Mega phone boosts CKC information access

The right to information enables individuals to have access to all kinds of information and knowledge needed in there day today lives. The Lukwanga ckc provides general and basic information which information is always available within communities but not known and utilized both within and outside these communities. Access to information not only from public domain but also private domains empowers people to take informed choices. Lukwanga ckc provides access to community development information which is a fundamental cause for many people living in the 21st century where the world is becoming a global village. With the support from the Rotary Club of Kampala central and Rotarian Patrick Kunobwa in particular, Lukwanga community knowledge centre is now ‘live on air’ sharing local information around the villages within the proximity of Lukwanga parish. The centre easily receives and share updates from around with the help of the megaphone facility all day long. Any one from within and around Lukwanga and wakiso is free and invited to join us in a spirit of collaboration by utilizing the mega phone facility to reach out information to any part of the village within Lukwanga parish and also send content and news to whoever and wherever you can within wakiso given that information has unlimited boundaries. With the support from the Rotary Club of Kampala central and Rotarian Patrick Kunobwa in particular, Lukwanga community knowledge centre is now ‘live on air’ sharing local information around the villages within the proximity of Lukwanga parish. The centre easily receives and share updates from around with the help of the megaphone facility all day long. Any one from within and around Lukwanga and wakiso is free and invited to join us in a spirit of collaboration by utilizing the mega phone facility to reach out information to any part of the village within Lukwanga parish and also send content and news to whoever and wherever you can within wakiso given that information has unlimited boundaries.

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CKC hosts US Bold Leaders food fellows in Lukwanga

International community organizers, BoldLeaders teamed up with Growing Power (US), the Mazingira Institute, and Environmental Alert to carry out a partnership arrangement to share and learn experiences in urban agriculture and food security. The partnership between the collaborating professionals in Uganda, Kenya teamed up with the United States’ department focusing on food security as it relates to urban and peri-urban agriculture.

The opportunity is to facilitate a two-way exchange between the African countries (Uganda and Kenya) and the U.S. to improve food security as it relates to the social, cultural, political, and economic factors in food production, equitable distribution, and non-degradable environmental practices.

Environmental Alert as one of the international organizers of the fellowship program hosted a team of fellows on an exchange program in Uganda. The visit was an amazing learning and experience sharing for us. Lukwanga was one of the hosting venues where the fellows were hosted for a 2 day’s sharing session at the Lukwanga community knowledge centre (CKC). Great thanks to Dara Cooper and Joseph Adamji for sharing their experiences with the communities of Lukwanga. Dara and John really shared the American experiences with our community in Lukwanga. With less doubt, their experiences will inform a basis for the future development of the resource centre.

Many thanks to Bold Leaders Exchange program.