THE TREE
A TIST UGANDA'S Publication Volume 1 Issue No. 54 Sept. 2013
TIST Uganda Sept. 2013 News letter
“The Trea” Norupapura fwamakurpra handikoe:s aba TIST Uganda, efagl a the International Small Group end Tras
planting program.
DRUKORA KWAITU
Tn miigamibe sivenainayh kwemutsyamud makeing] aba landricubongyerEmy amagni gokLTWenisapkucekyereziowa kw ebbara, ckweiuna abwongnekyenda kitar kyeburo,
ENDERERWA BYAITU
Cmakunyanyisa enhnguia yenharaplurundana oreova onungl Curukumga armani. TIST nehwera abahing abardueenga 25,000, atwakwerinda Sidr, endiisa anungl yabomumaka tokucendeza yankmata.
PREFACE -
IIGEMOUS TREES ARE ENVIROMENTALLY FRIENDLY
Paz OF INDIGENOUS TREES QUALTTITIES OF A GOODSMALL
GROUP FOR TIST PROGRAM InROTATIONAL LEADERSHIP WITH COMP HCY MODEL ERIROMUNDA WEMITIYENZA ARWANEERINDA YE OBUHAMGWA. WI OETURE GT OEURE OMUBIRIING BWAET AHARWS FIMO AMT YASYD,
WOMWETORORO OMUEWEMBEZI ENYA LING.
AEIHURURE RYO KWAMWENDA 2013.
SEPTEMBER 2013 NEWSLETTER.
EDITORS MESSAGE.
It is now maize, beans, sorghum and other annual crops weeding. Make sure weedin g is done timely. On top keep in mind planting indigenous trees of different species as agreed in our {rainings to clean our environment.
Ara.
OBUTUMWA BWA EDITA.
Egi nshumi neibagara ryebihimba, ebicoori, omugusha
nebindi bihingwa bya buri mwaka mureebe ngu
mwayoombera mwaheza omubwire buhikire,
Obwo muteebinwe nokugumizamu nimubyara emiti
yenzarwa nkoku twaikirii zeine omumishomo yaitu
kushemeza obuhangwa bwensi yaitu.
Ara.
_ INDIGENOUS TREES ARE
ENVIROMENTALLY FRIENDLY
Indigenous trees are trees found in our localities for
thousands of years. Our forests and lands ane
naturally rich and diverse, and included Fed
Stinkwood, Cordia Africana, and some Acacias
and kinds of Albizia, to name just a few. These trees
are useful to us and other creatures that live under
Benefits of indigenous trees
Many indigenous trees in our localities provide
beauty and shade. They are also functional and
helpful as they provide medicine, fodder, fruits, and
can produce valuable timber. They also cool the
covironment and make us feel comfortable.
We like to plant them around our premises fora
pleasant life. They act as windbreaks and provide
cleaner air thet supports our health.
These indigenous trees were honored because some
could be planted on memorial days if some rituals
were performed. Tree planting and important events
go hand-in-hand. Today, we can still sce some trees
planied by our fathers and mothers, our grandfathers
and grandmothers, and remember these important
occasions. Protecting and promoting these trees will
help generations understand our unique values,
events, and traditions proudly for years to come.
Indigenous trees are environmentally friendly. They
consume a lot of carbon dioxide to help make the
environment cool and regulate the temperature.
They provide homes and food for beneficial insects
and other organisms that that protect our crops from
pests and disease.
Deciduous indigenous trees, which shed their leaves
during the dry season, can fertilize and protect soil,
The leaves are used on the ground as mulch and
Toots hold the soil, thereby preventing soil erosion.
Econcmically, we may choose to invest in free
planting for carbon income and to fight climate
change and the harm thar causes our farms and
families. We each have a choice in what we plant,
and with our choice, can transform commaumities for
along period of ime. We can choose indigenous
trees that provide all of these diverse benefits for
years lo come. :
Indigenous trees produce fruits, bark, and wood,
and can restore forests that are important for our
ratings and rivers.
Let's plant indigenous trees for a better Uganda and
abetier world,
Frank Arinaitwe
MNyabubaare Tree Planting,
QUALTTITIES OF A GOODSMALL GROUP
FOR TIST PROGRAM
When we talk of the qualities of a good group for
TIST program, we are referring fo things a food
group should have so as to qualifvitio be called a
good or even the best one.
These inchade among others the following.
It should have a number of six to twelve members.
Tt should be registered with TIST.
It should be having all the members who have
signed the registration form.
-Every member should have at least more than [08
trees and ready to plant more.
-A group should have ong thousand trees and ready =
to plant more every year.
-Members should be those ones who wall not cut
down the trees until a period of 30 years.
-A group should have a chairman who should
mobilize meetings for the group members.
-A good group should be that one whose members
are ready to clean ther groves.
“Members af this group should all signa
quanti feation form. ‘
-A good group should make sure that their groves
are quantified every year. | 1
It should be made up men and women.
“Members should hirve trees planted on their
own land and not Goverment Limud.
-A group that has a grove to be quantified
should be less than two years.
-Members should be at least from three nearby
families and NOT onlyone family.
All these and many mone makes up a TIST
group to be referred to as the best.
We encourage the atready registered proup and
those ones who hove just registered to make
sure that you the qualities mentioned above,
More information can be got from TIST trainicrs
0 POUT Areas.
Caleb Kayabuki
ROTATIONAL LEADERSHIP WITH
COMPETENCY MODEL.
Rotational lewlership has the competency skills
and model. [tis the SCs responsibility to share
the skills so as le play arole model in ihe
socaedy. This is with miegnty and coedibality in the
public. The ohjects oft are ever aman; which
means apecthe, Measurable, Realistic and Time
bound or Frame.
The conceptin it is capacity building and
transformation. Therefore the results are
admirable and then this is sustainable
development, working together as a team is very
acted up with a sense of concem.
Rotational leadership has m mind the
comprehensive plans for its members at all
levels, Therefore many projects ina program for
the peoples needed are uplifted in good limited
time,
Rotational leadersdnp gives the participating
process that will always give the better results,
The best practices as far as TIST Values are the
guidelines.
From Flor¢oee Byaruhanga,
NUTRITION.
Our bodies need a balanced diet if we want to be
heakthy. The International Small group and Tree Planting
Program has enlightened us on how to take care of
ourselves by providing knowledie to plant trees as
googie in planning for our health. Therefore we should
integrate projects under this program for the betterment
of our ves,
When we talk of nutrition and balanced diet, one may
internalize the fod stuff vidues and grsdients that make
our bodies to be in good health and to run cur daily
activities well. [f we are to achieve the above mentioned
iste wie have to consider the Jand use where both
plants dnd smemals will be kept s0.as to have in different
meres for tur odes,
» In food preparations therefore, there are Energy
Giving foods like cassava
= Cirov. ai we need proteins which help body
rowing, Z
o Vitamins for body to resist illness: This is very
iresportant in owe bodies:
So if we crcoumge our small group vam bers hye
Truits, mots rod tubers and Cereals, We are proanoting
health and our societics shall be sustninable in aprculture
which in resull brings about sustimable development.
Animals contribute & lot of Fats and prodeim content,
Milk and its bi- products ane essential needs in the blood
stream so it is good to practice dairy farming,
conservation farming and food secunty oleae
guialitative life.
Comclusively: Nutrition and food values to. our bodies
are wanted We shall pet them when we plan to work
hard and ise modern farming systems.
By Enoch Tumwebaze,