Atim Ki Koma means...

"Let me do it myself" in Luo, the local language in Pader District, Uganda.

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Pader is located in Northern Uganda and is without one of the major piece of infrastructure--roads. As a result, Pader pays more for goods that are transported to its villages, in an area that is largely still recovering from the devastation brought by the LRA war. (Click here for more information.) 

By producing locally, Pader can stop paying for more certain goods like bread, which are delivered from hours out of town.

Simultaneously, the country of Uganda is paying high import taxes for wheat, which comes from the USA and France. But in Pader, they can grow anything, especially with the help from local agricultural support agencies.

Thus, let us help Pader grow wheat, bake bread and make some dough.

Currently, Stacey Nelson (our trusty American friend) is meeting with the local community, local governments and local organizations to begin a variety of income generating projects, starting with the bakery and a wheat production project. 

Our aim is for the people of Pader to not only generate income, but to break in to local markets and push out companies that import goods into Pader for sale, like bread. 

By creating a local, sustainable, income-generating project, Pader may be able to distance itself further from the war that ravaged the area for more than three decades and create sustainable livelihoods.