Leveraging culture as a source of livelihood will ease the hostility between culture, development and a “modern” lifestyle and encourage young people in Karamoja to respect, preserve and embrace their traditions whilst also enhancing their opportunities in life. Restless Development is implementing the cultural tourism component with the support from partner Kara-Tunga Foundation due to [...]
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Karamoja Cultural Tourism Development Program
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Dutch Fashion Designer Jan Boelo inspired by Karamoja
We’re thrilled to host Dutch Fashion designer Jan Boelo in Karamoja (northeast Uganda) for a journey of inspiration aimed at learning more about Karimojong culture and fashion. About one year a go, Kara-Tunga founder Theo Vos and Jan Boelo met each other 'Groningen' (the northern province of The Netherlands) where they both grew up. They shared thoughts about creating an iconic [...] More -
Karamoja takes Crown Miss Tourism Uganda 2017-2018
Karamoja takes the Crown for Miss Tourism Uganda 2017-2018 with Queen Challa Elma Kapel from Kotido district. Words can't describe how proud we are to have the opportunity to show the rich cultural heritage and untouched natural beauty of Karamoja on an international platform through our very own tourism ambassador. This has been a historical [...] More -
Karamoja Cultural Heritage Education Programme
We're happy to announce that we're proud partners of Cross Cultural Foundation Uganda (CCFU) Cultural Heritage Education Programme in the Karamoja region. Heritage conservation and cultural rights are threatened by the forces of globalisation and and many survival needs. This programme reflects a need to raise public consciousness of Karamoja's culture, not only as a [...] More -
Challa Elma wins Miss Tourism Karamoja Uganda 2017-2018
The 20 year-old Challa Elma Lapel from Kotido district defeated other beauties and was crowned Miss Tourism Karamoja replacing Aleper Pamela. The search for Miss Tourism Karamoja finally came to an end on Friday night at a stunning event that was held at Mount Moroto Hotel. The 20 year-old Challa Elma Lapel from Kotido district [...] More -
Official partner of Miss Tourism Karamoja
Update: Karamoja takes the crown for Miss Tourism Uganda! (Read the article) One of our objectives is to preserve Karimojong Cultural Heritage through tourism and in collaboration with likeminded organisations. Therefore we partnered up with Miss Tourism Karamoja to contribute in enhancing the knowledge on culture of our future tourism ambassadors. For a real tourism experience, [...] More -
Ik Dictionary by Terrill Schrock
We're extremely proud of our dear friend Terrill B. Schrock gave many years of his life to preserver he ancestral language of one of Uganda's most remote communities by developing an Ik-English dictionary. This book is a dictionary and grammar sketch of Ik, one of the three Kuliak (Rub) languages spoken in the beautiful Karamoja [...] More
