Eliode Bakole

  PLANTING PASSION FRUITS AND PLUM TREES DURING LOCKDOWN DUE TO COVID-19 in Mbarara / Uganda, By Eliode Bakole September 2020 We are recommended to eat more fruits to strengthen our immune system during these COVID times. I know the environment has no borders. I have done this work to respond to the call of Pope Francis “Laudato Si” and the season of creation which starts in September 2020 with the Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA). This had motivated me to plant approximately 500 passion fruit seedlings and 25 plum trees. This was done during the lockdown period in Mbarara / Uganda since June 2020.   The Passion fruit is known for its virtues against sleep disorders and anxiety. Review of the benefits of this beautiful plant. The scientifically known as Passiflora incarnata , it was discovered in 17th century by missionaries in the tropics of South America. It fights anxiety and known to have relaxing effects; helps reduce...

  Lake Kivu’s cleanup Report   For IdeasForus By Eliode Bakole and Daniel Mastaki Introduction Waste management and cleanup on the coast of Lakes or oceans is one of the five pillars of sustainability and daily battle of IDEASforUs. It is in this regard that the IdeasForUs DRCongo Branch has held its first cleanup activity on Saturday 19 September 2020 in Kituku Market, on the coast of the Lake Kivu in Goma/DRCongo. In this activity IdeasforUs DRCongo branch invited the AJCPE which is a grass root organization for the bigger impact.   1.    Preparation of the activity and progress This Cleanup activity was the answer to the environmental problems identified by the participants (students) who attended the Hive meeting on Saturday 12 th September 2020 at Maison des Jeunes in Goma. Everything was done in the strict respect of the measures to stop the spread of COVID-19. For this reason, every participant was given a facemask. Gloves were also given to a...

  INDIGENOUS PEOPLE BATWA AND COVID-19 IN RUTHSURU/NORTH KIVU DRCongo Date: 21 August 2020                                                                            Author: ELIODE BAKOLE COVID-19 is real. It doesn’t choose color, gender, age group, social classes and even more the origin. It is deadly. It may be the real evidence that our recklessness towards caring for the only and unique planet that the Almighty God has given us “Mother Earth” has gone to a superior level. Since the pandemic had started in China in December 2019, thousands of lives have perished. Elders, youth, women, men, albinos, indigenous people and even children have passed on. Millions of people have been infected and billions are now affected.   However, some individuals have been overlooked in the globa...