Restore Our Planet Podcast #37 Fighting Climate Change, Fighting poverty. The Margaret Pyke Trust.

Restore Our Planet Podcast by Jack Cole

Episode notes

For this week's podcast, we cover exciting new programmes integrating family planning and conservation in rural Uganda creating successful results and improving livelihoods in poor communities.

Our guests are Advocacy and Project Manager Carina Hirsch, and Midwife and Family Planning Coordinator Uwimbabazi Sarah.

Photo © Margaret Pyke Trust/Mark Baron: In Uganda, the Margaret Pyke Trust trains healthcare professionals in sexual and reproductive health.

Ethnographic research undertaken locally has demonstrated a deep and widespread understanding of the connections between climate impacts, livelihoods, health and environment among the community members who are calling for better health services. Community education which incorporates topics beyond pure health messages is proving a valuable way to engage and reach more pe ... 

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