A report on the exposural and experincial learning on sustainable natural resources management and

climate change
Case study: Kasubi-Kawala projects -Uganda

COMPILED BY:

Grace Atuhaire
Background:

The urban population now constitutes 13.4% (3.7millions) of the total population
In Kampala, at county and division level, poverty is believed to range from 11-84%, with several
small neighborhoods with high numbers of the poor.
The project “Sustainable neighborhoods in focus” (focus cities) are intended to improve waste
management and flood mitigation from a perspective of turning environmental burden into
benefits.
It’s a research project now coming to a close with successful pilots of innovations in waste
management.

This project trains the community on how to make Briskets out of waste to promote recycling
and re use of waste demonstrating that waste is beneficial; an initiative which is very
appropriate to the urban development and livelihood.

Urban environment –solid waste management issues, best practices and roles of women
leaders

Introduction:

Environmental Alert (EA) is a non-governmental organization to address the alarmingly low

levels of agricultural productivity in the country.

EA has maintained a multi-level policy engagement.

EA pursues an enabling natural resources policy and practice environment, increased civil
expression of vulnerable communities and an enabling policy framework for food security and
nutrition.

EA works in different districts of the country example Moyo,Ajumani,Torooro,Wakiso,Mityana

and Kampala

Vision:
They Envisage communities from hunger and managing their natural resources sustainably

Projects:
 Kasubi-Kawala: (Sustainable neighborhoods in focus)
 Kikandwa: (Prolinnova country programme)
 Ramsar site: (wise use of wet lands and emerging community eco tourism enterprises).
Kasubi/Kawala: (Sustainable neighborhoods in focus)

EA is addressing poverty through brisket making and feed processing in areas around Kasubi-
Kawala which involves both women and men,
Though, EA is being faced with different challenges in their projects:
 There are no enough peelings for the feed processing and the few there the local people
have attached a price tag
 There is no gender equality
 They lack protective gears
 Limited storage facility and the one that’s there is in a sorry state
 There is no money to maintain the progression of the work
 They don’t have enough the market for their livestock feeds
 They have limited knowledge on the feed processing- the Kasubi/ Kawaala project
 They lack materials to use while drying the peelings
 lack of commitment and poor participation from other members of the project
 The changing Climate
 There is insecurity for the peelings for the women
 Soating of the peelings from other food stuff
 The loan for the machine is a bit high for the community members

In Kasubi /Kawaala, there are different problems like:

Domestic violence;

Organizations like Centre for Domestic Violence trains both men and women to know and
respect their rights and sensitize people with in their community
EA has trained the community on how to harvest rain water and maintain it.

Water:

Sweden International Development Agency and KCC provided the community with eater tanks

Floods:

KCC constructed water drainage channels that help in the movement of water into the
Nakivubo main channel

Waste products:
EA is training the community on how to process manure form waste foods and peels and also
isolating the bio-degradable form the degradable rubbish.

Recommendations:

 There is need to provide an electrified machine for both the feed and bricket making
projects .
 Provision of wheel barrows and bicycles for the bricket making project.
 The women should be given certificates of recognition for their efforts to protect the
environment and even after attending workshops
 Financial assistance should be rendered for the maintenance of the workshops
 The different projects need shelter for storage of the feeds and brickets
 Provision of more training and access to information about their respective projects
 Environmental Alert to lobby the government or any other parties in order to subsidize
for the loans
 Environmental Alert should also help in publicizing the feeds and brickets
 There is need for the participates in these communities to tour to other projects in other
areas to learn and share ideas form each other.
 Ensure that in all the projects in the area have got equal gender partnership among men
and women
 Provision of protective gears especially gloves, spades, mixing instruments and mouth
protectors
 Provision of wire mesh to help in the drying processes for both the feed and bricket
making
 Provision of a well structure for storage of the feeds and brickets
 Provision of a sieves and packaging material for the brickets
 Provision of a bigger drying space for both the brickets of which a shade would be
appropriate
Pictorials of Kasubi/Kawala projects:

Brickets

Manure preservative

Dying of the Peelings

Lessons learnt from the exposure and experience on the sustainable natural resources
management and climate change:

 Understanding and advocating on climate change

 Urban environment, solid waste management best practice and role of women leaders
 Promotion of local innovation in ecological agriculture and natural resource
management.
 Wise use of wetlands and emerging community eco-tourism enterprise
 How to make briskets out of banana peels
 And to isolate rubbish and make manure.

In conclusion:
As a leader I would like to see both men and women more involved in the entire project’s
activities for example women to also be involved in feed processing and men involved in the
Brisket making.
I too would like to see my recommendations implemented in order to ease and protect the
locals form any outbreak unhealthy conditions.

Waste is wealth