The govt school with five pupils, 12 teachers
Floods and the impact of the pandemic forced many learners to abandon the school
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Floods and the impact of the pandemic forced many learners to abandon the school
By slowing floodwater and stabilising riverbanks, bamboo walls could protect farmers from climate change-worsened floods – and earn them extra income
Mbonagaija Nestoli knows how it feels to live in fear of the river.
Mbonagaija Nestoli knows how it feels to live in fear of the river. Massive floods have regularly torn through his village of Rwakingi, in western Uganda, destroying farms and equipment. One, in 2019, ruined three-quarters of the land on which Nestoli grows bananas, yams and sugarcane. But the 72-year-old farmer hopes he will soon no longer worry when the rain hammers down and
Mbonagaija Nestoli knows how it feels to live in fear of the river.