Livelihood Development – Bujagali Energy Limited

Agriculture as a Social Enterprise

admin — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 09:20:08 +0000

Agriculture is the mainstay of the county’s economy. Our social enterprise supports farmers with quality agricultural inputs, especially quality seeds, free land access for farming and Agroforestry, trainings on Improved Agronomic practices and appropriate technologies to enhance production and reduce post-harvest losses. A Community Farmer Field school was set up to support knowledge transfer on improved agricultural production.

“Road Safety starts with Me”

admin — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 09:17:19 +0000

A United Nations Special report indicated that in Uganda at least 10 people die daily from Boda-Boda related accidents that may be avoided. It is unfortunate that families spend their entire savings on medical treatment for the causalities.

Bujagali Energy Limited in conjunction with SA logistics organizes annual road safety educational trainings for the boda-boda riders within the project Affected areas. This aims at providing access to knowledge and skills on basic mechanics, road signages, basic first aid and distribution of safety riding gears.

The program encourages the riders to adhere to good road safety standards which helps minimize boda-boda accidents.

Bujagali Energy scholarship awards

Bujagali Hydropower Project — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 04:18:02 +0000

The BEL Scholarship Program was launched in May 2015 with the main aim of providing financial assistance to talented students from the Project Affected Communities who would have successfully completed Advanced Level of Education with a focus on engineering, but otherwise not be able to join Institutions of higher learning due to financial constraints. The BEL scholarship was initiated as part of BEL’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. This is the second year of the scholarship awards.

Bujagali 2021 Scholarship recipients

The process of identifying the potential BEL scholarship beneficiaries for academic year 2017/2018 started in Mid-July 2017. There were eight (8) applicants including three females and five males. Only one applicant resides in the East Bank (Budondo Sub-County) whereas the rest of the applicants are residents on the West Bank (Wakisi Sub-County).

Fish cage farming and maize mill projects

Bujagali Hydropower Project — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 04:05:56 +0000

Fish Cage Farming Project

Elements of the fish cage farming project have been completed and stages of phase two stated in the MOU have been reaching near completion. The cage frame has been constructed and anchored at the final site as seen in the photos below. We are nearly finished with the construction of our cages and have mobilized and trained seventeen women will act as our co-operative members. We are looking forward to moving forward with the practical training with the women group once the cage work comes to completion upon receipt of phase two funds.

Maize Mill Project

The maize mill project has been progressing along successfully and phase one has reached completion remaining with only small internal electricity wiring. This was discussed with BEL and thus, the wiring left will be done upon receipt of phase 2 funds.Two grinders were purchased and installed. A group of women have been mobilized and trained on how the mill will be operated. The two millers and the group of women have undergone a theoretical safety training such as pre-operational safety checks, operational safety checks, housekeeping and potential hazards. The practical training will be done once the mill is fully operational.

Download Fish and Cage Farming Completion Report

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