Food Security Uganda Project #53915

Help displaced Batwa buy farmland to fight poverty

by Sanuriro Batwa Community Development Association

Project Report | Feb 14, 2024
New Project Report from Alex Byomugabe

By Mr. Winton Kiiza and Alex Byomugabe | Project Leaders

The Sanuriro Batwa Community aims to empower, train, and educate the voiceless and forgotten forest dwellers knows as the Batwa in Agriculture, health, education, community development to name but a few, to enable better livelihoods. The project mainly focuses on supporting the Batwa who were displaced from Bwindi Impenetrable National park so as to conserve the Bwindi forest ecosystem. Further still, the other focus is to alleviate poverty.

General Objectives of the project

To transform the lives of Batwa people through training and building different skills for self-reliance
To train and educatethe Batwa about the conservation of Bwindi forest ecosystem
To train the Batwa/pygmies, women, children in agriculture for food security for a sustainable living
To train the Batwa in income generating activities for community development
To empower and promote education among the Batwa so as to eradicate illiteracy
To fight poverty among the Batwa
To train Batwa about sanitation and hygiene so as to have healthier lives.

We attach a full project update in table format - and photos.

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