EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS IN KAMWENGE DISTRICT

 

This kicked off on Friday 19^th2013 at Bigodi primary school in Bigodi parish busiriba sub county Kamwenge District

As the theme was “we conserve to develop”The event  attracted numerous citizens’ students from neighboring schools, and organizations dealing in world life conservation among these we had unite Africa,KAFRED, Uganda wild life conservation education center and various secondary and primary schools from within the spheres of bigodi.

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Various activities took place at the event among which there was wild life art exhibitions, sack running, peeling, dressing competitions, and sighting of poems, football, and ruffle tickets singing, and dancing by students

Kamwenge District environmental officer Mr Magara Nicholas advised the people to promote conservation and enhance development within communities adjacent to kibale National park and kibale wetlands and thanked the people in the region for having developed and managed swamps which has attracted walk trails around magombe swamp for tourists to view primate birds, animals and peoples culture

Certificate of completion was awarded to the Head teacher Bigodi secondary school after a successful ICT training in computers related aspects by UCC representatives who had donated 42 computers to the school to help students and the community.

 

The guest of honor who was by the names of  Dr Gladys Kalema who called upon the old and the young; women and men to join hands to embrace living in harmony with nature among activities she performed was awarding of gifts to winners.