Changing Lives in Africa
Creating Change In Uganda
While CPAR’s Moving Beyond Hunger (MBH) Program officially ended, it continues to have an impact on the communities that participated in it. Most importantly, the CIDA co-funded program has lived up to its name and the farmers who participated have been able to move beyond hunger and become food secure. Carolyn Dapar is a good example.
We first met Carolyn and her husband Benson near their farm in Adekekwok sub-county in northern Uganda in early 2007. With only a small one acre farm, Carolyn and Benson were struggling to feed and educate their eight children. Carolyn was one of the local farmers selected to participate in the MBH program.
Carolyn and the other participants received training on crop diversification and improving crop yields. Part of the program was focused on “animal traction”. Through this, the group received two bulls that they share and they learned how to build better yokes. The improved, wider yokes are easier on the bulls, can drop seeds as they plough, and increase ploughing or traction.
We met Carolyn and Benson again in late 2009 and much has changed. Their farm has grown to seven acres of mixed crops including cassava, maize, beans, nuts and millet. The surplus they now produce is sold to pay for school fees and other essentials and all eight children are in school. Their eldest daughter will now be able to go to college in nearby Lira town.
Carolyn and other MBH farmers have a brighter future. Now they are spreading their knowledge to a new circle of at-risk families in the community.
One of the areas that CPAR's Moving Beyond Hunger program focused on was promoting affordable and practical farming methodologies. Program beneficiaries in two sub counties of Lira District in Northern Uganda were also trained in backyard gardening.
"Carolyn and other MBH farmers have a brighter future. Now they are spreading their knowledge to a new circle of at-risk families in the community."
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