Dear Friends It may be difficult for us to directly influence the situation in the refugee areas; but we can make individual efforts at afforestation in different parts of West Nile. Apart from contributing to improving the environment, trees are a good investment for the long term - in retirement or for the next generation.
Nice week. Patrick Okuni On 22 June 2017 at 17:39, Peter Odama <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > Those working and not working and those in Diaspora, should we all wait > for the desertification in West Nile? due to increased cutting of trees > more so the huge numbers of refugees we have helped have not been trained > on environmental protection, we will all suffer the same consequences > http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1456123/ > refugee-straining-uganda-vegetation-officials. > > Me and you need intervention without any foreign support, not even to wait > for governemnt to replant trees, we all seem less bothered, as most members > in this forum 80% stay in urban areas 5% in diaspora, we only visit the > villages on public holidays, with less impact to the entire community and > spend3-7days with them. It's an eye opener, no aid agency has bothered to > start afforestation processes in refugee settlements, moreso the locals > continue cuttting and clearing the forest at terrible speed. > > Thanks > > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > [email protected] > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ > >
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