Hitler Odhiambo Odhiambo

Hitler Odhiambo Odhiambo

Kenya

Young, Vibrant and Compassionate Environmental Scientist, A Student and an activist, Co- founder and member of Lakeside Innovators, Staunch supporter and Member of Natural East Africa Society. Founder of One Tree Hundred Lives movement, member of Kenya Environmental Activist. Clubs and Association that targets at Sustainable use of ecosystem goods and services, joint action and participatory solutions that would save our environmental and reduce poverty, and promoting conservation that is interlinked and interdependent with development.
I'm crying for knowledge; deeply rooted solutions that I can practically use to solve the issue of poverty and environmental while at the same time, aiming at sustainability. I believe Eval Forward is the global well to fetch that knowledge that my local people may lead a better life once more, that our environment my be protected and that disease eruptions may come to an end!

My contributions

  • Are agriculture programs supporting women to improve their livelihood?

    Discussion

    • Hitler Odhiambo Odhiambo

      Kenya

      Dear vibrant members,

      Am so very, very grateful for this topic. 

      I can't agree more that small scale agriculture, especially in rural set up is a milestone  in  women way of life. Just as an African proverb, " wealth come from the soil." 

      Today,  the single mothers,  widows, impoverished families living along Lake Victoria are assured of atleast one  meal in a day, and their children's school fee, uniforms and therefore happiness and peace, the rate of school drop out  due to absolute poverty is slowly going down. Today our mothers here know are saving, have finacial pools,  belong to finance saccos... 

      These women are also engauged in agribusiness, getting fruits, veges and cerials from their farms to the nearby markets- directly to consumers who buy at a better price No more exploitation by middlemen, and am very happy to see some industrious mothers here balance  the commerce and agriculture so well despite owning retails and  wholesale as agriculture. Old is gold, they say. 

      Even though women are the majority in my rural agricultural activities, men are also in demand, mainly for technical activities or that  need some extra energy.  The myth that a woman cannot do this and that  is still endemic over here, for example,  connecting water pipes and the water pump,  spraying of pests and pathogens  are done my men, also you find that in every  working group of five people,  a man is present and the benefits are enjoyed equally. 

      I really believe that if it were not for climate change, abnormal number of pests and diseases and climate change, this women could be living somewhere better, somewhere above the dollar.  Good schools, hospitals,  roads, et al could be resultant products of the present. 

      Thank you!

  • Youth in agriculture: what lessons can we draw from evaluations?

    Discussion

    • Hitler Odhiambo Odhiambo

      Kenya

      Dear all,

      over a short period of time I have been doing an open-ended questionnaire, tenders, analysis and evaluation on this serious concern among my fellow, vibrant peers  and am coming up with this findings and recommendations.  

      Too much attention has been given to spending on junk goods and services and on getting and spending money even on things we can produce. My fellow youths are in search for activities that can make them young, beautiful, and smart and even less committed,  such as fast foods, luxurious lifestyles, jobs  that would  let their hands get dirty not. In other words, agriculture IS gradually becoming underrated. We are pretending to have forgotten that  agriculture is the definition of all human  life forms …

      Youth also complains of unpredictable outcomes of agricultural production due to changing climate and therefore weather patterns, something  that  has really slapped the elder farmers on their  face.  Droughts and sporadic rainfalls have ended up sweeping gardens at the hillsides, plains and along the lake basins; this has made youths less interested and the peasant farmers today tend to educate their children  to specialize  in other things far from agriculture.

      I really believe that it is time to educate, 'lobby', persuade our young generation on safe agricultural practices and benefits, buy locally, and environmentally responsible foods that will not only protect  our health but also the environment, find best agricultural practices that would help mitigate and  bear with the changing climate conditions  In my community,  we have already fashioned an information clearing  and educating bench, made of juniors to help save, and embrace sustainable  agriculture. Margaret Mead said, "Never doubt that a small, highly committed group of individuals can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." we are coming for you!  the future of agriculture will never sink!