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EMMF:
Making a Difference in Uganda
Reverend Emmanuel Twinamatsiko in Byumba Pygmy Settlement
His three main points were education,
health, and land, in that order. In the past couple of years, they have lost
their agricultural teacher for the Pygmies, their nursery school teacher, and
their public health nurse. There used to be a nurse there everyday, and this is
greatly needed. There is an epileptic who was seriously burned in a fire three
months ago, who was refused treatment in the government health clinic about two
miles away, because he had no money. Also, land is a problem; there is not
enough land. At this first site, there are thirty-six acres, forty-nine
families, and two hundred and forty-six people. Some of the other Pygmies are
still moving, are nomadic, and have trouble staying in one place. The Pygmies
at Byumba have a protected water source from one spring. They are often in
trouble with the park officials because some go to the Bwindi forest to cut down
trees for money to survive. However, they are allowed to go back into the
forest to gather herbs and roots. Fuel is not as big a problem in this
settlement as in Katairiro. Housing is a problem; sometimes several families
live together in one small hut.
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