But Suubi (meaning Hope in Luganda), is a thriving center providing sustainable information and delivery services- extension, health (with a health center), sustainable environment education and agriculture to a rural community in Lwengo district. [...] One of the main wetlands that Suubi centre thrives to protect Kyoga wetland, which is an extension of the Namajuzzi wetland, a Ramsar site in Uganda. [...] This option that saved Suubi Centre such money is papyrus! Dadid Ssemwogerere the director of the center says they used papyrus to construct a greenhouse which is just as good as the costly polythene materials that required them to spend 6,000,000/= Uganda shillings. [...] How should it be protected? By protecting its habitat- the wetland! The journey is not yet smooth for Suubi center which integrates livestock farming, crop farming and sustainable environment practices at the center as a model for community learning. [...] A long narrow stretch of swamp from the periphery of Masaka to the major Katonga River system.
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