CMAP4: Empowering the Nalubaaga Community in Wetland Assessment and Inventory Mapping

CMAP4: Empowering the Nalubaaga Community in Wetland Assessment and Inventory Mapping

CMAP3: A photo of the community map

CMAP2: Technical mapping report

CMAP2: Nalubaaga Wetlands Assessment

CMAP1: Minutes for the inception meeting

These are minutes that were taken during the inception meeting when the idea of community mapping was introduced to the community.

Audio02: Recording of the inaugural reading of the bylaws

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pa5cdNfDU1k7RzDrv6tlP3iKZQ0M0H88/view?usp=drive_link

Audio01: An audio recording of the inaugural reading of the bylaws.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QcLPq6pN9RVTTUHS2XNqiEW9ILloRwRD/view?usp=drive_link

Video01: A video that shows participants dong the obuwanika ceremony during the inaugural reading of the bylaws

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iHFkj6jWdamzOXZU00kEv5BJxdhG1XEK/view?usp=drive_link

Photo03: A photo was taken during the inaugural reading of the bylaws

The photo shows participants doing the obuwanika ceremony

Photo02: Photo was taken during the inaugural reading of the bylaws

the photo shows participants sharing a meal

Photo01: A photo was taken during the inaugural reading of the bylaws

The photo shows participants attending a meeting where the bylaws were read to the whole community

OTO16: Audio 03 recording for a one on one dialogue with Mr Yawe

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HVbxtOHl7HI7AiSSQ5LrvwCcSfusqOdH/view?usp=drive_link

Minutes for the Inuagural reading of the bylaws

These were minutes taken during the Inaugural reading of the bylaws to the community members

OTO16: Audio 01 recording for a one on one dialogue with Mr Yawe

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tPjsn8LGUrfMyWWsvHBROH7p7Ea09cbT/view?usp=drive_link

OTO13: Audio recording of a one on one dialogue with Tinkamanyire Jackson

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15dKw7AMJyO37VLvzkSsY-kNNfyv9R0Nw/view?usp=drive_link

OTO11: Audio recording for a one on one dialogue with Masika Cathy and Molly Turyashemererwa

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KPgrbUIxitdBc6UMK201atu-MhAgvgBa/view?usp=drive_link

OTO14: Audio recording of a one on dialogue with Mawanda Julius

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KPgrbUIxitdBc6UMK201atu-MhAgvgBa/view?usp=drive_link

OTO5: Audio recording for a one on one dialogue with Jooga Haruna

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q71FyRDFwmcD2oRHRtY_BqYbdK_JHvvV/view?usp=drive_link

OTO15: Minutes for a one on one with Malagala

OTO16: Audio 02 recording of a one on one with Mr Yawe

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YNHMCx5nJGkA_275nZa1xtL4SOapB_gg/view?usp=drive_link

OTO14: Minutes for one on one dialogue with Mawanda Julius

OTO13: Minutes for one on one dialogue with Tikamanyire Jackson

OTO12: Minutes for one on one dialogue with Mwonda and Menya

OTO11: Minutes for a one on one dialogue with Masika Cathy and Molly Turyashemererwa

OTO10: Minutes for a one on one Dialogue with Aunt Sarah

OTO9: One on one minutes with Osono Emmanuel

OTO8: Minutes for one on one dialogue with Ssessanga Moses

OTO7: Minutes for a one on one dialogue with Mwesigwa Francis

OTO5: Minutes for a one on one dialogue with Haruna Jooga

OTO4: Minutes for a one on one dialogue with Nakiwala Emilly

OTO3: Minutes of a one on one dialogue with Enos Tumwesigye

OTO1: One on one dialogue minutes with Sentamu Abdulmajid

these are minutes that were taken during a one on one dialogue with Mr Sentamu Abdulmajid

OTO6: Minutes for a one on one dialogue with Ssembooze George William

OTO2: Minutes of one on one dialogue with Kwesiga Makara

These are minutes that were taken during a one on one dialogue with Kwesiga Makara

Photo04: A photo that was taken during

A photo showing committee members practicing obuwanika ceremony

Photo03: A photo was taken during the conference of land stewards

A photo showing committee members that were elected during the conference of land stewards.

Photo02: Photo was taken during the conference of land stewards

A photo was taken during the conference of the land stewards showing members in a breakout session

Photo01: A photo that was taken during the first collective decision

the photo was taken during the conference of land stewards showing a member demonstrating the need of collective action.

