Have you signed up to join our pilot group for #NileWell? Nile Well is an online platform that connects water 💧 and environment #scientists & #journalists in the Nile Basin. Find accredited journalists ✍️& credible scientists 👩‍🔬 Create account here 🔗 https://t.co/3vKIYHdxrp

As Lira City 🇺🇬grows, residents are turning fragile swamps into rice fields to survive. While this helps families put food on the table, it’s also destroying vital ecosystems. Experts warn that Uganda’s wetlands could vanish for good. -@AmbroseOkwanga https://t.co/QXV1dbY4M3

At the #UKUgandaForum, we showcased our work with @infoNILE on Taking Stories Back to Communities - an intervention that ensures journalism doesn’t just inform, it empowers. 🗣️ Communities see solutions. 🎙️ They hear their own strength. 📍 They become part of the narrative.

We have come to the end of today’s dissemination of the scoping study of Aswa I and II catchment area. The key take away is; awareness, sensitization and mindset change is necessary for water resources management and a resilient future. #ClimateAction

Alex Emor, a 46 year old father of 5 is practicing fish farming as one way of wetland restoration. Let’s stop activities like sand mining, brick laying & cultivation on wetland ecosystems. Together we can restore our environment! - @AkulloCharity #Communitystorytelling

When women are empowered to restore their land, they not only nurture their families but also heal the earth that sustains us all. -@EjangSarah42246 #ClimateAction #Sustainability #CommunityStorytelling

For years, the community of Bol Nyapo village have been mining sand for survival, an aspect that greatly degraded the environment. In my story, Richard Obua sought for eco-friendly livelihoods among them bee keeping & fish farming. - @nancyatim6 #sustainability #sandmining

My story shows how #sandmining a crucial economic activity has negatively impacted the Aswa catchment area. Silted waters, degraded wetland and degraded ecosystem are evident. - ⁦⁦@EmunaLovel⁩

We are committed to addressing the challenge of inadequate toilet coverage & the conflicts in wetlands. Alongside the relevant line departments, we will ensure that at least 70% of the toilets are covered. Implementation will begin this week. - Agalo Evelyn, Sub-county Chief

According to the Global Wetland Outlook 2025, the total wetland lost is equivalent to India. As an NGO dependent on funding, we cannot solve all problems but we commit to starting a project that will address water resources management issues. Isaiah Ndungo- ED @joinforwater

As a sub-county, we will continue to enhance our sensitization activities. People should explore other livelihood alternatives like piggery, bee keeping and fish farming. - Awol Jenifer, Agweng Subcounty, Lira District. #sustainability

Other socio economic issues arising are gender based violence and sexually transmitted diseases. When people with STDs get into the sand-mines filled with water, the bacteria spreads infecting their colleagues. Betty Atoke, CDO Ogur Subcounty, Lira District.

The exhibition highlights the environmental degradation and the human struggles in the region. Communities are often at the mercy of climate change, facing extreme floods, prolonged droughts, soil erosion, & dwindling resources, with few economic alternatives for survival.

The National Environment Act No.5 2019, schedule 6 provides guiding principles on how to use wetlands. The issue of copying illegal activities because other are doing is uncouth. Let us all comply to the law and policies. @RhinogreenL

This exhibition is not just a showcase of stories and images; it is a call to action by linking community perspectives, nature-based solutions, and policy advocacy. The stakeholder discussions are ongoing.

Six powerful stories were produced journalists from Lira and its environs, then published on national media, linking local experiences to national awareness. The exhibition highlights both the environmental degradation & the human struggles in the region. @ChagallaD

The study by @joinforwater revealed major socioeconomic and environmental challenges affecting water resources in Aswa I & Aswa II sub-catchments. We combined storytelling, journalism, data visualisation and photo documentation. The exhibition setup is ready.

The govt, private sector & local communities should collaborate & implement new solutions for water resource management. This ensures; ✅protection of water sources ✅support of local livelihoods ✅sustainable future. Paskole Kerondong- Team Lead, Upper Nile Water Mgnt Zone

We are pleased to be a part of @joinforwater scoping study report findings on Water Resources Management Needs & Opportunities in Aswa I and II sub-catchments in Lira District – Northen Uganda 🇺🇬 📌 How have water resources been affected? 📌 How have livelihoods been affected?

River Aswa, the lifeblood of northern Uganda’s 🇺🇬 communities is under threat from illegal #sandmining, depleting riverbeds, eroding banks & disrupting ecosystems. Women and children bear the brunt! Here's more; https://t.co/mxC3jpXp0g Story by @GeraldTenywa @joinforwater

How Innovation and Skilling is Helping Farmers Cut Post-Harvest Losses in Acholi  Story by Julius Ocungi https://t.co/2UDmgDc4YR