March 2012
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April 2011
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Fair Trade Gives Coffee Farming a Lift
agrifinance-magazine:
The cultivation of coffee beans for fair trade has turned the fortunes of this historical cash crop around in some poor rural areas on the slopes of Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda.
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IPS News
March 2011
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Healthy Foods →
January 2011
3 posts
Bunabumali Good Samaritan Orphan & Needy Project -... →
December 2010
3 posts
Bunabumali added to the Ushahidi emergency... →
We still have to finish the set up and upgrade our presence on Google maps.This will be done within the next 2 weeks.
Why?
Should a landside or other emergency occur, this site is the on-line crisis center which tracks all updates, both form mobile phone owners and emergency services.
What is Ushahidi.
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Poop piki piki for my biogas system →
There are countless articles, publications, websites and people who will tell you that biogas is the most economical and environmentally sustainable way to produce energy. In fact, the benefits of Biogas have been known for tens of years, and hundreds of systems have been built in Kenya. But it hasn’t really taken off – few of the installed systems are actually working and the uptake of biogas...
November 2010
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Tree growth and management in Ugandan agroforestry... →
Tree root pruning is a potential tool for managing below-ground competition when trees and crops are grown together in agroforestry systems. This study investigates its effects on growth and root distribution of Alnus acuminata (HB & K), Casuarina equisetifolia (L), Grevillea robusta (A. Cunn. ex R. Br), Maesopsis eminii (Engl.), and Markhamia lutea (Benth.) K. Schum. and on yield of adjacent...
September 2010
3 posts
Bunabumali Ann and Maria - nakhokhoe - Picasa Web... →
New pictures
August 2010
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July 2010
4 posts
Action speaks louder than words
Many thanks are dedicated to countless persons who have loved the children at all times. I fly big hug to all of you who made this success. May the good Lord reward each and everyone for your continued support to BGSON. The world needs people like you to make it a better place for everyone. Allow me make an out cry of requesting for the following incase you can afford help then you are have...
GEF Small Grants Programme - Uganda →
The programme is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) as a corporate programme, implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on behalf of the GEF partnership, and executed by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). To date the program funding from the GEF is approximately US$401 million. In addition, the program has raised US$407 million from other...
May 2010
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BGSON volunteers
What are the necessary requirements to be an BGSON volunteer? http://bunabumali.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=33:volunteer&Itemid=2 Thanks for your support of sending to bunabumali share with your friends http://www.facebook.com/?sk=myuploads&s=48 We still need your help and support
March 2010
4 posts
300 feared dead in Bududa landslides in my Home...
300 feared dead in Uganda landslides http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5105534&id=818523624 Up to 300 people are feared dead after heavy rain triggered landslides that swept through villages on the slopes of Mount Elgon in Uganda, officials said Tuesday. The chairman of the eastern Bududa district, Wilson Watira, told DPA that mud and boulders crashed through homes and health centres...
Bududa Disaster Appeal
Dear All, According to media reports 80 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds are still unaccounted for as a result of the land slides in Bududa district on Monday night. As national and international humanitarians agencies prepare to respond to the disaster, Elgon Education Foundation (EEF) appeals to all BaMasaaba and well wishers to contribute to helping our unfortunate brothers and...
Thanks for the Prayers ..Updates of the project
Hello Friends As l was Sick of Malaria Fever l have just got up to send this message to you all thanks to your prayers and l can say am getting some improvement now and l did go to Mbale Mt Elgon Hotel top have the Scholarship give away of School fees to 8 Girls who werer picked up by Prof: Timothy Wangusa and more details www.elgonef.org For the Food l had bought from Northern Uganda it has now...
February 2010
1 post
Books for Bunabumali and Good news 2010 →
Next month Bunabumali liberary will open it’s doors thanks to a connection to UgLA.
UgCLA strives to complement the Uganda education system and promote the development of productive literacy practices by encouraging and supporting the growth of community libraries. It aims to establish and maintain a network of libraries and to cooperate with national organizations of similar interests, as...
January 2010
2 posts
2010 blessings from Bunabumali project
Dear friends ! As for sure l apologize for making you disturbed all the time As many of you have been following Bunabumali project updates we had too much needs since we have no Donors helping the children we only depend on friends like you who send us 1$ or 1 Pound to help us pay like Beans,Maize ( Corn ) and Basic needs. For the next coming season we shall be having bananas which l...
