The year 2022 was a year of consolidating on the strategic objective of capacitating communities for sustainable land and environmental preservation and protection through the Forest Garden Fund project with support from TREES for the Future organisation. We worked with over 200 farmers to...
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Currently, LERWA is partnering with TREES for the Future to plant over 741,300 agroforestry, timber and fruit trees in eight sub-counties of Tororo district through the Forest Garden Fund project. This project aims at revitalization of degraded soils, improving farmer households’ livelihoods and mitigate...
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LERWA-Land and Environmental Rights Watch Africa Ltd implemented a contextualized and robust capacity building support initiative aimed at building resilient and self-sustaining communities able to identify alternative sustainable solutions to mitigate abuse of environmental rights within Tororo district from February 2021 to January 2022....
Continue readingNursery bed establishment and Tree care training
As climate change happens, so does the environment get affected by this occurrence, but we at LERWA believe that every problem has a solution, that’s why our farmers have been encouraged to plant trees to address this issue within their communities and save generations...
Continue readingReaching Out to Hailstorm victims in Magola sub-county
In March 2021, hailstorms and strong winds devastated Magola sub county particularly the parishes of Papoli, Magola and Poyem. Over seventy lives were lost during the storms in addition to hundreds of households left without shelter, property and food as the storms destroyed their...
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Land and Environmental Rights Watch Africa also focuses on advocacy aimed at upholding land and environmental rights within the country and building resilient and self-sustaining communities through mobilizing and organizing grassroots communities on land and environmental protection, promote greater protection for environmental Human Rights...
Continue readingBuilding Resilient and Self-Sustaining Communities
Currently, LERWA-Land and Environmental Rights Watch Africa is implementing a contextualized and robust capacity building project aimed at training beneficiaries in agroforestry (growing food/vegetables and fruit trees) to improve their livelihoods while at the same time preserving their environments using the Forest Garden Approach....
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