Walk for water, Environment and Climate change
Uganda has in the recent past and up to now experienced significant impacts of climate change, which include changing weather patterns, drop in water levels, and increased frequency of extreme weather events like floods, as well as drought, whose social economic impacts have made communities very vulnerable (World Bank, 2019).
Many of these impacts are as a result of environmental degradation, deforestation and encroachment on other fragile ecosystems like river banks. Unless the environment is conserved through various strategic options including afforestation, reforestation, climate smart agriculture, integrated water resources management using catchment management approaches among others, the vision of improving rural livelihoods will remain an uphill task.
It is against this background that the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) is partnering with the Walkers Association of Uganda (WAU) to walk for Water, Environment and Climate change. The walk will start from Ministry of Water and Environment in Luzira, Kampala on 3rd to 18th March 2022 up to Mayors garden Lira city.
It will cover a distance of approximately 450 Km through Kampala, Mabira forest, River Nile, Iganga, Namutumba, River Mpologoma, Tirinyi, Budaka district, Mbale, Bukedea district, Kumi district, Soroti district, Kamberamaido district, Olweny Wetland Dokolo district, Agwatta Central forest reserve to Lira City
This walk will promote and amplify the UWEWK activities country wide. It will engage and encourage the population to fully participate in the Uganda Water and Environment week 2022. Some of the activities that will be incorporated in the walk will include various environmental conservation and advocacies through Radio and TV talk shows, Cleaning of Public places and water catchment areas, Tree Planting and donation of tree seedlings across all the districts from Kampala to Lira city, identification and sharing of good environmental practices to promote the Country’s wide participation in the UWEWK 2022 activities at local levels.
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