| This is a great suggestion Margaret! It would be nice if one / or more of our WN academics cld jump on board to lead or co-lead the preparation of the report emanating from the facilitated deliberations. The academic(s) cld then take it further and seek research funds from international agencies such as Canada's International Development Research Centre which supports such kinds of work. www.idrc.ca The IDRC has supported many Ugandan projects and postgraduate students at the Masters and doctoral level before so I wld think they wld entertain such a project. Thank you Alwin for your input as well. With the challenges facing WN, South Sudan and NE Congo, the time has now come for local communities, Government officials, the private sector, civil society, religious leaders, academia, diaspora and international partners to work together to find solutions to these chronic problems. Thanks Charles Thank you Peter for re-opening this topic of Deforestation. You are absolutely right in insinuating that we cannot be the generations that “drop the baton”!! It looks like you (www.worldactionfund.org) have crystalized the way forward and the only component missing is patronage. Thank you Patrick O, Patrick G, John A, Patrick A and CD Male for your contributions. I am confident that we have enough brains in our midst to translate all the ideas discussed into action plans/a proposal that will propel our collective wish. You have provided a lot of additional flesh so why don’t we assemble a team (facilitated by Peter) to put some of these brainwaves on paper so that they don’t fizzle out like many brilliant ideas discussed on this platform. I would offer to tag-team but I am way in over my head with efforts to fund raise for South Sudan’s War Orphans (https://margaretakulia.ca/war-orphans). I will be able to participate once there is a draft though so don’t count me out. In this day and age there is no excuse for neglecting to provide substitutes for the energy and/or building materials provided by trees. In other words, the reason for cutting down trees for domestic use can be nullified!! Everyone can be trained on environmental protection and some of this can be synchronized with more effective and efficient support for refugees and host communities. I am copying Alwin Bubendorfer and looping in my people in Koboko because the more brains we have to tackle this elephant in the room the better. Let’s translate this conversation into action plans!! Cheers,
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