COBATI INITIATIVE Community-Based Tourism Initiative (COBATI) is an NGO that develops community tourism opportunities in Uganda. It empowers rural villages to increase their earning potential and provide local services. Activities As a homestead guest, you participate in the activities of the host family and they become your guide during your stay. They will accompany you…
BIGODI COMMUNITY INITIATIVE KAFRED was formed in Bigodi in 1992. The group is an official Community Based Organization (CBO) in Uganda. Its purpose is to protect the local environment while advancing the wider community’s health, education, and economic growth. The group’s emblem is the great blue turaco, a majestic bird found in the Bigodi Wetlands…
AKATEGYENDA COMMUNITY Akatagyenda was established as an umbrella organization representing communities in destination areas of S.Western Uganda to understand the importance of traveling leading to tourism as a business, which Akatagyenda believes, is among the best sectors to help communities get out of poverty. Further, its purpose is to empower local communities in sustainable development…
HOW DO WE INVOLVE VOLUNTEERS INTO TOURISM Volunteers like Doctors & Nurses, teachers, constructors, etc. play a huge role in our program of involving volunteers in tourism, their professionals can be of great use to the communities based in rural areas and remote areas of the country. For example, Volunteering Doctors & Nurses can teach,…
Poverty Reduction KAFRED is entirely managed by the community. The Annual General Meeting elects a committee to represent the community. Revenues from tourism are ploughed into community projects such as education, health, and sanitation. Most employees are from the community except in cases where there is a need for special skills. KAFRED’s net income is…
Ecotourism is a new phenomenon in the world as it in Uganda dates back to the 1990s. It involves such activities as Nature guided Walks, Bird Watching, Village/community Walks, forest walks, butterfly watching, sport fishing, mountaineering/hill-climbing, Gorilla tracking, Chimp tracking, game viewing, boat cruises, canoeing, caving, scenery viewing/nature photography, primate watching/walks, and any other aspects…
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