By David Elungat | Executive Director
With support from #GoCampaign we are supper excited to announce the start of the initial activities in our 10 acre Model Agribusiness Training and Sustainability Farm located at Obilokong Village in Adropi Sub County of Adjumani.
Already ovber 20 Youth who are out off school are employed in the farm providing labor and earning income. Majority of these are between the ages of 15-25 years. The Youth are currenty clearing the bushes in farm and will be involved in the initial ploughing and fencing of the farm. This will directly provide employment to these youth, ensuring they are out of anti-social activities including drug abuse, violence and sex for money.
The 10 acre peice of land was generously provided for by the family of the area local leader. In his own words, the area leader said ''Our comunity badly needs best farming skills to increase their outputs and incomes, the initiative by #vfhuganda to start a training farm was highly welcomed by the community and my family that is why we offered our land free of charge for however long the organisation will utilise it for community transformation. As a community of Obilokong we are happy to partner with #vfhuganda and Office of the Prime Minister''.
Due the recent funding cuts and reduction in food rations given to refugees, office of the prime minsiter-Department of Refugees sought the support of the local communities around Adjumani district to provide their land to refugees. The comunity of Obilokong has a long history of hosting refugees from South Sudan and were quick to provide over 5000 acres of land in which each refugee is given upto 1 acre of land for farming. Already 5000 refugees have received 1 acre of land from the community of Obilokong and more community members have offered to avail their land to assist their brothers and sisters from South Sudan to enhance their self reliance and resilience.
The Agribusiness Training and Sustaainability Farm by #vfhuganda will go along way in equipping these refugees and host communities with critical skills on Climate Smart Agriculture for improved productivity and income. The farm will train upto 1000 Youth Annually while providing affordable anbd quality Agricultural Inputs.
We are excited of the future of this farm and its partners like you who make this work possible. Thank you for your generosity and support.
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By David Elungat | Executive Director
By David Elungat | Executive Director
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