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This is the number of refugee school-age children around the world today has grown by since 2000

Agriculture growth is two to four times more effective to reduce poverty than growth in another sector.

of agricultural land in Africa is now damaged or lost.

more than half of those syrian refugee children are out of school.

The issue

FOOD INSECURITY

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of the land is owned by only 8% of the operators (large scale agricultural entreprises)

If women had the same resources as men, they could increase yields on their farms by 20-30%, raise agricultural output by 2.5-4% and reduce hungry people by 100-150 million.

Uganda is the third largest refugee-hosting country in the world after Turkey and Pakistan.

of the population in Uganda work in agriculture.

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Our grand parents trusted the whites know everything and will wish nothing bad to us. That&rsquo;s why everything they could bring in we had to adopt. Our grands had to leave everything they had so that they copy, it&rsquo;s like cut and paste. Cut everything that have been told to them, and paste in their country, and paste in whatever they&rsquo;re doing.

TRAPPED IN CUT AND PASTE

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Our elders slept in the years when they had to be the advocate of us they slept. At least if we had several role modelstalking on behalf of the vulnerable and the marginalized, it would have given us also the moral and it would have inspired us to also take it ahead. But our grand parents and our fathers relaxed a lot. Wanted everything on a silver plate. They wanted everything on a flat land. So they couldn&rsquo;t want to toil. That&rsquo;s why we are also sleeping. And also, if we do the same thing and sleep, that means that our children and the generations to come won’t ever wake up.

THE BIG SLEEP

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Now in Uganda, if you’re having no money you cannot go into agriculture. You need to add fertilizers a lot because the soil is no longer fertile. The pesticides have killed the small living organisms that were giving life to the soil. And everywhere you see, the trees are being cut. People burn them to sell charcoal. So the cycles of rain are also being damaged. That means the soils are drying everyday even more. All of that because people have been looking at how to get money and not looking far. They’ve destroyed everything.

POVERTY CAUSES LAND DEGRADATION

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Everytime factories are being set up, they’re clearing land, people are being displaced, and they&rsquo;re replacing people with farms, big farms. They want to plant the sugar canes, and hundred people are sent away. Because cattle is more valued than humans. But on top of that, these factories are just polluting the environment. The swamps are dead. So in that process we are not having big forests to be caught on fire, but maybe houses will be caught on fire. Because if you feel the sunshine that we&rsquo;re having now, is hotter than it used to be when I was young.

LAND GRABBING IS ALSO AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE

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People are having no money, and here in Uganda, if you want to do farming, you have to be with cash, to buy the fertilizers. That’s why we thought of going for the farming that needs no money. Like permaculture.

FIGHTING EXTREME POVERTY THROUGH PERMACULTURE

UGANDA, THE WASTED PEARL OF AFRICA 

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Natives used to segregate the refugees. They could look at them as people who are going to be a problem in their community. So what came to mind was « if they work together then they will know that these people are not bad, they’re not dangerous on their site but they’re seeking for help ». So the first step we looked at was to bring these people together, as a group to learn. There at least everyone has the the chance to air out any view. So in that process these people come together, start thinking and sharing. Now they feel safe. But it wasn’t the case before.

BUILDING TOGETHER NESS THROUGH TRAININGS

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The trainings we give to the refugees and the villagers are on permaculture, on savings and on health. We can’t make for them a health centre but we’re giving them these herbal medicine tips so it can act as a first aid before they run to the hospital. And we teach them how to grow these plants.

TEACHING BASICS SKILLS TO SURVIVE

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If women were given that opportunity of sharing this land and owning it equally, I think they would make a great change because at least women are having the heart of the nation. They know we have to get up for our children and for the basic needs. Mothers are much attached to children. They want to feed these children and they look at everyone who is in the age bracket of their children as their owns, that means they will solve that problem.

FEMALE FARMER WILL SAVE AFRICA

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Nobody is ready to get in the garden and start growing their own food. That’s why we better put forget about the many theories in schools, but focus on the practical part of them. And all the billboards should give this information, and when giving the information they should help us to put it in practice. And those that can help, it’d be better if they wake up and provide the help they can and push further… Then, we will make a change. If not for that, other places will be sinking; other will be caught in fire. And then…the world will come to an end.

FOOD SECURITY AS A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY 

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We want to put agriculture as a component subject. At primary school and not just the theory, the practical. I am worried because children in Uganda are most of the time not allowed to play with soil. Parents are always limiting, hindering them. They want those things that are handed on silver plates, saying « we want a better life for them ». They are giving them an education; which is well. But this education has nothing to do with agriculture. That means that in ten years to come… people will have no skill. Because if children grow up playing with soil, then they will know how to do the farming and how to survive.

AGRICULTURE SHOULD BE LEARNT AT SCHOOL

Winnie's lessons learnt

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Winnie's lessons 
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For her, the future of her country depends on agriculture that respects the Earth. While in Uganda, Winnie Tushabe taught permaculture to poor families and refugees. 
She tells her fight in the movie @biggerthanusthefilm

Bigger Than Us

Food
security

The issue

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75%

72%

Winnie's lessons
learnt

Bonus

Winnie: in Uganda, she teaches permaculture to poor families

The other
fights

Education for refugees

Environmental justice

Freedom of speech

Refugee rescue

Women's rights

Youth empowerment

Food security

The issue

84%

75%

72%

Winnie's lessons learnt

Bonus

Winnie: in Uganda, she teaches permaculture to poor families

The other fights

Education for refugees

Environmental justice

Freedom of speech

Refugee rescue

Women's rights

Youth empowerment

Food
security

Winnie's lessons
learnt

The other
fights