Practicing Environmental Managers' Organization (PEMO)

PRACTICING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS’ ORGANIZATION PEMO P. O. BOX 8957, KAMPALA UGANDA TEL: +256712582723/+256782646887/+256712499351 [email_address] www.pemo.wordpress.com

PEMO: MISSION AND OBJECTIVES
VISSION
PEMO is guided by a vision of a healthy environment for sustainable livelihoods.
MISSION
PEMO strives to create a concerned and motivated constituency outside and within government with an interest in, and knowledge of, environmental issues that can in turn act to increase government commitment to, and awareness of pressing environmental issues.

Objectives
Promotes environmental education with special emphasis on youth
Enables networking of various organizations and individuals for the purposes of sustainable development
Contributes to research and knowledge through environmental research and consultancy
Increases awareness of, and interest in environment
Conserves and regenerates degraded environments
Does any lawful activity in pursuit of its mission and vision.

WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
SINCE 2004, PEMO HAS BEEN A KEY PLAYER IN BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION THROUGH:
UNITING ENVIRONMENTAL GRADUATES
PARTCIPATORY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
SCHOOLS’ ENVIRONMENT PRACTICE CLUB
COMMUNITY DIALOGUES
PLANTING 5 MILLION TREES FOR 2007
PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION THROUGH CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION THROUGH MASS-MEDIA

UNITING ENVIRONMENTAL GRADUATES “TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE”

PEMO’S ROCK FOUNDATION
PEMO IS THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION BY AFRICAN YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL GRADUATES.
ONCE UNITED PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL GRADUATES CAN MAKE A CONCERTED CONTRIBUTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION.

STRENGTH IN UNITY
ONCE UGANDAN ENVIRONMENTAL GRADUATES HAVE BEEN UNITED PEMO IS NOW MOVING ON TO UNITE ENVIRONMENTAL GRADUATES IN EAST AFRICA.
UNITING YOUTH ENVIRONMENTALISTS CREATES EMPLOYMENT IN THE SECTOR OF OUR SOCIETY WORST AFFECTED WITH UNEMPLOYMENT.
TODAY PEMO IS A UNITY OF OVER 70 GRADUATE ENVIRONMENTALISTS CONTRIBUTING TO CONSERVATION

PARTCIPATORY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EQUITABLE AND BY CONCENSUS

PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT PEMO HAS ALWAYS ADOPTED PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WHEN WORKING WITH THE POOREST COMMUNITIES. THESE COMMUNITIES SHOULD OWN THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES FOR SUSTAINABILITY. ASSISTED THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FORUM ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION UNIVESITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (FICUBC) PEMO WAS ABLE TO CCONDUCT A PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL THAT HAS ALLEVIATED MOST OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FROM THE URBAN-BSED INTERNALLY DISPLACED CAMP IN NAMUWONGO KAMPALA.

THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY PROBLEMS THROUGH RESOURCE MAPPING AND TRASECTS
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
PROBLEM PRIORITIZATION
PROBLEM TREE ANALYSIS
COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN (CAP)
INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE CAP.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION

HOW IT WAS BEFORE

THE POOR ARE DISPLACED INTO VERY MARGINAL AREAS WHERE THE COST TO HUMAN HEALTH THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL- BASED DISEASE IS HIGH

THE DWELLING UNITS ARE CONSTRUCTED OUT OF AFFORDABLE BUT VULNERABLE MATERIAL WHICH IS PRONE TO FLOODING AND OFFER EASY ENTRY TO DISEASE VECTORS SUCH AS MOSQUITOES AND HOUSEFLIES

THE COMMUNITY WAS MARKED WITH POOR WASTE MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES

THE WATER SOURCES ARE POLLUTED DUE TO POOR WASTE MANAGEMENT LEADING TO A HIGH INCIDENCE OF WATER RELATED DISEASES SUCH AS CHOLERA, MALARIA, TYPHOID

HOW IT IS TODAY AFTER THE PARTICIPATORY APPRAISAL, WE ENABLED THE COMMUNITY TO FORM THE NAMUWONGO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (NACODO) TO FORESEE THE CAP IMPLEMENTATION

