Centenary Bank teamed up with Bees & Trees Uganda to save wrecked land in Mbale, immediately initiating the Coffee Agroforestry for Environment and Livelihood Enhancement Initiative at Wokukiri Village. This partnership addresses poverty and soil ruin by funding twenty-seven million Shillings for six thousand coffee seedlings, three thousand indigenous trees, and eighty modern Kenya Top Bar beehives for local women and youth groups. Stephen Bright Sakwa, a co-founder of the bee organization, plans to incentivize tree care through global EcoCerts that pay farmers quarterly if their saplings survive, while Finance Manager Connie Olives claims this approach secures diverse revenue streams.
Locals previously destroyed the soil through poor farming methods on the hilly terrain. This strategy forces a shift where bees boost pollination for honey sales and trees repair the dirt. Bank employees also arrived to teach over fifty residents how to handle money since many had never utilized formal banking services.
Agnes Nandutu of the Wokukiri Women’s Group feels optimistic that these tools will finally fix their harvest issues. Branch Manager Annet Nandelenga believes combining cash skills with nature repair creates real stability. The financial institution commits two percent of its yearly profits to these causes.
Locals previously destroyed the soil through poor farming methods on the hilly terrain. This strategy forces a shift where bees boost pollination for honey sales and trees repair the dirt. Bank employees also arrived to teach over fifty residents how to handle money since many had never utilized formal banking services.
Agnes Nandutu of the Wokukiri Women’s Group feels optimistic that these tools will finally fix their harvest issues. Branch Manager Annet Nandelenga believes combining cash skills with nature repair creates real stability. The financial institution commits two percent of its yearly profits to these causes.
