There are many things people don’t know about Paul Sherwen. Many in the cycling world don’t know about his life in Africa and his work with Bicycles for Humanity, the Ugandan Karamoja area and animal conservation. Most people in Africa have no idea of his status in Europe, America and Australia.
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Paul Sherwen his love for Africa
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Staff training Connecting Communication
We had the privilege to have connected with the Belgium trainer in Connecting / Non-Violent Communication called Marijke D'Herde (Walk Your Talk). Marijke has a great passion in sharing the knowledge and resources she receives in the North (Western world) in order to share it with the South (Africa). In 2017 she visited us in [...] More -
Rock Climbing and Bouldering in Karamoja
Rock Climbing and Bouldering in Karamoja - Our mandate is to market and develop tourism in the Karamoja region aimed at sustainable enhancement of community livelihoods, preserving cultural heritage and positively impacting the image of the region. Therefore we work together with partners that support our vision and are willing to help us to build [...] More -
Banning plastic bags for tourism in Karamoja
Ban plastic bags for tourism in Karamoja: During World Earth Day on April 22nd, we went out to clean the streets of our municipal in Moroto town and the trails on Mount Moroto to raise awareness and launch our principles for Responsible Tourism in Karamoja. The most important lesson learned was the impact of the polythene [...] More -
Campaign for Responsible Tourism in Karamoja
To raise awareness on conserving our natural habitat and cultural heritage we designed a set of principles for Responsible Tourism in Karamoja. To launch the Responsible Tourism Karamoja principles, we took a day to collectively clean the trails on Mountain Moroto and our municipality in town and discuss the with our team. As a result [...] More -
Karamoja, Uganda’s Land of Warrior Nomads
Karamoja Uganda's Land of Warrior Nomads - National Geographic photographer David Pluth made his first trip to Karamoja and Kidepo Valley National Park in early 1997. It started as a simple picture book and got completely out of hand. Mr. Pluth took various trips to the wild East during a span of almost 10 [...] More -
Birding in Uganda’s Northeastern Karamoja
Birding in Uganda's Northeastern Karamoja - Birders have featured the Karamoja region as 'Undiscovered Outback of Uganda' and 'A truly unique birding Environment' due to the magnificent scenery, remarkable tribal cultures, birds and wildlife that you won’t see elsewhere in Uganda. Karamoja is located to the south of Kidepo Valley National Park in an arid belt [...] More -
World’s oldest ape fossil discovered in Karamoja
A team of researchers found a mutilated fossil, believed to be the remote cousin of Hominidae in volcanic ash on the slopes of Mt Napak, in Karamoja on July 18, 2011. The skull is believed to be between 19 and 20 million years old — about the time volcanic activities erupted in the region. The abundant [...] More