Audio02: Recording of the conference of land stewards

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16qj0qmxgrQ6qU2Ea3iWGEvxYIomjS05o/view?usp=drive_link This was a recording of the conference of land stewards

One on one dialogue minutes

These are minutes that were taken during one on one dialogues with community members that were missed out in the community dialogues

Audio03: Recording of the conference of land stewards

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bOQw5VLoWSU6vM08zc3_-uF4fOvuPoME/view?usp=drive_link This was an audio recorded during the conference of land stewards

Audio1: recording of the conference of the land stewards

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iL1dRUvPt8eQ9ZdufwRGWygvkJNetimn/view?usp=drive_link This is an audio in Luganda that was recorded during the first conference of land stewards.

Minutes for the conference of land stewards

These minutes were taken during the conference of land stewards where community members from all neighbourhoods were invited to image their place.

NKD 07: Photo1 of a Neighbourhood Kinship Dialogue at Senga residence.

the photo shows members share their best and worst days in their place.

NKD 07: Minutes of a neighbourhood kinship dialogue at Senga residence

These are minutes were taken during a neighbourhood kinship dialogue at Senga residence

NKD 05: Minutes for a neighbourhood kinship dialogue at Nabiddo residence

these minutes were taken during a Neighbourhood Kinship Dialogue at Nabiddo residence

NKD 06: Minutes for a Neighbourhood Kinship Dialogue at Mwesigwa Residence

These are minutes that were taken during a neighbourhood kinship dialogue at Mwesigwa residence.

NKD 05: Video1 for a neighbourhood kinship dialogue for Nabiddo residence

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SBcVMu1QVcXE0xhM9iOD-Pp8f0mN-rn1/view?usp=drive_link this is a video that was recorded of community members sharing their best and worst days in their place.

NKD 04: Photo3 for a Neighbourhood Kinship dialogue at Nabatanzi Residence

A photo showing community members in neighbourhood Kinship dialogue at Nabatanzi residence.

NKD 04: Photo2 for a Neighbourhood Kinship dialogue at Nabatanzi Residence

A photo showing community members doing obuwanika ceremony(lifting a gauze that shows agency in the development of place.

NKD 04: Photo1 for a Neighbourhood Kinship dialogue at Nabatanzi Residence

This Photo shows community members in a kinship dialogue at Nabatanzi Residence.

NKD 04: Audio2 for a Neighbourhood Kinship Dialogue at Nabatanzi residence

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1quynZNy2ro2bM3j-ErS3cDEWrMvawC2A/view?usp=drive_link This is a link to an audio recording that was taken during a Neighbourhood kinship dialogue at Nabatanzi residence.

NKD 04: Audio1 for a Neighbourhood Kinship Dialogue at Nabatanzi residence

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yGjV_ppAIOSYTq3LPcbkA2Bv76ivRdj_/view?usp=drive_link This is an audio recording that was taken during a neighbourhood kinship dialogue at Nabatanzi Residence

NKD 04: Minutes for a Neighbourhood Kinship dialogue at Nabatanzi Residence

These are minutes that were taken during a Neighbourhood Kinship Dialogue at Nabatanzi Residence.

NKD 03: Audio1 for Neighbourhood Kinship Dialogue at Mrs Sekandi residence

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15bFdeQsweP0NWxtQIxl1m64VGcHy9TF6/view?usp=drive_link This is a link to a Luganda audio recording of the Neigbourhood Kinship Dialogue that was taken at Mrs Sekandi Residence.

NKD 03: Minutes for a Neighbourhood Kinship Dialogue at Mrs Sekandi Residence

Minutes that were taken during a neighbourhood kinship dialogue at Mrs Sekandi Residence to resource what people treasure in their place, what is missing and has been lost.

NKD-01: Minutes for Neighbourhood Kinship Dialogue at Nakiwala Residence

English Minutes for the Neighbourhood Kinship Dialogue at Nakiwala's home.

NKD 02: Photo1 for Neighbourhood Kinship Dialogue at Najjuma Residence

The photo shows how people were demonstrating obuwanika(a collective effort of agency in the stewarding of their place) by lifting a yarn (representing place)

NKD 02: Minutes for Neighbourhood Kinship Dialogue at Najjuma Residence

English minutes that were taken during a neighbourhood kinship dialogue conducted at Najjuma's home.

