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As part of its Tourism Revenue Sharing benefits to the communities around the parks, Uganda Wildlife Authority has donated over 40 million Uganda shillings to schools in the region. With such high population density in the area, the pressure and demand for land for farming is greatly eased through education, as future generations have alternatives other than farming from which to earn a living...read full article
As a community initiative, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) supports Batwa cultural experience which is geared at conserving the forest which is the habitat for the mountain gorillas, as well as harnessing cultural values of the tribe which is threatened by extinction.It is also one way of empowering the surrounding communities through project initiatives for development. The Batwa through their group Batwa Development Program (BDP) strive to pass on knowledge to the children and enlig...read full article
The Bwindi Community Hospital is situated about two kilometers from the entrance of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and provides health care to the local population, UWA staff, tourists and staff who work for the tour camps and lodges near the park. Before this hospital began operations, the UWA staff had to walk eighteen kilometers to the nearest district clinic for basic health services....read full article
The school located two kilometres from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Kayonza Sub-county, Kanungu District survives on tourism. “Everything you see here is because of tourists.When Tourists visit our school,they leave us some omey,says Adams Agaba, the headteacher ,adding that "if it wasn't for tourism this school wouldn't be here....read full article