Environmental Sustainability

This project focuses on two environmental challenges facing northern Uganda; waste management and deforestation. We support local communities by increasing awareness of these two issues while leveraging local solutions and sustainable alternatives.

Our waste management approach is twofold. First, we sort and manage waste and build affordable composting systems in local schools. Secondly, we organize the annual “Gulu Go Green Marathon” to respond to the indiscriminate cutting of trees and to raise tree seedlings to be planted by young people in their schools and other parts of the community.

Objectives

Sustainable Development Goals

This project responds to the following Sustainable Development Goals

Our impact & achievement

17,442

Trees planted

13

Compost systems built in high schools

39

Workshops in Plastic management and composting

15

Workshops in Tree planting

307

Certificates of Completion awarded