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The
foundation
 The
foundation "Klima
schützen - damit Kinder
leben können" (Protect
climate - so children
can live) has its seat
in Germany: Bethlehem r.
51 - D-26871 - Papenburg
(www.papenburg.de). It
has already been
acknowledged by the
authorities and received
from the tax office
Papenburg the non-profit
character. The
foundation engages
itself particular in the
districts Hoima and
Masindi in Uganda and
co-operates with the
action "Sternsinger". As
the diocese Hoima refers
to the entire region,
statistic numbers refer
to this area.
The
catholic diocese Hoima
was erected 1965; it is
in the middle west of
Uganda and borders
beyond the Albert lake
at the western arm of
the Large East Africa
niches to the democratic
Republic of the Congo.
The diocese has 35
parishes with a total
population of 1,4
millions humans and an
annual growth rate of
2,5-3% while the
majority lives in rural
areas, in which the
standard of living is
very small.
Most
humans live below the
poverty line. A
household lives on less
than a dollar per day.
Besides there is a high
illiteracy of 42% and
still the population
here is very young with
an average age of 18-19
years.
Hauptwirtschaftsaktivität
in der Diözese ist die
bäuerliche
Landwirtschaft.
Main
activity in economics in
the diocese is the rural
agriculture. This kind
of the agriculture takes
place on very much
limited possessions
ashore, often this is
less it than 2000 m²).
The rudimentary methods
of production are
limited to hand heels as
substantial tools of the
cultivation. Small live
stocks were held and
likewise it gives
slightly trade;
everything else is
nevertheless less than a
bearable situation for
the poor ones.
In social
regard the diocese is
inhabited by humans of
most diverse ethnic
background. There are
for instance the
Banyoro, Bakiga,
Banyarwanda, Alurs,
Lugbara, Batooro,
Baganda, Bafumbira, the
refugees from the Congo
and some internal
refugees from north
Uganda shaken by the
twenty-year-old war.
Father
Gerald reports: The food
crisis of the needy and
other humans in the
diocese Hoima.
Needy and
other humans in the
diocese are serious
affected by the
insufficient food offer.
This is valid in
particular for HIV/AIDS
houses and also for from
children led families.
Due to intolerable
poverty troubles coupled
with HIV/AIDS there are
many needy children,
whose hope is only
directed toward the
church.
 On
this background - among other things
- the Don Bosco farm is composed
also for the supply of the children
families with our support. The goal
is to develop the farm to a center
for the lasting development of more
rural areas.
The farm is 15 miles away from Hoima
and Masindi next to the
Butiaba-Nyantonzi road and belongs
politically to the district Masindi.
Until 2010 it was large up to 42
hectares, which the bishop had
bought with our support. The farm is
independent and is led by Father
Gerald who also is trained as
farmer. The areas are on a long-term
basis leased by the diocese.
With support by sponsors adjacent
properties of 68 hectares could to
be acquired of an inheriting
community. These areas still must be
cultivated, have however clay/tone
occurrences and a small source of
water. A drillwell for water supply
was down-brought.
 On
the farm bananas, peanuts,
pineapple, avocados and sweet
potatoes are cultivated. Children
families will become supplied and
the products are sold on the local
markets. The farm holds approx. 300
chickens, approx. 100 goats and 45
cows and cattle. The separation of
the plant production from the cattle
husbandry is urgently necessary.
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