Since January, over 41,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo 🇨🇩 have sought safety in Uganda 🇺🇬, bringing the total number of Congolese in Uganda to nearly 600,000.
@CrentsilMatthew, head of @UNHCRuganda, warns that reception centres at the border are overflowing.
I am in Uganda: the country hosting the most refugees in Africa.
Every month 10,000 new refugees arrive here, escaping violence in neighbouring DR Congo and now Sudan.
Uganda’s refugee policies are generous but public services are overstretched. A collective response is needed.
According to the 2020 UBOS report,Uganda produced 255,000 tonnes of rice ,of which a whooping 70% was produced in Busoga Region valued at nearly Shs 130 billion annually.
Bugiri District remains the single largest producer of rice in the entire country. The District benefits from large swaths of wetlands in which large scale rice growing is done. Other notable districts in the region include Namutumba, Kaliro, Luuka and Kamuli.
Rice growing employs thousands of farmers in Busoga and has uplifted many from poverty. With proper value addition and investment, rice growing has potential to uplift Busoga from poverty and can be an alternative to sugarcane growing if well harnessed.
Young man:
Take it from someone who knows the importance of a father & the impact of losing one. Forgive your father for not playing his part as you think he ought to have. Enough with the accusations & belittling “If my father was rich, I won’t be suffering today” or “What was he doing when his mates were making money?”, it’s not like his father passed wealth to him & he wasted it
Once you start making money & have people depend on you for their survival, you’d know how hard a father’s role is. I believe fathers aren’t appreciated enough, a lot of them do embarrassing jobs, take disrespect from their bosses, work endlessly barely resting, just to make money to take care of their families
Even if your father is a poor man, still respect him. Know this, no man will be at peace with him being unable to provide for his home. He might not show it, but it eats him every single day. And don't think he's too lazy to think of plan or implement it, life happens, things don't always go according to plan. But know this, every father wishes to be a father his children would be proud of
That your father is a drunkard isn't a reason to disrespect him. Sometimes the only escape he has from thoughts of failing to live up to your expectations is through the bottle. Cut him slack, nothing stresses a man than the inability to give his children the world
Respect your father regardless of his status in society & his financial situation. You have to obey him. You have to love him. You must understand his life path & mistakes. You are a man, you will make mistakes as well. Respect him. Learn OR perish!!!
Small but Dangerous!
In aviation, pilots are taught the 1 in 60 rule, which states that after 60 miles, a one-degree error from your heading will result in being off course by one mile at arrival. Which means the lake you planned to fly over could turn out to be a mountain.
The same applies life. We often marginalize the effect of small things - Ignoring a poor health sign, taking a child's bad behavior lightly, not stopping that addiction at an early stage, etc. Though they appear small at the start, their Impact grows overtime positive or negative.
In the words of Ernest Hemingway, "How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly."
Small little variations from our desired direction compound with time and distance.
Watch them carefully.
📸 Taken above Mt. Meru. #Moshehzdiary