Feature: Ugandan single mothers turn lakeshore garbage into briquettes to fight poverty


  • World
  • Friday, 01 Apr 2022

WAKISO, Uganda, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Lake Victoria is Africa's largest fresh water body, but experts are warning that pollution, degradation are threatening its existence and the livelihood of millions of people who depend on the lake that is shared by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.

A group of women in the central Ugandan district of Wakiso are determined to change the story by not only turning lakeshore garbage into briquettes to protect the environment but also earn a living.

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