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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On April 14, Uganda Breweries Limited under its Water of Life initiative kick started the planting of over 2000 indigenous trees on 40 hectares of land at Gangu Central Forest Reserve in Butambala District.
This was part of the recently announced five year partnership where the beer maker together with Rotary Uganda will restore over 200 hectares of forest cover in various forest reserves which have been under massive deforestation through human activities.
Speaking at Gangu Forest Reserve in Butambala, the company’s Managing Director Mark Ocitti together with a team from Rotary Uganda and officials from National Forestry Authority said, they started with Gangu because of massive forest cover that has been lost due to human activities related to cultivation of crops, timber cutting and charcoal. “Deliberate afforestation like this will go a long way in ensuring a sustainable supply of clean water resources to over 1,000 people that live in and around these catchment areas.” Ocitti said.
