As a result the loss of forest is happening at an alarming rate here in Mbale.

BBC: Welsh support for tree planting project in Uganda

The Welsh connection with Mbale started as a community link between Pontypridd in the south Wales Valleys, and the Ugandan town.

BBC: Welsh support for tree planting project in Uganda

John Griffiths AM, visiting Mbale, said this was one of the first "on the ground" schemes of this kind in the town on Mbale in Uganda.

BBC: Welsh support for tree planting project in Uganda

Fe wnaeth AC Pontypridd Mick Antoniw drafod gwaith PONT - Partnerships Overseas Networking Trust - a sefydlwyd yn 2005 i gysylltu gweithwyr a mudiadau iechyd ym Mhontypridd ac Mbale, Uganda.

BBC: Dadl ar y Fframwaith Iechyd Rhyngwladol Drafft

Pontypridd High School has raised sums to support their partner school in Mbale for the past six years and teacher Jayne Brencher has visited Mbale along with pupils to plant trees.

BBC: Welsh support for tree planting project in Uganda

"Four students from Mbale will visit Pontypridd in July".

BBC: Welsh support for tree planting project in Uganda