Observations - learnings

Minutes and learnings from Nakiwala Neighbourhood

Neighbourhood Kinship Dialogue

The Vision Awakens https://youtu.be/GlrXdMhyxu4?t=117 During a Regenerative Development and Design course, we were invited to image (envision) a place in a regenerative future state. When Kiwaatule was imaged, what emerged was powerful: a beautiful reciprocal relation where the Nalubaaga wetland evolves from extinction to flourishing - enhancing the wellbeing of the people, and the people enhancing the health of the wetland. It was so beautiful, vivid, alive and energising to let it pass. It sparked curiosity to question: How can we gather neighbourhoods to co-create their own shared vision and coordinate internal and external resources to manifest it? What? Organise collective self-discovery and collective dreaming sessions as a stepping stone for neighbourhoods to ko-create the future on a living systems foundation. Goal! Establish a relation with neighbourhoods by understanding what they value and care about, their challenges, and the life they dream of in this place, then inviting them to ko-design a new future for themselves and their place - reconciling human dreams with what the land wants. The Learning Journey Begins We embarked on a deep learning journey. Our core question was: what conditions will motivate landowners in Kiwaatule to pool land development decisions into a Distributed Stewarding Cooperative. It doesn't mean you lose rights to your land, rather the land gains higher-order potential. This restructuring enables cooperation that attracts long-term investment towards reversing the extinction of Nalubaaga wetland into a thriving nature park, co-owned regenerative enterprises and community services defining a harmonious human-nature relation? We started neighborhood kinship dialogues. What? Organise collective self-discovery and collective dreaming sessions as a stepping stone for neighbourhoods to ko-create the future on a living systems foundation. Goal! Establish a relation with neighbourhoods by understanding what they value and care about, their challenges, and the life they dream of in this place, then inviting them to ko-design a new future for themselves and their place. Preparing for the dialogue. 1. A host household invites neighbours to kinship dialogues. 2. Participants do collective self-discovery and explore their dream life. 3. Later we’ll ko-design a regenerative economy with all life in this place - reconciling our collective dreams toward the ecological health of this place. Inside the Neighbourhood Kinship Dialogue! 1. Understand what people value and care about Remember a good day in this place, pick a fruit that represents it, and tell us a story of what made it sweet. 2. Understand their challenges in this place Remember a hard day in this place, pick a fruit that represents it, and tell us a story of what made it sour. 3. Understand their dream life in this place Pick a pack of fruits representing the life you dream of in this place and tell us a story of the life you dream of in this place.

Nakiwala Neighbourhood

Organise a Neighbourhood kinship Dialogue at Nakiwaala Emily's home. Nakiwala invites neighbours, we provide some refreshments, and also buy fruits and vegetables to be used as medium for people to imagine and tell stories. 1. Understand what people value and care about Remember a good day in this place, pick a fruit that represents it, and tell us a story of what made it sweet. Inside the Neighbourhood Kinship Dialogue! 2. Understand their challenges in this place Remember a hard day in this place, pick a fruit that represents it, and tell us a story of what made it sour. 3. Understand their dream life in this place Pick a pack of fruits representing the life you dream of in this place and tell us a story of the life you dream of in this place.

Communing is a powerful tool for system evolution

Early Learnings from the Neighbourhood Kinship Dialogues. We've held 5 Neigbourhood Kinship Dialogues and; 1) There is Potential in Communing. There was high energy, enthusiasm, and a wealth of ideas from people. This indicates that the main reason the status quo persists is the absence of spaces for collective dreaming, leading to individual dreaming taking precedence. Consequently, we all work below our individual and collective potential. As Nora Bateson says, "There will not be community without communing." 2) People are ready to transition to the new system. People were eager for more engagement, details, and clarity on their roles and contributions. They are ready to transition to a more beautiful system of living, offering their skills, time, and resources to help build it. 3) A TRUST and LEADERSHIP gap is waiting to be filled. They are hungry for trusted leadership and crave valued and value-adding community coordination. They want their contributions to be appreciated by the community and to meaningfully add value to their lives and households. In summary; What is separating us from a better system is the trust and leadership gap that we can fill through communing. As such, we are embarking on a different development process that engages all life in this place – people, nature, and the land itself in ko-designing a thriving future for this place.