English: Thank you, Presiding Officer. I visited Mbale in Uganda during the half-term recess as part of the celebrations of the tenth anniversary of the Welsh Government's Wales for Africa programme. The programme has supported and encouraged people in Wales to make a difference in sub-Saharan Africa. Whilst people from Wales have active partnerships in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, probably the greatest concentration of activity is in the Mbale region of eastern Uganda, about five hours' drive from the capital, Kampala. During my time in Uganda, I visited health centres, a regional hospital, schools and several tree nurseries. I was shown around the main slum in Mbale, launched a women's honey co-operative, and signed a memorandum of understanding with our key partners in the area. I distributed tree seedlings, planted a mango tree - that was an experience and a half - and turned on new LED lights powered by a mini hydro unit in a rural school. And I met many volunteers from Wales involved in a variety of activities, along with six people from Wales on eight-week placements with our international learning opportunities programme. I also saw some shocking things: bare and stained foam mattresses in a desperately under-resourced health centre where women give birth by torchlight, a six-bed delivery suite in the main hospital that serves a population larger than Wales struggling to cope with women in labour - sometimes as many as 50 in one day - an enormous smouldering pile of clinical waste dumped at the back of the same hospital because the incinerator was broken, and children drinking dirty water drawn from a polluted river in the middle of a slum. Those children are vulnerable to abuse of all kinds. But, wherever I went, I also saw evidence of people from Wales working alongside local people, making a genuine difference: there were three young men from Carmarthenshire working with Engineers for Overseas Development to build a desperately needed maternity unit in rural Kachumbala - an electrician, a plumber and a carpenter, working alongside Ugandan workmen; there were volunteers from the Wrexham-based Teams4u, that I know my colleague, Lesley Griffiths, is well aware of, engaging a whole school in learning about sexual and reproductive health and testing everyone for HIV, including parents, training a total of 1,500 volunteers from across the region in community health and hygiene promotion - they're doing a great job in helping to prevent and control outbreaks of diarrhoea and even cholera; a solar-powered water pump, designed and installed by a team from Engineers for Overseas Development, providing clean water to over 1,000 people and 4,000 cattle; and improved neonatal care as a result of training from Wales - that's meant that neonatal mortality in the Mbale regional referral hospital has dropped from a shocking 52 per cent to a still unacceptably high 17 per cent in just two years, but an enormous drop in mortality - and the very famous motorbike ambulance service for the entire region devised by volunteers from the Welsh ambulance service, supported by the south Wales charity PONT and the district councils of the Mbale region with money from UK Aid and the Welsh Government. Much of the activity that I saw was delivered by non-governmental organisations such as PONT, which started in Pontypridd, Engineers for Overseas Development in Carmarthen, and Teams4u from Wrexham. Many of the projects have benefitted from small and medium-sized grants from the Wales for Africa programme, with more money having been levered in from other donors or raised by volunteers. One of the highlights of the trip was visits to several of the 45 community tree nurseries run by the 10 Million Trees project through the Size of Wales. I met with many of the dedicated staff who have