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On September 15th, 2023, the ECOTRUST Secretariat and Board of Trustees were warmly welcomed at Rukoki Primary School in Rukoki sub-county during their field visit to ECOTRUST Project sites in Kasese district. This heartwarming event underscored the deep connections between ECOTRUST, Trees for Global Benefit (TGB) farmers, and the local communities. The day began with vibrant musical performances and entertaining band acts, setting the stage for a day of celebration, gratitude, and collaboration.

This year’s event, to be held under the theme “Resilience in the face of Increasing Crisis”, will highlight the strategic, collaborative, and innovative conservation partnerships that ECOTRUST has catalyzed to build community resilience to climate change, extreme weather events, and additional stressors in light of the sudden and gradual adverse effects of environmental degradation and climate change processes.

The Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda (ECOTRUST) intends to dispose off four motor vehicles between the 5th – 16th of September 2022. For more details contact +256 773 857 750.

On October 1, 2022, the Restore Africa program will be launched in Uganda to enable 350,000 farming households to be more climate resilient. Restore Africa will work in 36 districts to improve degraded farms in Southwestern Uganda, Karamoja and Mount Elgon regions.

Katongole Janice is a student of Gayaza High School. She wrote and presented this original essay – a “Call to Action” for all of us to do more in light of Climate Change. Have a read.

My Apologies is a poem written by Beata Ssali, a student of Gayaza High School, Uganda. She performed this very emotional and moving poem at the Climate Change Innovation Challenge Event hosted at her school on the 8th of July 2022. Have a read!

We are in the midst of a global climate crisis, and we want to hear students’ own views on how best they can address an environmental issue within their communities! This call for proposals is targeting secondary schools in the Kampala Metropolitan Area.