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ARUA MULTI-PURPOSE INSTITUTE TRAINS OVER 200 YOUTHS WTH LIFE SKILLS

The new campus for Arua Multi-purpose training Institute in Pajulu, Ayivu West ConstituencyBY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA CITY: FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2025 The 227 youths are undergoing training in over 11 enterprises, which are considered to be of high public demand. The Master Card Foundation provided the funding through Muni University …

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COCOA COULD BE AYIVU’S MAGIC CROP TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY – BERNARD ATIKU

BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA CITY: FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2025 Stella Asianju, a resident of Oniba Cell in Ombaci ward, wants to rear pigs and chicken. It was her expectation that the former Member of Parliament, Bernard Atiku, would speak about them. Atiku is plotting a comeback to reclaim the seat …

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REFUGEE WOMEN ACHIEVE BETTER LIVELIHOODS, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE

By Josephine Osandru Mawua, TEREGO/MADI-OKOLLO: MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2025 In the wake of unbearable heat waves due to rising temperatures sweeping through East Africa and coupled with scarcity of water, living in a refugee settlement has been a mind-blowing experience in the Rhino Camp Refugee settlement in Terego and Madi …

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KOBOKO WOMEN TAKE ON ECO-FARMING TO RESTORE DEGRADED FARMLANDS

By Janeth Fridah KOBOKO: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 In an effort to save the environment from degradation, women in lobule Sub County in Koboko district have embarked on tree planting. Shifa Salama, a member of the host community in Lobule, said that they formed an association of over 84 women …

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KIRYANDONGO WOMEN EXCEL IN CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE

By Jacklyne Mbonabyenja Kiryandongo: Tuesday February 25, 2025 In the vicinity of homesteads in Kiryandongo refugee settlement, clean well set vegetable gardens blossom. Majority of the backyard farms are operated by women who also practice mixed farming, intercropping, mulching, growing high breed crops, using organic fertilizers and carrying out irrigation …

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‘PROSPER WOMEN’ MAKING A DIFFERENCE WITH VEGETABLE GROWING IN ARUA CITY

BY STEPHEN CANDIA ARUA: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2025 There is a sense of wonder that has gripped the friends and neighbors of Charity Kayomirwoth, 31 and her colleagues Margaret Atimango and Gladys Piyic after they successfully turned a bushy and grove inhabited area along the banks of River Enyau in …

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PANYIMUR BUSINESS GROUP SHIFT FROM FISH TO GOAT RARING TO OVERCOME LIVELIHOOD DISRUPTIONS DUE TO BAD WEATHER

BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU PAKWACH: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2025 In Panyimur, a town council bordering Lake Albert and River Nile in the West Nile district of Pakwach, fluctuations in the water level and reduction in the population of mukene (silverfish) are causing anxiety. This, coupled with limited adaptive capacity to cope …

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Arua’s Female Farmer Turns Urban Farming into a Thriving Enterprise, Aims to Lead Sunflower Oil Production in West Nile

Arua’s Female Farmer Turns Urban Farming into a Thriving Enterprise, Aims to Lead Sunflower Oil Production in West Nile By Matata Benzamin Arua: Monday, February 16, 2025 In the heart of Arua City, a woman’s passion for farming has turned into a thriving business empire.   Caroline Lilly Ocanda, a 56, …

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LIRA WOMEN FARMERS TURN TO SOLAR IRRIGATION FARMING TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE

BY JOSEPH OKUL LIRA: Thursday, February 6, 2025 As an experienced farmer for over two decades, Judith Ayo, a resident of Alepo village, Ayamo parish, Bar sub county expressed high hopes that her recent adoption of solar powered irrigation will gradually lead to increasing her annual incomes. Ayo grows cabbage …

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