header image
Current Projects
  • Our main focus at the current time is on education:
  • We are educating people about modern agricultural techniques such as planting several crops in one area rather than separating these crops. There is a family in a village in Masaka district who farm almost every type of cultivable crop and domesticable animal in Uganda. They use sustainable techniques to achieve this and claim to make a substantial profit each month. Members of CODEWE have visited and are using what they have learned there to educate other people.
  • Furthermore, we are trying to persuade people to use their land rather than to sell it as doing this can achieve longer term gains.
  • We are counselling people about HIV/AIDS. Two of our members have been trained by the Islamic Association of Uganda and have achieved certificates in teaching and counseling people about this disease. They go door to door and explain about such things as HIV/AIDS testing and mother to child transmission, and the prevention of this.
  • We are educating people on proper hygeine and safeguarding against disease.
  • We are teaching people to better control plastic materials as these do not decay and do not allow enough water or sunlight to reach the soil, thereby having a detrimental affect on agriculture. Furthermore, these materials can kill animals if eaten.
  • We have been advocating the use of different sacks for plastic waste and compastable waste. These can then be sold, provided they are well sorted. In addition, we are attempting to convince people to use biodegradeable materials such as paper bags and banana leaves to replace much of the plastic in use.

Tailoring training



  • We are also running the Cottage Project which provides training to people in tailoring, in order to provide a skill which can be used to earn an income.

 

  • We continue to distribute: 
  • Mosquito nets to people most in need.
  • Trees. These have many benefits from providing fruit for sale or consumption; contributing to the fertility of soils; acting as a defence against strong winds and providing building materials and fuel. Around 50% of the trees given are fruit bearing such as mangoes, oranges, jackfruits and avocados.