WE ARE CONTINOUSLY HELPING VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT ACTORS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION OF POOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES SUCH AS NAMUWONGO AND HOW THEY CAN HELP

A FORMER 5-YEAR GARBAGE STOCKPILE HAS BEEN REMOVED THROUGH COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY ACTION

WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ASSOCIATED PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES HAVE GREATLY IMPROVED

THE COMMUNITY IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY CLEANER AS THEY NOW ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT FORMER POLLUTED WELLS HAVE BEEN REHABITATED THROUGH COMMUNITY ACTION

BECAUSE OF THE PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES AND THROUGH THE NACODO THE NAMUWONGO COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO ATTRACT SIGNIFICANT EXTERNAL SUPPORT.

WOMEN ARE PLAYING AN INCREASINGLY CENTRAL ROLE IN NACODO

SCHOOLS’ ENVIRONMENT PRACTICE CLUB (SEPC) “KNOWLEDGE IS NOTHING UNLESS IT IS SHARED”

SEPC
IT THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL GRADUATES PASS ON ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO YOUNGER PEOPLE IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AS A STRATEGY OF DEVELOPING ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES AND SKILLS IN THE NEXT GENERATION

THROUGH THE SEPC WE HAVE DONE:
DEBATES,
PLENARY DISCUSSIONS
TREE PLANTING,
AUDIO AND VIDEO SONGS
HAVE INTERGRATED YOUNGER PEOPLE INTO OUR VARIOUS PROJECTS

UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENT THROUGH DEBATE AND PLENARY DISCUSSIONS

PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH TREE PLANTING

SEPC IS PARTERNING WITH PEMO IN COMMUNITY SENSITIZATION THROUGH MUSIC AND DRAMA

PROMOTING TECHNIQUES IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICUTLTURE

COMMUNITY DIALOGUES EDUCATING THROUGH COMMUNITY ROAD-SHOWS

TAKING ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE TO THE PEOPLE
THE LACK OF ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE OR THE POSSESSION OF PARTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE HAS CAUSED UNTOLD ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN AFRICA. WE DEVISED A FAST AND EASY WAY OF ERADICATING ENVIRONMENTAL IGNORANCE THROUGH OPEN AIR COMMUNITY DIALOGUES. THEY ARE BASED ON MOBILIZATION THROUGH MUSIC AND DRAMA BY SEPC AND THEN DISCUSSIONS AND INTERACTION ABOUT KEY ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS AFFECTING AN AREA THROUGH A ROAD-SHOW DIALOGUE.

THEMES COVERED SO FAR IN COMMUNITY DIALOGUES AND ROADSHOWS
MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS THROUGH THE EYES OF ORDINARY PEOPLE
ROLE OF DISCENTRALIZATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.
FAITH AND RELIGION IN SUSAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND AIDS

HAVING COLLECTED EDUCATION MATERIALS FROM SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS WE DISTRIBUTED THEM THROUGH DIALOGUE AND ROAD SHOW

VARIOUS SPEAKERS AND KEY THEMES WERE COVERED

THE COMMUNITY DIALOGUES ATTRACT A CROSS-SECTION OF STAKEHOLDERS

PLANTING 5 MILLION TREES FOR 2007

CLIMATE CHANGE IS GLOBAL AND REAL. THE THREATS IT PRESENTS ARE REAL. FROM BIBLICAL FLOODS, DROUGHTS TO DELAYED RAINS AND FAMINES. AFRICA IS MOST VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS. ONE OF THE PROVEN LINES OF RESPONSE IS CONSERVATION OF CURRENT FORESTS AND RESTORATION OF DEGRADED FOREST AREAS. PEMO INITIATED THIS PROJECT IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. SO FAR WE HAVE MOTIVATED THE COUNTRY TO PLANT 200,000 TREES

STEPS TO 5 MILLION TREES 2007
WE FORMED TREE NURSERY OPERATORS UGANDA (TRENOU)
THROUGH TRENOU WE SUPPLY SUBSIDIZED INDIGENOUS TREE SEEDLINGS TO UGANDANS
WE OFFER WEEKLY KNOWLEDGE ON TREE PLANTING AND RELATED TOPICS ON A NATIONAL RADIO (IMPACT RADIO, 98.5FM EVERY SATURDAY 7-8AM)
ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATING SEPC SCHOOLS, CHRUCHES AND LOCAL COUNCILS TO PLANT TREES

