Bulemba is a historical cultural site for Kasese, where the 1st Rwenzururu King is buried in the nearby RMNP. Hundreds of community members trek to the site every month of September to pay respect to the fallen hero. UWA once constructed a structure at Bulemba to host a community museum. The museum was however burnt down during a military operation in 2016. Volunteer, Support in-kind or Fund us. … Read more
Lake Bunyonyi Ecovillage “The Hidden Paradise”
We are a community-based organization that wants to change the world: through environment preservation, orphans’ protection and eco-tourism. We have several houses on the shore of Lake Bunyonyi and are happy to receive visitors or even new members. … Read more
Future Roots Sustainability
Future Roots Sustainability empowers communities in Uganda’s Lira District through reforestation with 5,000 oak and mahogany trees. This initiative promotes biodiversity, economic stability, and cultural preservation, fostering sustainable development and environmental stewardship. … Read more
PLASTIC HOUSES, A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO PLASTIC RECYCLING
We feel happy about the environment but this is when it is friendly to us. This however, may not continue because of how we have continued harming the nature through our irresponsible and thoughtless behavior such as the indiscriminate use of plastics and uncontrolled disposal of the plastic bottles. Our efforts are to bring end of plastic waste bottles disposed to to water channels. … Read more
SINA (Social Innovation Academy)
SINA unleashes the potentials of disadvantaged youth in Africa to become the change they wish to see. … Read more
Ssamba Foundation – Uganda Volunteer Program
Ssamba Foundation is a registered non-profit community development organization founded by Rtn. Isaac Ssamba in Mukono, Uganda. Operating in Mukono district, we manage a wide range of sustainable development and humanitarian projects since 2006. … Read more
COVID-19 PANDEMIC RECOVERY PLAN FOR TOURISM SERVICE PROVIDERS IN KAHANGI VILLAGE NEAR KIBALE NATIONAL PARK IN WESTERN UGANDA
Uganda is among the poorest countries in the world, with 85% of the population living on less than $2 a day. Tourism provides the community of Kahangi village near Kibale National Park with a reliable source of income and helps tackle poverty and protect the environment. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism has come to a standstill. … Read more
Meaningful Sustainable Volunteer Projects in Uganda
Beacon of Hope Uganda Volunteers and Interns are typically enthusiastic, hard-working, self-motivated and proactive people who are able to work under their own initiative and as part of a team. They do not replace or take jobs away from local Ugandans – they assist them with the various projects running in the area around Mukono and other districts where we work. … Read more
Eco- Social Development Initiatives
A community Museum and Heritage garden as demonstration places for awareness creation to environment and climate change adaptation and mitigation in the village … Read more
Sustainable Community Based Tourism
ASTCF (The Africa Sustainable Tourism Care Foundation) is a civil society organization that has been established in 2014. Founded with enormous support from the tourism industry in Uganda, it plays a key role in ensuring that Uganda’s tourism is sustainable, both in terms of concern for the environment and for the welfare of local communities. Communities in Africa’s rural and marginalized areas are the custodians of most of the world’s natural and cultural treasures. The abundant and diverse … Read more