this year raised and distributed 1.2 million seedlings to small farmers. I witnessed two different drama presentations that are used to encourage and inform rural communities both about the need to plant more trees and how to look after them. I also saw how Plant!, the Welsh Government initiative to plant a tree in Uganda and Wales for every child born or adopted in Wales, works. Through Plant! a family can have a fruit tree - often a mango, an avocado or jackfruit tree - to plant near their house. It not only provides shade but also much needed additional nutrition to their diet. Actually, that's a really important point, because much of the diet in that part of Uganda is heavily concentrated on carbohydrates, without much else to add to their diet. So, the role of fruit in their diet is particularly important. I also met with Her Excellency Alison Blackburne, the British High Commissioner to Uganda, and key officials from the UK Department for International Development. There's much more to gain from that particular engagement as well. They agreed to work more closely with our officials in the future, particularly in the important area of carbon financing, which we hope will enable many more trees to be planted over the coming years. During my short visit, I was able to see just a few of the projects being supported by Wales in Mbale, but I'm well aware that over the last 10 years over 500 projects across sub-Saharan Africa, originating from every constituency in Wales, have been supported. In a few short days, I saw for myself how Wales for Africa is making a profound difference to the lives of people in Mbale and in Wales. I've seen some very difficult sights that will stay with me for a very long time, but I pay tribute to the many thousands of people from Wales that volunteer to help make the world a much better place through this programme.
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Ymwelais â Mbale yn Uganda yn ystod y toriad hanner tymor yn rhan o ddathliadau degfed pen-blwydd rhaglen Llywodraeth Cymru, Cymru o Blaid Affrica. Mae'r rhaglen wedi cefnogi ac annog pobl yng Nghymru i wneud gwahaniaeth yn Affrica Is-Sahara. Er bod gan bobl o Gymru bartneriaethau gweithredol mewn sawl rhan o Affrica Is-Sahara, mae'n debyg mai yn rhanbarth Mbale yn nwyrain Uganda y mae'r rhan fwyaf o'r gweithgaredd, tua phum awr mewn car o'r brifddinas, Kampala. Yn ystod fy amser yn Uganda, ymwelais â chanolfannau iechyd, ysbyty rhanbarthol, ysgolion a llawer o feithrinfeydd coed. Cefais fy nhywys o amgylch y brif slym yn Mbale, lansiais gydweithfa fêl i ferched, ac arwyddais femorandwm o gyd-ddealltwriaeth â'n partneriaid allweddol yn yr ardal. Bûm yn dosbarthu eginblanhigion coed, yn plannu coeden fango - profiad a hanner - ac yn cynnau goleuadau LED newydd sydd wedi'u pweru gan uned trydan dŵr fach mewn ysgol wledig. A chefais gwrdd â llawer o wirfoddolwyr o Gymru a oedd yn cymryd rhan mewn amrywiaeth o weithgareddau, ynghyd â chwech o bobl o Gymru ar leoliadau wyth wythnos gyda'n rhaglen cyfleoedd dysgu rhyngwladol. Gwelais rai pethau ofnadwy hefyd: matresi sbwng moel wedi'u staenio mewn canolfan iechyd brin iawn o adnoddau lle mae merched yn rhoi genedigaeth dan olau fflachlamp, ystafell esgor chwe gwely yn y prif ysbyty sy'n gwasanaethu poblogaeth fwy na Chymru yn ymdrechu i ymdopi â menywod yn esgor - weithiau cynifer â 50 mewn un diwrnod - pentwr enfawr o wastraff clinigol yn mudlosgi wedi'i adael yng nghefn yr un ysbyty oherwydd bod y llosgydd wedi torri, a phlant yn yfed dŵr budr wedi'i dynnu o afon lygredig yng nghanol slym. Mae'r plant hynny'n agored i gam-drin o bob math. Ond, ble bynnag yr es i, gwelais hefyd dystiolaeth o bobl o Gymru yn gweithio ochr yn ochr â phobl leol, gan wneud gwahaniaeth gwirioneddol: roedd tri dyn ifanc o Sir Gaerfyrddin yn gweithio gyda Pheirianwyr ar gyfer