD TOURISM DAY CELEBRATIONS 

This Friday 27^th 2013 has been the World Tourism Day and celebrations have been on-going globally. Here in Uganda, the national celebrations  organized by the ministry of  Tourism, wildlife and antiquities were held Booma Grounds in Fort Portal district western Uganda under the theme” Tourism and water, Protecting our common future.”




Miss Wildlife Uganda ( third from right), Mudenya Nelson  of IDEAS for Nkumba
 ( center), Mr. Wildlife (third fro left) and youth leaders show off the IDEAS for Uganda World tourism day banner

Poetry for water; IDEAS for Airforce presenting their poem

Likewise, IDEAS for Uganda Nkumba chapter joined hands with Entebbe Secondary school to organize special celebrations for the young people in Wildlife Clubs of Uganda (WLCU) hosted at Entebbe S.S main grounds. Over 30 secondary schools from around Uganda attended this ceremony and participated including Kibuli S.S, Kawempe Moslem, Jinja S.S, Mityana S.S, Kitante S.S, Rwakashingashe S.S from Bushenyi district, Airforce Secondary Schools, Masaba S.S from Mbale, among others and other Organisations like Shoe Bill Stork Foundation.

Students stand up to witness the " Dance to environment" battle.
IDEAS fpr Uganda track was one of the dance tracks.



 

 

The events of the day included poetry (coordinated by IDEAS for Airforce secondary school), tree planting and clean up exercises (coordinated by IDEAS for Nkumba), folk music from Rwakashingashe school, “Dance for Environment by various schools, Public lecture based on the theme “Tourism and Water, protecting our common future” (by Dr. Christopher Bakoneta of Makerere university) .

Among the focal areas empasised by Br. Bakoneta was the campaign for wetland protection, shift from Hydro-electric power to other sources of energy like solar and biogas so as to protect the scenic beauty of the “Pearl of Afica.”He also hinted on the need to protect lake Victoria from pollution by the Kalangala / Buvuma Island based BIDCO palm oil company and protection of water quality by shunning away from release of toxic chemicals into wetlands like Lutembe wetland in Wakiso. The doctor also warned students against GMOs!
 

Generally, much of peer to peer education was embedded in the various stage plays, folk music, dances and poems presented by the respective schools. Our own Mwesigye Julius from IDEAS for Air force secondary school won the prize of the best poem writer of the day! In addition, the best dance from was Entebbe secondary school which danced to the IDEAS for Uganda’s Rise and Shine composed by Lubwama.



WAKE UP UGANDA: Students of Rwakashingashe S.S presenting
an original composition about wetland protection.

The day was crowned by the awarding o a Certificate of participation to IDEAS for Nkumba by WCU handed to Hon. Mudenya Nelson and his vice Sanyu Phyby by Prof. Edrena himself! The professor promised to guide our young leaders from IDEAS for Nkumba in the environmental sustainability campaign.

Central region coordinator  Mr. Matovu Paul and IDEAS for Nkumba leaders show off
the certificate awarded to IDEAS for Nkumba by WLC.