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Home - - 2008 - 2014 St Isidoro farm in Gulu: "Development actions after more than twenty years of war" 2008 - 2014 St Isidoro farm in Gulu: "Development actions after more than twenty years of war"The context North Uganda has been turned upside down by an internal conflict that lasted twenty years. This is why it is more backward than the rest of the country which has achieved good economic results and a reduction in poverty in recent years. Most of the population that has been forced to take refuge in the various IDP camps has prevented it from working for more than twenty years. This period of long inactivity has certainly made the recovery difficult: People had psychological and physical trauma and young people who grew up during the war had no agricultural knowledge. In the first few months of 2009, the number of families returning to their village grew steadily to reach 68% of the displaced population in camps (IDPs), but it is a people that has lost the basic knowledge of agriculture and has access to an extremely poor agricultural technology.
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The project therefore links fully with the Action Plan for Africa, adopted by the G8 and adopted in Italy by the programs for International Cooperation, which see Food Security and Education as priorities.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT The project wants to make a contribution to food security and to strengthening the economy of Northern Uganda, through transversal actions. The intervention is spread over three large thematic areas: family farming and improvement of access to water, industrial agriculture, international volunteering and Eas. Through this project we want to improve the living conditions of the North Ugandan population, guaranteeing them the achievement of agricultural and zootechnical skills that not only allow self-sufficiency, but also to enter the local market, thus contributing to a rebirth of the economy Ugandan after more than twenty years of war. The help we want to bring to the beneficiary people and families, following the exploitation of a plot of land owned by the Archdiocese to date unused, is structured in: agricultural and zootechnical training, land and animal allocation, accompaniment through a constant agricultural and zootechnical advice, increase of mechanization of work and inclusion in the local market. The "Azienda Agricola" Project is not only limited to acting on the spot, but wants to ensure the involvement of young Italians, through meetings in schools and the promotion of an international volunteering program, thus contributing to raising awareness among young people and proposing their experiences. of growth both personal and professional. Photogallery
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