Living Earth Uganda (LEU) is a national non-profit that promotes awareness and skills creation in environmental, socio-economic, developmental and humanitarian programmes, to prompt communities and other stakeholders to translate the right ideas into action.
As LEU’s Executive Director, Swithern Tumwine is engaged in leading the implementation of Provision of Agricultural Support Services, a Total Energies’ funded project for the Tilenga Resettlement Action Plan in Hoima, Buliisa and Kikuube districts.
The project aims to restore and improve the livelihood of project-affected persons in the Albertine region by giving out agricultural inputs to prepare them for new seasons such as maize, beans, cassava cuttings and pasture seeds respectively.
Tumwine has also supported communities with improved post-harvest handling using locally accessible materials, such as a raised drying rack to prevent contaminants and enhance the quality of cassava produce.
Other initiatives include establishing on-farm demonstration sites to offer practical training, strategically positioned near households of Project Affected Persons (PAP), especially those in vulnerable categories.
By December 2022, over 1,000 project-affected persons had received cassava cuttings from Total Energies EP Uganda for the new planting season in Buliisa and Hoima districts with over 1,479 households targeted for the intervention.
