practicing environmental managers' organization (pemo)
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The first and only youth-led environmental organization Africa founded by an African vision and on African resources that youth have a central place to play in natural resource managmentTRANSCRIPT
PRACTICING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS’ ORGANIZATION
PEMOP. O. BOX 8957, KAMPALA UGANDA
TEL: +256712582723/+256782646887/+25671249935
www.pemo.wordpress.com
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PEMO: MISSION AND OBJECTIVES
VISSIONPEMO is guided by a vision of a healthy
environment for sustainable livelihoods.
MISSIONPEMO strives to create a concerned and motivated
constituency outside and within government with an interest in, and knowledge of, environmental issues that can in turn act to increase government commitment to, and awareness of pressing environmental issues.
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Objectives
• Promotes environmental education with special emphasis on youth
• Enables networking of various organizations and individuals for the purposes of sustainable development
• Contributes to research and knowledge through environmental research and consultancy
• Increases awareness of, and interest in environment
• Conserves and regenerates degraded environments• Does any lawful activity in pursuit of its mission and
vision.
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WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SINCE 2004, PEMO HAS BEEN A KEY PLAYER IN BOTH
LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION THROUGH:
• UNITING ENVIRONMENTAL GRADUATES• PARTCIPATORY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT• SCHOOLS’ ENVIRONMENT PRACTICE CLUB• COMMUNITY DIALOGUES• PLANTING 5 MILLION TREES FOR 2007• PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION THROUGH CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
• ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION THROUGH MASS-MEDIA
UNITING ENVIRONMENTAL GRADUATES
“TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE”
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PEMO’S ROCK FOUNDATION
• PEMO IS THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION BY AFRICAN YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL GRADUATES.
• ONCE UNITED PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL GRADUATES CAN MAKE A CONCERTED CONTRIBUTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION.
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STRENGTH IN UNITY
• ONCE UGANDAN ENVIRONMENTAL GRADUATES HAVE BEEN UNITED PEMO IS NOW MOVING ON TO UNITE ENVIRONMENTAL GRADUATES IN EAST AFRICA.
• UNITING YOUTH ENVIRONMENTALISTS CREATES EMPLOYMENT IN THE SECTOR OF OUR SOCIETY WORST AFFECTED WITH UNEMPLOYMENT.
• TODAY PEMO IS A UNITY OF OVER 70 GRADUATE ENVIRONMENTALISTS CONTRIBUTING TO CONSERVATION
PARTCIPATORY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
EQUITABLE AND BY CONCENSUS
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PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT
PEMO HAS ALWAYS ADOPTED PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WHEN WORKING WITH THE POOREST COMMUNITIES. THESE COMMUNITIES SHOULD OWN THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES FOR SUSTAINABILITY. ASSISTED THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FORUM ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION UNIVESITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (FICUBC) PEMO WAS ABLE TO CCONDUCT A PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL THAT HAS ALLEVIATED MOST OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FROM THE URBAN-BSED INTERNALLY DISPLACED CAMP IN NAMUWONGO KAMPALA.
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THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
COMMUNITY MEETINGS UNDERSTANDING
COMMUNITY PROBLEMS THROUGH RESOURCE MAPPING AND TRASECTS
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION PROBLEM PRIORITIZATION PROBLEM TREE ANALYSIS COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN
(CAP) INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF
THE CAP. MONITORING AND
EVALUATION
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HOW IT WAS BEFORE
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THE POOR ARE DISPLACED INTO VERY MARGINAL AREAS WHERE THE COST TO HUMAN HEALTH THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL- BASED DISEASE IS HIGH
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THE DWELLING UNITS ARE CONSTRUCTED OUT OF AFFORDABLE BUT VULNERABLE MATERIAL
WHICH IS PRONE TO FLOODING AND OFFER EASY ENTRY TO DISEASE VECTORS SUCH AS
MOSQUITOES AND HOUSEFLIES
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THE COMMUNITY WAS MARKED WITH POOR WASTE MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES
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THE WATER SOURCES ARE POLLUTED DUE TO POOR WASTE MANAGEMENT LEADING TO A HIGH
INCIDENCE OF WATER RELATED DISEASES SUCH AS CHOLERA, MALARIA, TYPHOID
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HOW IT IS TODAY AFTER THE PARTICIPATORY APPRAISAL, WE ENABLED THE
COMMUNITY TO FORM THE NAMUWONGO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (NACODO) TO FORESEE THE
CAP IMPLEMENTATION
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WE ARE CONTINOUSLY HELPING VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT ACTORS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION OF POOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES SUCH AS NAMUWONGO AND
HOW THEY CAN HELP
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A FORMER 5-YEAR GARBAGE STOCKPILE HAS BEEN REMOVED THROUGH COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY ACTION
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WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ASSOCIATED PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES HAVE GREATLY
IMPROVED
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THE COMMUNITY IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEANER AS THEY NOW ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT
FORMER POLLUTED WELLS HAVE BEEN REHABITATED THROUGH COMMUNITY ACTION
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BECAUSE OF THE PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES AND THROUGH THE NACODO THE NAMUWONGO COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO ATTRACT
SIGNIFICANT EXTERNAL SUPPORT.
