After months of preparations, Kara-Tunga Foundation launches tree planting for Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative. During Kara-Tunga's 8 years of operations, it has seen woodlands vanishing in just days. Fully loaded lorries exporting charcoal to the capital city. Illegal logging on commercial scale and exploitation of rural communities. Drivers of threats Poverty, lack of alternative income [...]
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Kara-Tunga launches tree planting Karamoja Conservation Zones
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British Council supports Ik cultural heritage preservation in Karamoja
British Council's 'Cultural Protection Fund' has awarded support to our Sustainable Preservation of 'Ik Community' Cultural Heritage Initiative. The funding supports the ongoing documentation of their oral history and co-creation of engaging tourist activities which we started in January this year with the support from LASER PULSE. The project "Ik Cultural Heritage Preservation in Karamoja" - [...] More -
Call for Tourism Business Owners in Karamoja
Are you a tourism or hospitality business in Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region? and would you like to improve the skills of your staff? Then we have an exciting opportunity for you! APPLY HERE. What are we looking for? Registered tourism businesses (hotels, lodges, CBOs, tour operators, activity providers) in Northeastern Uganda. Determination among owners and managers [...] More -
Boosting Employability of Tourism Staff in Karamoja
Are you a tourism or hospitality business in Uganda's Karamoja sub-region? and would you like to improve the skills of your staff? Then we have an exciting opportunity for you! The Ukarimu Employability Training project Background and objectives Uganda’s youth often struggle to find meaningful employment to better their lives, while the growing Uganda tourism [...] More -
Opening Pian Upe Eco Camp for Researchers
We are excited to share our new Eco Camp at the stunning foothills of Mt Kadam and Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve. The camp is part of the Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative. In the first phase, the camp will host biodiversity researchers to ascertain a baseline for our conservation activities. Besides that, it will function as [...] More -
Bats and Birds Research, Pian Upe – Mt Kadam Zone
18-27th March 2023, Bats and Birds Research in Pian Upe - Mount Kadam Zone for Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative. Written by Brian Lokutae, Kara-Tunga Foundation Field Coordinator. The research team The team was led by Chris Ketola and 10 other volunteers from Fauna Forever International which is a Peruvian non-profit organisation. Their mission is to [...] More -
Pian Upe Eco Camp listed as eBird Hotspot
International bird observations platform eBird approved the Pian Upe Eco Camp as bird watching hotspot. This is a great achievement of Kara-Tunga Foundation's - Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative who established the camp as research and monitoring centre. The hotspot is located at the southern slopes of Mount Kadam Central Forest Reserve and at the boundaries [...] More -
Vacancy: Agroforestry Parish Coordinator, South Karamoja (Closed)
2nd March 2023, Moroto - Karamoja Conservation Zones Initiative under the Kara-Tunga Foundation is recruiting Agroforestry Parish Coordinators to work in the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda. Position title: Agroforestry Parish Coordinator Duty Station: Karenga, Kaabong, Moroto and Nakapiripirit Districts Contract: 1 Year Report to: District Coordinators Responsibility: To manage and supervise extension workers and project [...] More -
Graduation Skilled Girls in Hospitality Karamoja
Graduation of Skilled Hospitality Girls in Karamoja by Matany Girls Vocational School under Skills For Jobs program sponsored by Enabel Uganda. More -
Baseline fauna inventory Mount Kadam and Moroto
November 2022 - SunBird Hill Biodiversity Research Team conducted a baseline fauna inventory during a 7-day survey. The survey focused on the so-called Karamoja Conservation Zones of Mount Moroto and Mount Kadam - Pian Upe. The Assessment was done by a team of experts from SunBird Hill. The purpose of this assessment was to ascertain [...] More
