The first and only youth-led environmental organization Africa founded by an African vision and on African resources that youth have a central place to play in natural resource managment

1. PRACTICING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS’ ORGANIZATION PEMO P. O. BOX 8957, KAMPALA UGANDA TEL: +256712582723/+256782646887/+256712499351 [email_address] www.pemo.wordpress.com

5. UNITING ENVIRONMENTAL GRADUATES “TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE”

8. PARTCIPATORY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EQUITABLE AND BY CONCENSUS

9. PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT PEMO HAS ALWAYS ADOPTED PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WHEN WORKING WITH THE POOREST COMMUNITIES. THESE COMMUNITIES SHOULD OWN THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES FOR SUSTAINABILITY. ASSISTED THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FORUM ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION UNIVESITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (FICUBC) PEMO WAS ABLE TO CCONDUCT A PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL THAT HAS ALLEVIATED MOST OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FROM THE URBAN-BSED INTERNALLY DISPLACED CAMP IN NAMUWONGO KAMPALA.

11. HOW IT WAS BEFORE

15. THE POOR ARE DISPLACED INTO VERY MARGINAL AREAS WHERE THE COST TO HUMAN HEALTH THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL- BASED DISEASE IS HIGH

16. THE DWELLING UNITS ARE CONSTRUCTED OUT OF AFFORDABLE BUT VULNERABLE MATERIAL WHICH IS PRONE TO FLOODING AND OFFER EASY ENTRY TO DISEASE VECTORS SUCH AS MOSQUITOES AND HOUSEFLIES

17. THE COMMUNITY WAS MARKED WITH POOR WASTE MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES

18. THE WATER SOURCES ARE POLLUTED DUE TO POOR WASTE MANAGEMENT LEADING TO A HIGH INCIDENCE OF WATER RELATED DISEASES SUCH AS CHOLERA, MALARIA, TYPHOID

19. HOW IT IS TODAY AFTER THE PARTICIPATORY APPRAISAL, WE ENABLED THE COMMUNITY TO FORM THE NAMUWONGO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (NACODO) TO FORESEE THE CAP IMPLEMENTATION

20. WE ARE CONTINOUSLY HELPING VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT ACTORS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION OF POOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES SUCH AS NAMUWONGO AND HOW THEY CAN HELP

21. A FORMER 5-YEAR GARBAGE STOCKPILE HAS BEEN REMOVED THROUGH COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY ACTION

22. WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ASSOCIATED PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED

23. THE COMMUNITY IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEANER AS THEY NOW ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT FORMER POLLUTED WELLS HAVE BEEN REHABITATED THROUGH COMMUNITY ACTION

24. BECAUSE OF THE PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES AND THROUGH THE NACODO THE NAMUWONGO COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO ATTRACT SIGNIFICANT EXTERNAL SUPPORT.

25. WOMEN ARE PLAYING AN INCREASINGLY CENTRAL ROLE IN NACODO

26. SCHOOLS’ ENVIRONMENT PRACTICE CLUB (SEPC) “KNOWLEDGE IS NOTHING UNLESS IT IS SHARED”

29. UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENT THROUGH DEBATE AND PLENARY DISCUSSIONS

30. PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH TREE PLANTING

31. SEPC IS PARTERNING WITH PEMO IN COMMUNITY SENSITIZATION THROUGH MUSIC AND DRAMA

32. PROMOTING TECHNIQUES IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICUTLTURE

33. COMMUNITY DIALOGUES EDUCATING THROUGH COMMUNITY ROAD-SHOWS

36. HAVING COLLECTED EDUCATION MATERIALS FROM SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS WE DISTRIBUTED THEM THROUGH DIALOGUE AND ROAD SHOW

37. VARIOUS SPEAKERS AND KEY THEMES WERE COVERED

38. THE COMMUNITY DIALOGUES ATTRACT A CROSS-SECTION OF STAKEHOLDERS

39. PLANTING 5 MILLION TREES FOR 2007

42. 1 ST JANUARY 2007: LAUNCHED THE PROJECT

43. PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION THROUGH CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS

45. KIGGO AND KABAKA’S LAKE STUDIES THE KINGDOM IS ENDOWED WITH SEVERAL NATURAL RESOURCES WHICH WE ARE HELPING IT TO DESIGN SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT PLANS LIKE FOR KIGGO STONE MINES AND THE KABAKA’S LAKE Subsistence agriculture at the lake

46. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION THROUGH MASS-MEDIA

51. Our Strengths We Understand the Environment better Academic ideals experience environmentalists Further study A longer Lifespan in environment committed young True environmentalists Big future ahead persistent Flexibility Persistence Dynamic environment is dynamic complex

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