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WOMEN ARE PLAYING AN INCREASINGLY CENTRAL ROLE IN NACODO
SCHOOLS’ ENVIRONMENT PRACTICE CLUB (SEPC)
“KNOWLEDGE IS NOTHING UNLESS IT IS SHARED”
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SEPC
• IT THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL GRADUATES PASS ON ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO YOUNGER PEOPLE IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AS A STRATEGY OF DEVELOPING ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES AND SKILLS IN THE NEXT GENERATION
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THROUGH THE SEPC WE HAVE DONE: DEBATES,PLENARY DISCUSSIONS TREE PLANTING, AUDIO AND VIDEO SONGS HAVE INTERGRATED YOUNGER
PEOPLE INTO OUR VARIOUS PROJECTS
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UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENT THROUGH DEBATE AND PLENARY DISCUSSIONS
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PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH TREE PLANTING
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SEPC IS PARTERNING WITH PEMO IN COMMUNITY SENSITIZATION THROUGH MUSIC AND DRAMA
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PROMOTING TECHNIQUES IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICUTLTURE
COMMUNITY DIALOGUES
EDUCATING THROUGH COMMUNITY ROAD-SHOWS
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TAKING ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE TO THE PEOPLE
THE LACK OF ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE OR THE POSSESSION OF PARTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE HAS CAUSED UNTOLD ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN AFRICA. WE DEVISED A FAST AND EASY WAY OF ERADICATING ENVIRONMENTAL IGNORANCE THROUGH OPEN AIR COMMUNITY DIALOGUES. THEY ARE BASED ON MOBILIZATION THROUGH MUSIC AND DRAMA BY SEPC AND THEN DISCUSSIONS AND INTERACTION ABOUT KEY ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS AFFECTING AN AREA THROUGH A ROAD-SHOW DIALOGUE.
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THEMES COVERED SO FAR IN COMMUNITY DIALOGUES AND
ROADSHOWS• MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
THROUGH THE EYES OF ORDINARY PEOPLE• ROLE OF DISCENTRALIZATION IN
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.• FAITH AND RELIGION IN SUSAINABLE
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT• ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND AIDS
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HAVING COLLECTED EDUCATION MATERIALS FROM SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS WE DISTRIBUTED THEM THROUGH DIALOGUE AND ROAD SHOW
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VARIOUS SPEAKERS AND KEY THEMES WERE COVERED
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THE COMMUNITY DIALOGUES ATTRACT A CROSS-SECTION OF STAKEHOLDERS
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PLANTING 5 MILLION TREES FOR 2007
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CLIMATE CHANGE IS GLOBAL AND REAL. THE THREATS IT PRESENTS ARE REAL. FROM BIBLICAL FLOODS, DROUGHTS TO DELAYED RAINS AND FAMINES. AFRICA IS MOST VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS. ONE OF THE PROVEN LINES OF RESPONSE IS CONSERVATION OF CURRENT FORESTS AND RESTORATION OF DEGRADED FOREST AREAS. PEMO INITIATED THIS PROJECT IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. SO FAR WE HAVE MOTIVATED THE COUNTRY TO PLANT 200,000 TREES
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STEPS TO 5 MILLION TREES 2007
• WE FORMED TREE NURSERY OPERATORS UGANDA (TRENOU)
• THROUGH TRENOU WE SUPPLY SUBSIDIZED INDIGENOUS TREE SEEDLINGS TO UGANDANS
• WE OFFER WEEKLY KNOWLEDGE ON TREE PLANTING AND RELATED TOPICS ON A NATIONAL RADIO (IMPACT RADIO, 98.5FM EVERY SATURDAY 7-8AM)
• ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATING SEPC SCHOOLS, CHRUCHES AND LOCAL COUNCILS TO PLANT TREES
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1ST JANUARY 2007: LAUNCHED THE PROJECT
PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
THROUGH CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
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TAPPING INTO TRADITION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
• PEMO HAS FORMED PARTNERSHIPS WITH SEVERAL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN UGANDA
• WE HAVE CONDUCTED SEVERAL STUDIES FOR THESE INSTITUTIONS PARTICULARLY THE 400 AD BUGANDA KINGDOM WHICH COMPRISES 17% OF THE 56 TRIBES IN UGANDA.
