Permaculture comes to Uganda - Watch Video

The video has inspiring farmer's stories from the permaculture trainings conducted by ICOD Action Network and Project Focus in Southwestern Uganda. The trainings were facilitated by Warren Brush and Daniel Parra Hensel from True Nature Design. Enjoy the video!

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Lyantonde's HIV activist passes on.

On April 5, 2011, Lyantonde’s long time HIV activist Bonabana Eddy passed on and was laid to rest on April 6, 2011 in Bushenyi District in Western Uganda.

Bonabana (right) receiving a bicycle and a certificate from ICOD Action Network in June 2010.

Bonabana Eddy has been at the forefront of fighting HIV/AIDS in Lyantonde for over 10 years after declaring that she was HIV positive in late 1990s. Having worked as a sex worker for more than 20 years, declaring that she was quitting and openly declaring her HIV status inspired many including other sex workers who latter quite and joined her work towards reducing the rate at which HIV was spreading in Lyantonde.

Members of Bonabana's group in an art and craft training in 2007

She facilitated and shared her experience in workshops organized by several NGOs in Uganda and throughout the East African region. Between 2007 and 2009, she founded Lyantonde Hospital Post Test Club and Lyantonde Network of People Living with Aids through which she worked to train communities on HIV/AIDS prevention and training HIV infected members to economically sustain their lives and those of their family members.

Bonabana will be remembered as a hardworking and selfless leader who worked very hard to change her community. As ICOD Action Network, we have lost a partner in our fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Lyantonde and Uganda as a whole. May her soul rest in Eternal Peace.

Permaculture comes to Uganda

In March 2010, ICOD Action Network in collaboration with our Chicago based partner, Project Focus (www.projectfocus.org) hosted Warren Brush and Daniel Parra Hensel in Lyantonde Uganda who trained farmers in Permaculture. Warren Brush is a certified Permaculture designer and teacher as well as a mentor. He is co-founder of Quail Springs Learning Oasis & Permaculture Farm, Sustainable Vocations, Wilderness Youth Project, Trees for Children and his Permaculture design company, True Nature Design. He works extensively in Permaculture education and sustainable systems design in North America and in Africa as well as in other countries worldwide. Daniel is a wonderful trainer too and was a great facilitator in trainings. Daniel and Warren trained farmers in 3 villages

We are glad to be at the forefront of the Permaculture Movement in Uganda

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ICT Farmers Training

Training of Lyantonde farmers in computer and internet use is still going on . 6 new members have also began training at Lyantonde Internet Center. By the end of the program, farmers will be able to use computers and internet, extract agricultural information relevant in their lives and use the information to improve production. See chart below;