We had no idea of beekeeping and selling honey until ECO and BEE House Products Uganda Limited trained us. From the trainings we have learnt how to keep bees and harvest good quality honey without a lot of smoke and without pollen. We were trained about the cleanliness of the containers and personal cleanliness. Our group harvest was good, collected at ECO offices 22kg of honey and sold to Bee House Products at 88,000/=

Ngiro Charles

Namidkao Group

HoPE has taught us to make energy saving jikos [stoves], with no smoke. Since I started using the energy saving jiko, my husband can stay longer in the house, because there is no smoke that will drive him away. He can even stay with me longer in the kitchen as he waits for food and keeps me company. Energy saving jikos has increased love in our families.”

Women’s Group

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Since I was a child, I have gone fishing, but the population increased,fishing practices worsened, and fish reduced. However, HoPE trained fishermen to practice good fishing methods, they got rid of under-sized fishing nets and also trained BMUs to supervise the fishing activities, and now there are fish. HoPE caged a breeding area for fish. With the help of the bylaw that governs the breeding area, fish have increased in number. This is visible because fish are even seen playing and jumping around the lakeshores…”

Youth Association

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