• WE ARE HELPING THE CULTURAL BUGANDA GOVERNMENT MAINSTREAM ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN ITS DEVELOPMENT.
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KIGGO AND KABAKA’S LAKE STUDIES
Subsistence agriculture at the lake
THE KINGDOM IS ENDOWED WITH SEVERAL NATURAL RESOURCES WHICH WE ARE HELPING IT
TO DESIGN SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT PLANS LIKE FOR KIGGO STONE MINES AND THE
KABAKA’S LAKE
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION THROUGH
MASS-MEDIA
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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION THROUGH RADIO AND TV
• WE ARE CONDUTING WEEKLY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS ON NATIONAL MASS MEDIA: RADIO IMPACT (98.5FM, EVERY SATURDAY) AND TOP-TV (EVERY FRIDAY 5PM, REPEATS SATURDAY)
• THESE HAVE BEEN KEY INFORMATION PORTALS ESPECIALLY IN CLARIFYING CONTROVERSAL ISSUES LIKE GOVERNMENT LED FOREST DESTRUCTION
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Strategy• The environment is the
source, means and the end of our life
• It is our individual and collective responsibility to ensure a clean and health sustainable environment we live in.
• PEMO seeks to add its efforts to this noble cause by involving the future environmentalists to charter today’s environmental management for tomorrow’s sustainable development.
PEMO
International stakeholders Local stakeholders
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Benefits of adopting the PEMO strategy
• Involving young environmentalists in sustainable development has multiple benefits; there is sustainability of environmental knowledge and practice.
• Young people are quick and flexible learners
• Young people are smart and have intellect, they need access to resources to foster skills and values.
• Young people need be involved in environmental management immediately after school when their environmental skills are still fresh.
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Why PEMO is better• Developing countries lose a
lot in terms of brain drain (Uganda is the 3rd worst affected in the world), its high time to involve young people to steer national development
• Better results are guaranteed if employees practice their academic qualifications
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Key Benefits
• We have been duly trained in the principles and values of environmental management, we know what we are doing, how to do it and when to do it.
• We represent the next generation; when you invest in us, you invest in future. A shilling today is worthy two tomorrow.
• We don’t seek profit, we are only doing what we are obliged to do. We only seek facilitation to execute our obligations
• We are robust and patient. We have the patience of a mahogany that will break the hard-pan
• Like the environment; We are flexible; dynamic and quick to adapt to change.
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How you can help
• Make a financial donation: all of our activities are not-for-profit, we are supported through goodwill and donations
• Register as a PEMO member.• Make an in-kind donation: for PEMO to distribute
to destitute communities we operate in.• Serve as an intern on PEMO projects next
summer and whenever you come to East Africa.• If an NGO or foundation accept our formal
mutually beneficial partnership.• Make a suggestion on how PEMO can better
achieve its mission and vision.
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Our contacts
PEMOP.O.BOX 8957KAMPALA. UGANDAEmail: [email protected]: www.pemo.wordpress.com
DDAMULIRA ROBERTEXECUTIVE
DIRECTORPEMOMob: +25671582723Email; [email protected]
Mr. Kajuba MichaelPUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
PEMO Mob:
+25675628634Email: [email protected]
THANK YOU