Redeeming Language From extinction In Tepeth Indigenous Community

Project goal: Promote preservation of the Tepeth heritage by supporting documentation, preservation, and popularization of So-language in Moroto and Napak districts.

Project Milestones

  • Conducted baseline Held 6 FGDs (2 males, 2 females, 2 youth mixed) and 12 KI. 10 enumerators involved. Mapped 20 So-lang speakers who supported in documentation process.
  • Recorded five 5o’ videos that promote culture and, peace and environmental conservation
  • Drafted 3 So’ language entry materials to facilitate training of children in schools and communities (Downloads available here).
  • Reached out to 1,308 participants (522 women and 786 men) to conduct dialogue with the Tepeth on the language and culture.
  • Formed and trained 2 Tepeth cultural associations of 60 members (23 women and 37 men)
  • Trained on apiary and supported the making of 150 bee hives in Nabwal)
  • Trained on crafts (shoe making and beads for economic empowerment, resilience to climate shocks and promotion of tourism through culture)
  • Trained 20 TOTs on the So-lang materials developed. (7 women and 13 men)
  • Held 3 coordination meetings involving 25 participants at every meeting
  • Provided 10 mobile libraries at communities to support in storage and dissemination of the So’ materials

Downloads

THE SO’ LANGUAGE VERSION OF PRIMARY ONE THEMATIC BOOK

THE SO’ LANGUAGE NUMERRACY AND NOMENCLATURE

THE SO' LANGUAGE NORMS AND RIDDLES

Environmental protection and sustainable livelihoods through Integrated natural resource management and sustainable land management technologies

Project goal: To contribute to improved environmental protection and sustainable livelihoods among vulnerable communities in Moroto district

Project Milestones

  • 292 direct participants affecting 2,044 household members
  • Procured and planted 1,500 tree seedlings
  • Constructed 200 Lorena stoves at household levels
  • Supplied 100 bee hives to promote apiary.
  • Trained and equipped 5 apiary farmers with processing and start-up packaging materials
  • Promoted soil and water conservation practices through stone bunds and Napier grass growing
  • Supported school gardening in Kodonyo primary school and water harvesting and storage
  • Promoted livelihoods and income through vegetable and sunflower production

Protection and Preservation of Lokere Water Catchment for Socio-economic Change in Karamoja

Lokere phase 2 covers 5 Karamoja districts (Nabilatuk, Napak, Moroto, Kotido and Kaabong) and 4 Teso districts (Amuria, Katakwii, Kapelebyong and Soroti). 

This phase focusses on two main results areas (RA); RA1 focuses on institutional strengthening for stakeholders working in areas around river Omaniman. This is through capacity building, trainings and meetings

RA2 is typically a technical component involving watershed environment protection and conservation related activities. Activities here include:

  • Climate Smart Agricultural practices (CSA),
  • Soil and Water Conservation practices (SWC) (stabilization, control erosion and fertility),
  • Rangeland management (pastures, water for livestock-valley tanks.
  • Ministry of water and environment gives guidelines on Training of water user committees),
  • Restoration of degraded areas by planting pastures (Nakonyen, Nadunget etc.
  • Water provision for production, tree growing, Energy stoves making, and Rangeland improvements.

KAYESE 256 is implementing activities geared towards achievements of RA2 in Tapac, Katikekile, and and Nadunget sub counties in Moroto and Lorengedwat sub county in Nabilatuk distirict.

Annual Miss Tourism Karamoja-Go Green Campaign

KAYESE 256 has been a co-sponsor for miss tourism Karamoja from 2018. KAYESE 256 dedicates a week annually to mobilize youth and work with national forestry authority of Uganda to plant trees at institutions in Karamoja and along highways and streets

Go Green campaign activities include:

  • We advance environmental protection and conservation campaigns through this event that brings many young people together.
  • Leverage on the event to popularize tree planting at institutions.
  • Follow-up with current and outgone miss tourism to ensure they continue sensitizing communities and amplify environmental concerns in all platforms available to them
  • We continue community sensitization through radios, community dialogues and posters to challenge vices that degrade environment and promote best practices for conservation and revitalization
  • District leaderships of Karamoja have welcomed presidential directive to ban commercialized charcoal burning and trade. KAYESE continues to sensitize communities on this pronouncement.
  • Active youths are supporting local authorities to intercept trucks carrying large quantities of charcoal.
  • Illegal commercial traders have resorted to packing charcoal in trucks covered with marble stones and beverage transported disguising as empty crates with charcoal concealed.

Accelerating Recovery from COVID 19 and full implementation of 2023 SDG’s Agenda: The Role of the Youth

KAYESE 256 with Moroto district Local government hosted the Karamoja regional Youth conference in Moroto from August 23rd-24th 2023

Higlights from the Youth day Celebrations:

  • The Assistant Commissioner for youth and children’s affairs at the ministry of gender labor and social development Mr. Mondo Kyateka who represented the state minister for youth and children’s affairs presided as the guest of honor. 
  • His main message to the youth was to ensure each young person in Karamoja plants a tree. To quote from him “If you are 20 years and above and hasn’t planted a tree in your life, you need to repent”.
  • Mondo also cautioned the youth on HIV/AIDS, Alcoholism and lack of self-belief. He emphasized that young people in Karamoja need to work harder for the solutions to problems in the region and should not let anyone make them feel inferior.
  • He promised to share concerns from youth to the president of Uganda H.E. Y.K. Museveni.

 

Highlights of youth concerns

  • Limited access to business capital-need for special Karamoja youth innovation fund to bolster local innovations for economic empowerment.
  • Lack of tertiary institution in Karamoja-a need for a Karamoja based University to promote higher education and quality learning.
  • Karamoja challenges are unique and needs to be clearly outlines and addressed. But this is only possible if Karamoja is a standalone region since most of the challenges here are masked by those from other sub regions with which Karamoja shares a region.
  • Peace and security has been treated with inconsistency from government, this has restricted opportunities for the youth and investments in the region. Among others that will be shared in a position paper later.