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Thursday, September 18, 2014

LOCAL NEWS - KEN SIMIYU - 31-7-2014 - A.R.P LOIMA PROJECT SET TO BUILD THE RESILIENCE OF THE COMMUNITY TO DROUGHT RELATED DISASTERS



A.R.P Loima project is a diocesan programme that is carried out at Loima Sub-County to build and improve the Community Resilience on drought related disasters response. The Committee in charge of the project met with Loima Sub-County Administrator and other leaders to popularize the programme and gave its objectives. The project aims at increasing food security by helping the farmers carry out irrigation, it also aims at teaching the community entrepreneur skills to increase income and improve live hoods through business. It will also provide training on conflict resolution to the community on how they can solve either internal conflicts or external conflicts based on balanced judgment. Speaking about A.R.P Loima project, the officer in charge, Mr. Daniel Edan, said they are training the community to reduce the risk of disasters and good use of early warning information so as to prevent themselves from being affected.

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