We are looking back at a successful training in community-based tourism of site guides and cultural groups of the Ik community in Uganda.
We co-created tourist activities aimed at improved livelihoods and sustainable preservation of their oral history. These stories are also visualised into illustrations to continue to share and learn about these stories.
The Ik community live in the extreme northeastern part of the country, bordering South Sudan and Kenya. They’re a small minority group in Uganda, with a population of approximately 7,000 people. The Ik have been historically marginalised and displaced by the neighbouring communities.
But their unique language, cultural heritage and place of living, give them a great advantage in terms of community-based tourism. Kara-Tunga Camps and Kara-Tunga Tours have therefore established Eco Camps in their area to facilitate this development in a sustainable manner.
This project is funded by: Laser Pulse/USAID. Lead implementer: Makerere University School of Public Health-ResilientAfrica Network (MakSPH-RAN) / Gulu Constituent College Moroto (GUCC). In collaboration with EyeOpenerWorks.
The Kara-Tunga Foundation and UKARIMU Academy, in partnership with USAID’s Biodiversity for Resilience (B4R) Activity, announce the launch of 12 new community-based tourism experiences at three Ugandan national parks.
In honor of UNESCO Intangible Heritage Day, we’re thrilled to launch a new video documentary highlighting the impact of the Kara-Tunga Foundation’s Ik Community Cultural Tourism Initiative.
Moroto, Uganda, April 22-24, 2024 – A landmark event took place in Karamoja as a total of 32 tourism and hospitality stakeholders from the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda gathered at the Leslona Hotel to participate in a workshop on visitor flow analysis. This workshop marked a significant step towards the development of the much-anticipated Karamoja …
Today we officially launched the ‘Boost the Employability of Tourism staff in Elgon and Karamoja‘ project! The project is part of a larger initiative to enable sustainable and decent income-generating employability for Ugandan youth.
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Ik Community Training in Cultural Tourism Development
We are looking back at a successful training in community-based tourism of site guides and cultural groups of the Ik community in Uganda.
We co-created tourist activities aimed at improved livelihoods and sustainable preservation of their oral history. These stories are also visualised into illustrations to continue to share and learn about these stories.
The Ik community live in the extreme northeastern part of the country, bordering South Sudan and Kenya. They’re a small minority group in Uganda, with a population of approximately 7,000 people. The Ik have been historically marginalised and displaced by the neighbouring communities.
But their unique language, cultural heritage and place of living, give them a great advantage in terms of community-based tourism. Kara-Tunga Camps and Kara-Tunga Tours have therefore established Eco Camps in their area to facilitate this development in a sustainable manner.
This project is funded by: Laser Pulse/USAID. Lead implementer: Makerere University School of Public Health-ResilientAfrica Network (MakSPH-RAN) / Gulu Constituent College Moroto (GUCC). In collaboration with EyeOpenerWorks.
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