Action in Africa provided and planted tree seedlings in four different primary partnership program schools, increasing awareness about the need to protect and care about the environment in Bulungi Bwansi.

This month, the government in South Sudan, Uganda’s neighbouring country to the north, closed all schools due to extremely high temperatures that made it impossible for classes to be conducted. In Uganda, it got so hot a few weeks ago that classes in some parts of the country had to be conducted outside classrooms, under tree shades.

Swabrah Nakamatte is an Action In Africa scholarship student who took up her pen in effort to drive further “Earth Action”. Learn more about Swabrah’s educational journey to becoming a doctor here.

In light of Earth Day this month, the Action In Africa team wanted to showcase their most recent community cleanup day. The AIA team, along with the Local Council 1 leadership team and community members, came together to clean the streets and trading centers of the village. It was a day filled with sweeping, picking up litter, clearing stagnant water, and collecting trash from households.