Datblygiad Tramor i adeiladu uned famolaeth y mae wir ei hangen yng nghefn gwlad Kachumbala - trydanwr, plymwr a saer, yn gweithio ochr yn ochr â gweithwyr o Uganda; roedd gwirfoddolwyr o'r Teams4u o Wrecsam, y gwn fod fy nghydweithiwr, Lesley Griffiths, yn ymwybodol iawn ohonynt, yn addysgu ysgol gyfan am iechyd rhywiol ac atgenhedlu ac yn profi pawb am HIV, gan gynnwys rhieni, ac yn hyfforddi cyfanswm o 1,500 o wirfoddolwyr o bob rhan o'r rhanbarth mewn hybu iechyd a hylendid cymunedol - maent yn gwneud gwaith gwych i helpu i atal a rheoli achosion o ddolur rhydd a hyd yn oed colera; pwmp dŵr pŵer solar, wedi'i gynllunio a'i osod gan dîm o Beirianwyr ar gyfer Datblygiad Tramor, i ddarparu dŵr glân i dros 1,000 o bobl a 4,000 o wartheg; a gwell gofal newyddenedigol o ganlyniad i hyfforddiant o Gymru - sydd wedi golygu bod marwolaethau ymhlith babanod newydd-anedig yn ysbyty atgyfeirio ranbarthol Mbale wedi gostwng o ffigur syfrdanol o 52 y cant i 17 y cant, sy'n dal yn annerbyniol o uchel, mewn dwy flynedd, ond gostyngiad enfawr yn nifer y marwolaethau - a'r gwasanaeth ambiwlans beic modur enwog iawn ar gyfer y rhanbarth cyfan a ddyfeisiwyd gan wirfoddolwyr o wasanaeth ambiwlans Cymru, a gefnogir gan yr elusen yn ne Cymru PONT a chynghorau dosbarth rhanbarth Mbale gydag arian gan Gymorth y DU a Llywodraeth Cymru. Roedd llawer o'r gweithgarwch a welais yn cael ei ddarparu gan sefydliadau anllywodraethol fel PONT, a ddechreuodd ym Mhontypridd, Peirianwyr ar gyfer Datblygiad Tramor yng Nghaerfyrddin, a Teams4u o Wrecsam. Mae llawer o'r prosiectau wedi elwa ar grantiau bach a chanolig eu maint gan raglen Cymru o Blaid Affrica, ac mae mwy o arian wedi'i ysgogi gan roddwyr eraill neu wedi'i godi gan wirfoddolwyr. Un o uchafbwyntiau'r daith oedd ymweld â llawer o'r 45 o feithrinfeydd coed cymunedol sy'n cael eu cynnal gan y prosiect 10 Miliwn o Goed drwy Maint Cymru. Cyfarfûm â llawer o'r staff ymroddedig sydd eleni wedi magu a dosbarthu 1.2 miliwn o eginblanhigion i ffermwyr bach. Gwelais ddau wahanol gyflwyniad drama sy'n cael eu defnyddio i annog a hysbysu cymunedau gwledig am yr angen i blannu mwy o goed ac am sut i ofalu amdanynt. Gwelais hefyd sut mae Plannu!, menter Llywodraeth Cymru i blannu coeden yn Uganda a Chymru ar gyfer pob plentyn a anwyd neu a fabwysiadwyd yng Nghymru, yn gweithio. Trwy Plannu! mae teulu'n gallu cael coeden ffrwythau - coeden fango, afocado neu jacffrwyth yn aml - i'w phlannu ger eu tŷ. Yn ogystal â darparu cysgod, mae'n darparu maeth ychwanegol sydd ei angen yn fawr ar gyfer eu deiet. A dweud y gwir, mae hynny'n bwynt pwysig iawn, oherwydd carbohydradau yw llawer o'r deiet yn y rhan honno o Uganda, heb lawer arall i ychwanegu at eu deiet. Felly, mae ffrwythau yn eu deiet yn arbennig o bwysig. Cefais gyfarfod hefyd ag Ei Hardderchogrwydd Alison Blackburne, Uchel Gomisiynydd Prydain i Uganda, a swyddogion allweddol o Adran y DU dros Ddatblygu Rhyngwladol. Mae llawer mwy i'w ennill o'r ymgysylltiad penodol hwnnw hefyd. Gwnaethant gytuno i weithio'n agosach gyda'n swyddogion yn y dyfodol, yn enwedig ym maes pwysig ariannu carbon, ac rydym yn gobeithio y bydd hynny'n ein galluogi i blannu llawer mwy o goed dros y blynyddoedd nesaf. Yn ystod fy ymweliad byr, cefais weld rhai o'r llawer o brosiectau sy'n cael eu cefnogi gan Gymru yn Mbale, ond rwy'n ymwybodol iawn, dros y 10 mlynedd diwethaf, bod dros 500 o brosiectau ar draws Affrica Is-Sahara, sy'n tarddu o bob etholaeth yng Nghymru, wedi cael cymorth. Mewn ychydig ddyddiau byr, gwelais drosof fy hun sut y mae Cymru o Blaid Affrica yn gwneud gwahaniaeth mawr i fywydau pobl yn Mbale ac yng Nghymru. Rwyf wedi gweld rhai golygfeydd anodd iawn a fydd yn aros gyda mi am amser hir iawn, ond rwy'n talu teyrnged i'r miloedd lawer o bobl o Gymru sy'n gwirfoddoli i helpu i wneud y byd yn lle llawer gwell drwy'r rhaglen hon.