Saving shea: How a Ugandan woman is turning waste into clean energy
- Alebtong, Uganda – When Lucy Everlyn Atim returned home after six years working as a child rights activist in South Sudan’s refugee settlements, her favourite shea tree was gone.
- Known locally as moyao, the tree had shaped her childhood.
- Every morning, she and her friends gathered beneath its branches to eat its sweet, creamy fruit before walking to school.
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- Alebtong, Uganda – When Lucy Everlyn Atim returned home after six years working as a child rights activist in South Sudan’s refugee settlements, her favourite shea tree was gone.
- Known locally as moyao, the tree had shaped her childhood.
- Every morning, she and her friends gathered beneath its branches to eat its sweet, creamy fruit before walking to school.
Sources: Al Jazeera