21 July 2008
Snippets
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Distributing cassava cuttings – a new crop for Ibuga
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Achievements
Since October 2006, Ibuga Area Development Programme (ADP) has:
Health and sanitation
- Educated 450 people about household sanitation and malaria prevention
HIV and AIDS
- Trained 54 primary school teachers in HIV and AIDS awareness
- Trained 120 volunteers to make home visits to people living with AIDS
Education
- Constructed three classrooms and provided 750 school books
- Distributed 544 text books to all 16 primary schools in the ADP
Agriculture and food security
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Community members listen to a livestock training session
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- Provided 65 dairy goats and 125 chickens to families in need; recipients then pass on the offspring to other families
- Trained community members on processing and storage of food, for better food security throughout the year
- Trained 45 farmers in modern farming techniques
- Provided training in fish-farming for 80 people
Leadership development
- Provided leadership and management training for 108 community leaders
The people of Ibuga still have a number of challenges ahead of them. During the next year, World Vision will focus on education, HIV and AIDS and economic development.
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