LETSHEGO HANDS OVER ILC POULTRY PROJECT TO ITS BENEFICIARIES

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In Kampala

Letshego Uganda has officially handed over the poultry projects to respective farmers and beneficiaries that took part in the “Improving LifeCampaign” (ILC).

According to Giles Aijukwe the CEO, this is in line with Letshego’s Strategic Social Investment (SSI) policy, which aims at bettering livelihoods of the low and middle-income communities.

 Aijukwe revealed that the ILC campaign picked exemplary and model farmers from the four regions in the country that were already existing Letshego customers and were undertaking initiatives.

“The ILC project actually spanned across all our 11 markets in Africa. For Uganda, in light of the fact that agriculture is the backbone of our economy, it is no wonder that we opted for a project in this space,” Aijukwe Giles, the CEO elaborated.

 He noted that a total of 1167 applicants made their submissions where four were identified from every region (Northern, Central, Eastern and Western).

The final winners selected from the four regions include; James Alachu, Mohammed Mbazira,Kojo Siri Ssekandi and Joyce Kia

Each of the finalists was handed a state of the art poultry shelter, 1000 one-day old chicks, feeds to last 6months, training on poultry project management and welfare of the fowls by Dr. Ssewagude (veterinary expert) as well as enterprise mentor ship.

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