Clinton School Student Shows Ugandan Kids What Farming's All About

By Brooke Edwards

October 3, 2019

Last Updated: November 21, 2011

Shamim Okolloh is a Clinton School of Public Service student who recently returned from Uganda, having spent five months there for her capstone project. During her time there, Shamim developed a program to bring high school students studying agriculture out of the classroom and into the field. By visiting Heifer project farms, these students had the chance to see farming in action. Doing so changed their views from believing farming was unprofitable and for old people to seeing agriculture as a sustainable future. I had the pleasure of attending a presentation by Shamim, and she has allowed us to share a part of it here.

Shamim returns soon to evaluate her work, and we look forward to seeing more of what she can offer. Read past posts about Shamim here.