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. This initiative empowers the Ik people, a remarkable indigenous minority group of just 7,000 residing in Uganda's Karamoja region, to preserve their rich cultural heritage and build a [...]
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Video: Impact of Ik Community Cultural Tourism Initiative
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Update Ik Community Cultural Heritage Project
At Kara-Tunga Foundation, we are proud to be working alongside the British Council's Cultural Protection Fund to protect the unique language and culture of the Ik community in North-East Uganda. The Ik people possess a rich heritage facing challenges due to marginalization and displacement. Their language carries a wealth of stories and myths that guide [...] More -
Video: Introducing Ik Community Cultural Heritage Project
This project empowers the Ik community to preserve their cultural heritage and build a brighter future through cultural tourism. The project is an initiative of the Kara-Tunga Foundation with a focus on the threatened cultural heritage of the indigenous minority group called the Ik. With a population of only 7,000, they live in the extreme [...] More -
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 [...] More -
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
