By LISA MEERTS-BRANDSMA
Uganda’s fertile soils and mild climate not only support a rich diversity of flora and fauna, but also allow 80 percent of the country’s land to be under cultivation, and more than 80 percent of its citizens to live as farmers.
By LEE AHERN
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SEJ is honored to be receiving generous gifts for its mentor program through the Elyssa Rosen Memorial Fund. SEJ allocates these donations to mentoring activities for journalists, including a mentoring fellowship program that will underwrite travel costs for mentor-mentee pairs to meet up at SEJ’s 2014 Annual Conference, where they will gain valuable experience, strengthen their reporting, and build stronger relationships. Read more.
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