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The Africa partnership on Climate Change Coalition (APCCC) is an NGO was registered in Malawi in 2008, Tanzania in 2009 and Uganda in 2011 .
Mission: To Preserve and protect Mother Nature for the present and future generation. Vision: The Edwards hamlet has a big vision of a right place for community members to visit and taste freshly picked fruits, nut, vegetables and berries while they enjoy quality time in nature with benefits such as exchanging seeds, coordinating fun global events like contest and treasure hunts and sharing ideas for school activities and experiential education programs. In pursuance of APCCC mission, the organization has set up its first hamlet in Jinja district at Bufula village on an aproximately 8 acres land and the hamlet is abbreviated as EDWARDS as the core activities E-Education, D-Development, W-Water, A-Agriculture, R-Research, D-Divine Temperance and S-Sports. The Edwards hamlets are a strong advocates for organic, non GMO farming and required to use only organic and non GMO seeds. Our aim is to increase and sustain income generating opportunities and food security |
A 500 seat capacity hall has been erected on the hamlet for purposes of training stakeholders. The stakeholders consist of groups of farmers who get together to study a particular topic. The topics covered vary from conservation agriculture, organic agriculture, animal husbandry, and soil husbandry, to income generating activities such as handicrafts and provide opportunities for learning by doing. It teaches basic agricultural and management skills that make farmers experts in their own farms. This is a forum where farmers and trainers debate, observations, experiences and present new information from outside the community.
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Wish list for EDWARDS Hamlet
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