Land Secured! First Maps produced! Site Analysis!
There have been some significant
developments for the Ligingi Community Learning Centre (LCLC) project through
April and May.
LCLC Co-founder and Projects Director,
Dennis Obel spent April and May in Ligingi Village consulting with the
community about the LCLC project. Dennis and the team have been successful in
securing land for the project, which is a very exciting development in the
realization of the LCLC! The land contains an existing building.
Two volunteers, GIS specialists, Darious
Kajjo and assistant South Korean Jung-Min Lee were engaged and assisted the LCLC Committee and Village
members in mapping out major sites around the village. The information gathered and the preliminary
maps that have been produced will assist those unable to visit the project
site/village in gaining an understanding of the village context, while also
acting as a record of the place. The village community were directly involved
with the collection of the data.
Architects for Peace made contact with one
of our members living and working in Uganda, Nina Hamilton. Nina is currently
based at the University Martyrs as a guest lecturer and was able to meet with
Dennis while he was in Uganda. Nina led a small team of students from the
university to the site in Kampala to conduct a Site Analysis of the Village and
the land.
This information will be helpful in gaining
an understanding of the site and its context. Both the site analysis information
and the mapping information will be collated to form part of the Project Brief,
which is currently being drafted.