Saving community water kiosks in Malawi | WaterAid →
We can learn a lot from this project. to turn the Naide concept into a success.
The Lilongwe neighbourhoods of Mtandile, Mtsiliza, Piyasani and Chilotha have a total of 49 water kiosks in place. Historically, these were managed individually by a committee nominated by the surrounding community. Each committee had three members who were responsible for collecting tariffs from householders using...
December 2009
4 posts
Orange Uganda Portal →
What can you give a person who has everything......
Hello all… I am back in Uganda for a couple months to develop arts, agriculture and cultural exchange projects in Bunabumali, a small mountain village with a high population of youth orphaned by AIDS and landslides. In 2008, I spent a week in Bunabumali to donate sewing machines and make hammocks for the needy. Since then we have sent money for them to continue making hammocks to give out...
Update from Bunabumali with Action Hero
After returning home from Uganda in 2008, I did a presentation at a Rotary club where I was asked by one man, “Do you think the Africa problem will ever be solved?” Often I think of this question as it may encapsulate one perspective— that there are so many problems in Africa, is it worth trying? Contemplating the many challenges of creating not just a sustainable life for...
November 2009
13 posts
Facebook | Foto's van Corazon Richardson →
Facebook | Corazon Richardson →
Cory on the road to Bunabumali
Facebook | Emmanuel Norman Nakhokho →
CaseyYerxa, will be with us in Uganda to develop a cultural exchange project between students in New Brunswick and youth at the Good Samaritan school in Bunabumali. Each Kidsing student has a photo of their penpal who will receiveve a book about what is important to them, and we will create videos interviewing all children, both Uganda and New Brunswick, asking what they could teach each other
update on everything from Cory
Hey all… A lot of things with regard to organizing the event this Friday have not unfolded ideally, so the best option is to plan two simple events for next week in Saint John and Fredericton, where I give a presentation about the project and show all the clothes I have on hangers. We have to sell as many of the vintage clothes as we can.
All of them need to be out of my garage before I...
children in Art calling at your doors and windows
Dear friends As early told you all Joseph had broken his Leg l need your prayers and help so that l can pay the Bills of 550 dollars The children are doing well only as usual we need your constant prayers and support to make the children get happy days I calling upon friends to print these cards so that we can collect good gifts for Christmas for the children and as yu can send presents and gifts...
Virtual Bunabumali →
Norman is becoming more busy by the day and in order to keep track of outstanding issues we have opened Virtual Bunabumali on Evernote is our public on-line organiser so all our friends can follow our challenges and adventures and participate.
We also have an on-line office, but access is on invitation only meant for the diehard fans actively supporting Norman and Bunabumali.
Here’s where...
Africa's urban farmers →
The revival of traditional foods is just one benefit of a drive to encourage absentee agriculture by city-dwellers across Africa
Uganda’s bamboo farmers turn over a new leaf
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For the thousands of people who live scattered around its fringes, Echuya Forest in south west Uganda is a place rich in vital resources. The bamboo that grows within its 35 square kilometres supplies the raw material for basket-weaving, one of the major local trades, while its other natural assets furnish locals with fuel, building materials and foodstuffs. The forest is a great provider that, as...
October 2009
5 posts
AfriGadget » Blog Archive » A Wearable Flexible... →
A Wearable Flexible Solar Panel Vest This is a proposed way to maximize the usage and efficiency of the KVA Flexible Solar Portable Kit by Dominic Wanjihia. Dominic was awarded one of the Flex Kits at the recent Maker Africa Faire in Accra after showing off some amazing new ideas. One of the cheapest form of transport in Kenya is the “Boda Boda” literally meaning “Border-to-border”, a bicycle ride...
Lifeboat Farm » Solar Powered Shed →
We really just wanted the ability to run lights and the occasional small appliance
60 per cent of NGOs in Bugisu region fake’ →
Over 60 per cent members of the Bugisu Civil Society Network (Bucinet), the umbrella organisation that brings together all non governmental organisations in Bugisu, are a hoax, Mbale Deputy Resident District Commissioner Henry Nalyanya has said.
Bunabumali Update from Action Hero Network
I realize the below doesn’t ask for anything…. it is more of a project summery…. open to change with your input. I just needed to get this out now, so you can see the direction I am headed in. I have always wanted a group to bunch ideas off of… and share the whole thing with, so I am honored to have you all in this circle.
I can’t do it alone, and don’t want...