A Rocha Uganda News

Connecting children with nature 20 October 2011
During October, A Rocha’s Environmental Education Programme organized a Child Nature Connect walk for members of one of its school environment clubs. The aim was to expose the children to an activ... (read more)

Teaching together 29 June 2011
On 29th June students from A Rocha’s nature club at Kiddawalime Preparatory School met with club members of Kasubi Parents School (in the purple uniform) to demonstrate how to make sack gardens—a v... (read more)

Training young leaders in Luwero District 22 June 2011
On 22nd June A Rocha Uganda provided training for the Luwero Baobab cluster (members of the British Council’s Connecting Classrooms programme, which links schools in sub-Saharan Africa to those in... (read more)

Reaching out to young adults with the creation care message 9 June 2011
In the quiet hills of Kako-Masaka District, west of Lake Victoria and about 150 km from Kampala, OneLove Church Uganda organized a youth leadership empowerment camp, which was attended by over 50 ... (read more)

Planting hope in the desert 8 April 2011
To date, much of A Rocha Uganda's work has been focused around the urban centre of Kampala.  Therefore we were excited when the opportunity arose to extend our activities into the drylands of Semba... (read more)

A Rocha Uganda: our new national project! 1 July 2010
The team in Uganda has been doing sterling work since starting as an A Rocha Initiative in August 2006.  Their Water, Sanitation and Hygiene project has provided the village of Namungoona with... (read more)

Spreading roots in Uganda 1 June 2010
The ‘Mvule’ tree is called the African hardwood tree in English and its botanical name is Milicia excelsa. The Mvule is native to Africa and takes 50 years to mature. The Mvule is attractive for it... (read more)

World Earth Day celebrations 1 May 2010
A Rocha Uganda Initiative joined the whole world to celebrate World Earth Day on April 22nd 2010 at Namungoona. The theme for the day was “Together we can restore Lubigi wetland” the biggest r... (read more)

A Rocha Uganda participates in World Health Day celebrations 1 May 2010
Uganda held its World Health Day celebrations on the 30th of April, 2010, organized by the Ministry of Health. The celebrations were under the theme “Urbanization a challenge for sanitation”. A Roc... (read more)

Bio-sand filter construction at the field house in Namungoona 1 May 2010
The A Rocha team is currently helping the local people to build 100 bio-sand filters which treat dirty drinking water by running it through layers of sand. This removes about 97% of bacteria an... (read more)

Tree planting week in Wakiso district, Uganda 1 April 2010
In March, the A Rocha Uganda Initiative celebrated tree planting week for schools in Wakiso district. At Gayaza junior school for girls we showed films and gave talks about environmental degrad... (read more)

The local market vendors can now use a newly constructed public toilet 1 April 2010
Sanitation in the urban slums is always a challenge. In its WASH project in Namungoona slum, A Rocha completed the construction of a public toilet at a local market. It was officially commissioned ... (read more)

Preparing Ugandan leaders for climate change 1 March 2010
A Rocha and Tearfund led a training workshop last month in Kampala, using the ‘Climate Change and Environmental Degradation Risk and Adaptation’ field tool (CEDRA ). The workshop was attended by... (read more)

City wetlands vanish as government looks on 3 October 2010
Reported by Joseph Miti, Zahra Abigaba & Juliet Kigongo Ms Justine Nakaye was under siege for more than six hours. Her belongings were in ruins after floods devastated her house in the wee hours o... (read more)

Lubigi Wetland faces extinction 27 April 2010
By Zahra Abigaba Kampala — Lubigi Wetland, a critical water catchment area in Wakiso District is at the risk of getting destroyed due to increased human activities, environment experts have warned... (read more)

Lubigi wetland under attack 23 April 2010
By Venex Watebawa The rate of degradation at the only remaining wetland Lubigi has alarmed environmental conservationists with the degradation standing at 42% compared to the national average of 3... (read more)