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 World Earth Day Celebration held at Kasejjere Village in Mityana District in Uganda

On 22nd April 2021, Kikandwa Environmental Association (KEA) ,Andrew Mukuye Designers, a local company and Tukolere Wamu Boda Boda / Motor Bike Riders Association organized a gathering in Uganda to  celebrate our Mother Earth Day with the main purpose of campaigning against polluting soil, air and water as well  campaigning for reducing carbon emission from the Atmosphere by improving Forests, Trees and Soil Healthy and to Launch a Forest Village made by the grass root community in Mityana district to restore ecosystems ,reduce biodiversity and soil erosion.

 The other objectives were to offer an opportunity of bringing local and other key stakeholders together with experts and practitioners to engage in an open debate and to share experiences and lessons on the relationship between soil and climate and the benefits of soil health for Uganda as well as African continent, popularalize and publicize the work done by The 4 per 1000 on Soils for Food Security and Climate, share experiences on the relationship between soil and climate and the benefits of soil health in supporting all forms of life, and to make participants get familiarized with the European Commission, EU Green Week /EU Green Deal, UN Decade Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030,UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021(COP26) and how parties interested can get involved.

This interaction also aimed at building strong synergies for local communities and Uganda to effectively transform towards productive and highly resilient agriculture based on appropriate land and soil management to secure sufficient nutritious food, create incomes and consequently promote sustainable development. Inform the participants on how The 4 per 1000 initiative have become an incredible tool to access policy makers as well as sharing practices that can be replicated to make the most of the soil as one of the world’s largest carbon sink, and to communicate and discuss efforts to increase soil organic carbon by building up the land’s ability to draw down excess carbon from the atmosphere, forge way forward on how KEA, Uganda and African continent can access financing to support  initiatives geared towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030.

We also wanted see how we can benefit from The “4 per 1000” Initiative and other relevant Initiatives already active in the topic of agriculture and land use in Africa and other continents in order to improve coordination of different programs and initiatives on the issue of soil carbon storage and to see how our effort can be supported to replicate best practices for local and global adoption.