What next after the UNFPA report?
Dec 22, 2009
<b>Letter of the day</b><br><br>EDITOR—The state of Uganda’s population report was launched on November 26 by the Population Secretariat in partnership with the UNFPA. But what next?<br>There is a paramount question that needs to be addressed by al
Letter of the day
EDITOR—The state of Uganda’s population report was launched on November 26 by the Population Secretariat in partnership with the UNFPA. But what next?
There is a paramount question that needs to be addressed by all stakeholders.
After the launch, presided over by the finance minister Syda Bbumba, there was a session of question and answers.
A member from the audience, Kaweesa of Arocha Uganda, a local NGO asked the UNFPA Country Representative, Janet Jackson, why they are fond of producing annual reports without showing what has been achieved in a particular year. Kaweesa signalled discontent about such a launch that was just biased on what was happening in Uganda.
However, my major interest is what should be done to make sure that the message about this state of Ugandan population report is delivered to the grassroots. I think that a team of educators should be empowered to educate the public on a one-to-one campaign up to village level.
Some of us have already started explaining the findings in this report to our communities and we need other supporters to do the same.
With such an approach, we can be optimistic that the public will understand the challenges faced due to climatic change caused by our population.
I suggest that all the stakeholders put the team in charge of disseminating information so that by the end of the year we can report the progress made by our population in improving the country’s situation. Uganda is characterised by climatic change hazards like the emerging floods today as portrayed by the launched report.
Gilbert Habaasa
Popdev Consult International habaasa@yahoo.com
EDITOR—The state of Uganda’s population report was launched on November 26 by the Population Secretariat in partnership with the UNFPA. But what next?
There is a paramount question that needs to be addressed by all stakeholders.
After the launch, presided over by the finance minister Syda Bbumba, there was a session of question and answers.
A member from the audience, Kaweesa of Arocha Uganda, a local NGO asked the UNFPA Country Representative, Janet Jackson, why they are fond of producing annual reports without showing what has been achieved in a particular year. Kaweesa signalled discontent about such a launch that was just biased on what was happening in Uganda.
However, my major interest is what should be done to make sure that the message about this state of Ugandan population report is delivered to the grassroots. I think that a team of educators should be empowered to educate the public on a one-to-one campaign up to village level.
Some of us have already started explaining the findings in this report to our communities and we need other supporters to do the same.
With such an approach, we can be optimistic that the public will understand the challenges faced due to climatic change caused by our population.
I suggest that all the stakeholders put the team in charge of disseminating information so that by the end of the year we can report the progress made by our population in improving the country’s situation. Uganda is characterised by climatic change hazards like the emerging floods today as portrayed by the launched report.
Gilbert Habaasa
Popdev Consult International habaasa@yahoo.com