About the «Aradu Pi Fur» aid project
The «Aradu Pi Fur» project supports needy young people and their families in the Zombo district, a rural and remote region in north-west Uganda. The local families barely have the basic necessities of life. They practise subsistence farming using manual field labour and traditional methods. This does not provide them with any security - after strokes of fate (illness, accident) or poor harvests, they no longer have enough for three meals a day. As there is also a lack of functioning educational facilities in the region, young people have little chance of building a secure and self-determined life for themselves.
The CO-OPERAID project aims to sustainably improve the lives of the young beneficiaries and their families and promote the development of vocational training in the communities. The project offers agricultural training in chicken, pig and beekeeping as well as horticulture with a local master farmer. Modern agricultural knowledge is imparted (including organic farming) as well as knowledge of product marketing.
After completing their training, the young people are organised into a cooperative. This strengthens the market opportunities of the young farmers involved throughout the district. All of this increases the young people's income, strengthens food security and improves their prospects.
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Impacts and results
Responsible native Partner-NGO in Uganda
Okello Byron is a youth from Atyak sub county. He is the oldest of 7 siblings. When his father died, he was still a child, but he had to leave school to earn money for his family. Today, he is self employed, rearing poultry. Okello is earning good income from integrated farm enterprises e.g. rearing poultry intermixed with growing tomatoes as well training other youths.