1 ST JANUARY 2007: LAUNCHED THE PROJECT

PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION THROUGH CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS

TAPPING INTO TRADITION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PEMO HAS FORMED PARTNERSHIPS WITH SEVERAL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN UGANDA
WE HAVE CONDUCTED SEVERAL STUDIES FOR THESE INSTITUTIONS PARTICULARLY THE 400 AD BUGANDA KINGDOM WHICH COMPRISES 17% OF THE 56 TRIBES IN UGANDA.
WE ARE HELPING THE CULTURAL BUGANDA GOVERNMENT MAINSTREAM ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN ITS DEVELOPMENT.

KIGGO AND KABAKA’S LAKE STUDIES THE KINGDOM IS ENDOWED WITH SEVERAL NATURAL RESOURCES WHICH WE ARE HELPING IT TO DESIGN SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT PLANS LIKE FOR KIGGO STONE MINES AND THE KABAKA’S LAKE Subsistence agriculture at the lake

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION THROUGH MASS-MEDIA

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION THROUGH RADIO AND TV
WE ARE CONDUTING WEEKLY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS ON NATIONAL MASS MEDIA: RADIO IMPACT (98.5FM, EVERY SATURDAY ) AND TOP-TV ( EVERY FRIDAY 5PM, REPEATS SATURDAY )
THESE HAVE BEEN KEY INFORMATION PORTALS ESPECIALLY IN CLARIFYING CONTROVERSAL ISSUES LIKE GOVERNMENT LED FOREST DESTRUCTION

Strategy
The environment is the source, means and the end of our life
It is our individual and collective responsibility to ensure a clean and health sustainable environment we live in.
PEMO seeks to add its efforts to this noble cause by involving the future environmentalists to charter today’s environmental management for tomorrow’s sustainable development.
PEMO International stakeholders Local stakeholders Better environment quality

Benefits of adopting the PEMO strategy
Involving young environmentalists in sustainable development has multiple benefits; there is sustainability of environmental knowledge and practice.
Young people are quick and flexible learners
Young people are smart and have intellect, they need access to resources to foster skills and values.
Young people need be involved in environmental management immediately after school when their environmental skills are still fresh.
International Sustainable development Regional Development National Development Environmental conservation PEMO Better Lives Employment Young people PEMO National Development National Objectives PEMO

Why PEMO is better
Developing countries lose a lot in terms of brain drain (Uganda is the 3 rd worst affected in the world), its high time to involve young people to steer national development
Better results are guaranteed if employees practice their academic qualifications
PEMO is unique from other environmental NGOs because its primarily made up of Environment Professionals, most of them with graduate and post-graduate qualifications.

Our Strengths We Understand the Environment better Academic ideals experience environmentalists Further study A longer Lifespan in environment committed young True environmentalists Big future ahead persistent Flexibility Persistence Dynamic environment is dynamic complex

Key Benefits
We have been duly trained in the principles and values of environmental management, we know what we are doing, how to do it and when to do it.
We represent the next generation; when you invest in us, you invest in future. A shilling today is worthy two tomorrow.
We don’t seek profit, we are only doing what we are obliged to do. We only seek facilitation to execute our obligations
We are robust and patient. We have the patience of a mahogany that will break the hard-pan
Like the environment; We are flexible; dynamic and quick to adapt to change.

How you can help
Make a financial donation: all of our activities are not-for-profit, we are supported through goodwill and donations
Register as a PEMO member.
Make an in-kind donation: for PEMO to distribute to destitute communities we operate in.
Serve as an intern on PEMO projects next summer and whenever you come to East Africa.
If an NGO or foundation accept our formal mutually beneficial partnership.
Make a suggestion on how PEMO can better achieve its mission and vision.

Our contacts
PEMO
P.O.BOX 8957
KAMPALA. UGANDA
Email: [email_address]
Web: www.pemo.wordpress.com
DDAMULIRA ROBERT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
PEMO
Mob: +25671582723
Email; [email_address]
Mr. Kajuba Michael
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
PEMO
Mob: +25675628634
Email: [email_address]

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Practicing Environmental Managers' Organization (PEMO)

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