Impact of Landlides on Social Economic Wellbeing of Households in Nametsi Sub County, Bududa District

Abstract

The study concentrated on the Impact of landslides on social economic wellbeing of households in Nametsi Sub County, Bududa District. To find out how human activities contributes to landslides in Nametsi Sub County, Bududa District, to assess prevalence of rainfall induced landslides in Nametsi Sub County, Bududa District and lastly to identify landslide mitigation and prevention measures in Nametsi Sub County, Bududa District. Findings concluded that failure to draw the poor in to the design of development program is a determinant of poverty, that natural calamities such as drought and man –made disasters induce transitional poverty, that lack of participation in decision making in civil social and cultural life is a determinant of poverty, that there are many long-term challenges such as chronic stress due to poverty that affect academic performance that poor emotional health is caused by lack of parental support may cause an increase in disruptive behavior affecting academic performance ,that correct assessment is critical to identification of student‘s weakness and strengths, that correct assessment is critical to identification of student‘s weakness and strengths and can improve academic performance, that that recruiting teachers with skills is foundation of increasing academic achievements in schools and lastly that identifying what students are lacking can help improve on their academic performan