Youths and Women in Greater Oluvu Sub-county Trained on How to Do Commercial Agriculture as a Way of Alleviating Poverty.

📸: Some of the beneficiaries paying attention during the training. Photo by Information is Power.

Aseru Maracha Foundation, a none governmental organization registered on December 2022 in Maracha District has on Thursday 20-7-2023 turned to training Youths and Teenage mothers in greater Oluvu Sub-county on how to do both commercial and subsistence farming as a way of alleviating themselves and their families from the clutches of poverty and hunger.

📸: Ms Obuba Kanta one of the beneficiaries of the training talks to Information is Power during an interview after the training.

Ms Kanta Obuba from Draju village, Draju Parish in Obiba Sub-county applauded Aseru Maracha Foundation for giving them such opportunity to train them on Agriculture and also pledged to put into good use the knowledge she has learned from the training on commercial farming by sharing it with her fellow ladies.

📸: Mr Drate Gabriel the Assistant CDO for Agaii Town Council speaks to Information is Power after the training.

Assistant Community Development Officer (ACDO) for Agaii Town Council, Mr Gabriel Drate who was the trainer for the training said, he has ever trained people in the past regarding trainings of this nature, and he then thought of approaching the local NGO (Aseru Maracha Foundation) to organize such trainings because from an analysis he conducted, what affects most of our community members is "rigid mindset" towards development.

He reiterated that, he did follow-ups on those he trained in the past and discovered that, such trainings have positive impacts on the people who receive the knowledge.

📸: Hon Govule Francis the Youth Chairperson for Maracha District who doubles as the vice president of Aseru Maracha Foundation speaks to Information is Power.

Vice president for Aseru Maracha Foundation, Mr Francis Govule noted that, they identified "Agriculture" specifically for this training because they realised, many of the Youths are idle and seated by the roadside doing nothing.

Agriculture been the backbone of Uganda, Mr Govule said the training on commercial Agriculture is intended to open the brains of Youths and Women on how they can be able to identify opportunities.

This training on Commercial Agriculture becomes the second training offered by Aseru Maracha Foundation after their first training was launched on Liquid Soap making in June 2023 spread across Maracha District.