With the support received from caritas Italian through Caritas Uganda, Caritas Lugazi diocese empowered 15 women households between 18-50 years i.e., 8 farmers between 18 to 35 years and 7 farmers between 36 to 50 years in Buvuma islands, Kitamiro sub parish, central Uganda with the goal of improving their livelihoods through increased volume of production with sufficient food, resilience to climate change and incomes. Female farmers have been empowered with knowledge, capacities and inputs to undertake sustainable agriculture, formed Female farmers groups have been empowered to implement their activities according to their priorities i.e., SILC facility established and strengthened, leadership committees were functional, group meetings were held regularly and we shall report on the progress. This report also illustrates the progress of the implemented activities in the period of three months, achievements, challenges encountered during project implementation.
The project has 3 staff who are acting as volunteers with neither salary nor allowances; Project Coordinator, Accountant and Project Field Officer. Read More