Report on “Training of WOMEN and YOUTH in lemon grass growing and environmental protection”

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Regarding ‘Environmental Protection through Expanding Lemon grass growing and Education in Uganda’, this is the first report of 2^nd year of this project.

SORAK Executive Director 

discussing the importance of lemon grass growing

 as a measure to environmental protection

Although the project of the second year has been ongoing, we had about some sad news that the lemon grass was affected by Insects in most gardens leading to reduce in quality and as well dry up of lemon grass. 

However, activities have been successfully implemented!

This time, ‘Parish based training of women and youth in lemon grass growing and environmental protection’ were carried out on May 2018.

A total of 161 participants attended and most of them were women with a likely number of about 118 female participants.

The topics were as follows.

• Need to engage the youth and women in lemon grass growing
• Need for a strong desire towards environmental conservation by- laws
• Need for the participants to understand their current role in protecting the environment.
• Importance of lemongrass growing

Participants listening the discussion

The outcomes of this training were as following.

• Encouraged youth and women to take on lemon grass growing as well as other environmental conservation activities like tree planting.
• Tasked all parish-based leaders to keep on patrolling the environment to ensure its protection.
• Emphasized putting in place harsh measures to those that have broken the environment related laws and regulations.

Therefore, the participants discussed pertinent issues that have led to the massive environmental degradation as well as discover for themselves about environmental degradation vices and laws of protection throughout their respective parishes.

You can find the details in the reports below,

Activity 1.4 and 1.5 Training of women&youth in lemon grass growing and environmental protection

*This project is supported by Japan Fund for Global Environment of the Environmental Restoration (JFGE) and by Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency (ERCA)

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【Educational Environment】Formation of Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM Club)

We are implementing the second phase of the project on ‘Improvement of school environment to combat Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) challenges to Stop Adolescent Girls’ School Dropouts in Uganda’ supported by funds from the Lush Charity Bank of Lush Japan, Co., Ltd..

Participants mentioning the names of the pupils 
they wish to have as members of the MHM club

At this time, we will report about Activity 2-1, ‘Facilitate MHM trainees to form 3 MHM clubs in schools’ implemented in March 2018.

The ‘MHM Club’ uses a Child-to-Child approach in which children train other fellow pupils on conducting Menstruation Hygiene Management (MHM), gender awareness and sex education with the technical assistance and guidance of the SORAK team and senior teachers.

* Based on the Child-to-Child approach, children who have skills and knowledge will teach fellow pupils.

The main purpose of forming these MHM clubs is to ensure sustainability and project ownership in cooperation with school teachers so that these clubs will remain and continue operating even after the end of the project. Pupils in these clubs will continue training their peers on MHM, including making reusable sanitary pads.

Each target school was given the opportunity to identify 8 girls and 4 boys who will be a member of MHM clubs. The students who had participated in activity 1.1 Child-Child MHM training were brought on board to participate in the formation of MHM clubs and their own positions in the club. As a result, 80% of pupils who participated in activity 1.1 were selected as MHM club members.  The other 20% of pupils who did not participate in activity 1.1 were selected based on their communication skills, capacity and activeness.

Pupils identifying names of the capable 

and active participants for the MHM club

SORAK staff briefing pupils on 
some of the roles and responsibilities of the club

Group photo of new members of MHM club

Responsibilities of MHM Club members in three schools

1. Conducting MHM, which includes providing awareness on issues concerning menstruation, counseling and making of reusable sanitary pads
2. Providing training on gender issues, sex education and reproductive health rights taking a Child-to-Child approach
3. Looking for market in communities and schools for already made reusable sanitary pads

Click on the following link to view the report on

 ‘Activity 2-1Facilitate MHM trainees to form 3 MHM peer clubs’.

*This project is supported by Lush Japan Co., Ltd.

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