Send a Cow's Multimedia Producer, Ric Rawlins, recently met with Ujeni and his family in Uganda to hear their story. Poverty is threatening the lives of Uganda's most vulnerable families, including Ujeni's, and as a result, the local wildlife is suffering too.
Ujeni has acres of land and, despite its potential, almost nothing is growing. With no alternative, families like his turn to the nearby Murchison Falls National Park to lay traps and catch bushmeat to provide for their children.
"If people had enough to eat, they wouldn't go there [to the National Park]. What takes people there is poverty... if people had alternative livelihoods, then they would leave the animals alone." Ujeni
Head to our blog now to read Ujeni's full story and learn how, with your support and the right skills, a future free from hunger and poverty is possible.
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