Mr. Okello, the richest man in my village is a smallholder farmer practising mixed farming. He cultivates mainly temporary cash crops like: cassava, millet and maize; and vegetables like boyo, abuga. Every plot of his land has fruits like mangoes, oranges, passion fruits, growing; whose leaves fall down, rot and decompose to provide manure for … Continue reading The Richest Man in Kole
Women, Land, Credit and Gender Issues
One of the symptoms of negative gender issues is when, in the bid to fulfill her duty to submit to her husband, a woman seeks consent from him to use land as security to get credit. When she does and he grants her the permission to do so, she will likely have to bring back … Continue reading Women, Land, Credit and Gender Issues
Elections and the Vicious Cycle of Poverty
It is that season again - Presidential and Parliamentary Elections are due next year and the election canvasing has began. During a similar season leading up to the 2016 elections, i wrote: When Ugandan politicians are electioneering – as they are actively doing in 2015 in preparation for the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections – … Continue reading Elections and the Vicious Cycle of Poverty
Money is not good for poor people
I was the one responsible for NUSAF (Northern Uganda Social Action Fund) in the whole of Uganda. They said: “here is the loan, make them rich.” A difficult task. “NUSAF is a government (initiative) with $100 million of funding from the World Bank. The goal of NUSAF is to help local communities in the 18 districts of … Continue reading Money is not good for poor people
CPAR Uganda Symbolism
On Friday, 14th February 2020 we graduated our first cohort of young adults under our project: "Mentoring Young Adults into Innovators against Poverty," who had completed the first of four modules of the programme.We converted our vehicle parking shed into the venue in which we organised our certificate award ceremony. We used what was available … Continue reading CPAR Uganda Symbolism
Ending poverty eludes us
The first goal that formed the United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger from the world and within a 15-year period that ended in 2015. Specifically, the target was to reduce by 50 percent the percentage of people living on less than US$ 1.25 a day. Sadly, this … Continue reading Ending poverty eludes us
Gender and Poverty in Lango
We Cause Our Poverty The majority of the population in Uganda live in the rural areas. The people in the rural areas in Lango are mostly considered to be poor. Growing up as a child in a rural area of Lango, I also considered people in my area as poor. This was mostly based on … Continue reading Gender and Poverty in Lango
Poverty Problem Trees
Poverty problem trees are truly a powerful tool for analysing and appreciating poverty. And each time one uses them well, it is likely that they will learn something new. For example, this was the case two weeks ago when I facilitated a session on poverty analysis for a cadre of 12 young adults whom are … Continue reading Poverty Problem Trees
Poverty Mind Maps
"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn"John Cotton Dana. This was my experiential learning a couple of weeks ago as I facilitated a session on "Conceptions and Measurement of Poverty", under the sub-topic: "What is Poverty", under Module I: "Understanding Poverty in Rural Uganda" of the CPAR Uganda project: "Mentoring Young Adults into … Continue reading Poverty Mind Maps
