By Peninah | Project Leader
It has been raining here in Karamoja region and the rest of the other regions in Uganda, we have had the biggest rainfall in two years. It provided enough water to fill the catchment ponds which hadn’t happened since the beginning of this drought. Although it’s now been a couple of weeks since the rainfall, all of the surrounding vegetation is still green. We’re making sure to savour this scenery knowing that that amount of rain will not likely happen again soon; the forecast predicts below average precipitation for the remainder of the year. Nevertheless, we know that with the help of our maize, sorghum seeds we can keep moving forward with planting food.
We have long been looking forward to planting maize, sorghum and providing training in more remote communities but the hardships of the recent years made the expansion of our services extremely challenging. However, we recently scouted locations for future food projects and made encouraging connections with numerous communities as far away as Mountain Moroto in the Far East of Uganda. Several of these locations have the potential to become highly productive food in that they are unique micro-climates nestled in rainy mountain valleys; like oases surrounded by desert. Other regions we visited are suffering from debilitating arid conditions where we will focus on designing intense water conservation systems and planting small and productive food for them and their animals because karamoja is a cattle corridor. We are keen on catering each project to the needs of the people where they live. Our goal is to begin collaborations before the end of the year.
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Thank you very much. Peninah Project Manager!
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