The Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative is featured in the Ugandan New Vision newspaper. The article highlights the strong relationship between livelihoods and deforestation. The Kara-Tunga Foundation project focuses greatly on tackling the root causes of deforestation: poverty, crop failure, and lack of alternative livelihoods. We do so by supporting the incubation of agroforestry businesses and [...]
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Karamoja Conservation Zones in Ugandan newspaper
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Tackling Karamoja’s booming charcoal business
Learn how the Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative is tackling the booming charcoal business in Karamoja by incubating sustainable forest-based businesses. The feature shares more about the root causes of deforestation in our target areas. It also showcases how to community is raising tree seedlings to produce sustainable charcoal and conduct climate smart agriculture as well [...] More -
Bicycles for conservation in Karamoja
Bicycles for conservation in Karamoja - To reduce the carbon footprint and cost of our operations, we have ordered Ugandan-made reliable and strong bicycles from a fantastic social enterprise called CooP-Uganda (Cycling Out Of Poverty). The bicycles will be used by the Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative for the parish based employees to conduct monitoring, sensitising [...] More -
Supporting Collaborative Forest Management Groups (CFM) in southern Karamoja
We are proud to support the first two Collaborative Forest Management (CFM) Groups of southern Karamoja with Karamoja Conservation Zones Initiative. The CFM group in an effort of Uganda Government National Forestry Authority to improve forest conservation and the livelihoods of forest-adjacent communities. Karamoja is unique compared to other Central Forest Reservers in Uganda. The [...] More -
Hosting French Ambassador to Uganda in Moroto Karamoja
24th May 2023 - Kara-Tunga Foundation hosted the French Ambassador to Uganda at the Karamoja Museum in Moroto. The ambassador visited our district for the first time to gain inspiration for future culture-related collaborations. We greatly thank the 'Ateker Cultural Group' and other partners for making an unforgettable first impression. Learn more about the projects [...] More -
Kara-Tunga launches tree planting Karamoja Conservation Zones
After months of preparations, Kara-Tunga Foundation launches tree planting for Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative. During Kara-Tunga's 8 years of operations, it has seen woodlands vanishing in just days. Fully loaded lorries exporting charcoal to the capital city. Illegal logging on commercial scale and exploitation of rural communities. Drivers of threats Poverty, lack of alternative income [...] 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 -
Call for Tourism Business Owners in Karamoja
Are you a tourism or hospitality business in Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region? and would you like to improve the skills of your staff? Then we have an exciting opportunity for you! APPLY HERE. What are we looking for? Registered tourism businesses (hotels, lodges, CBOs, tour operators, activity providers) in Northeastern Uganda. Determination among owners and managers [...] More -
Boosting Employability of Tourism Staff in Karamoja
Are you a tourism or hospitality business in Uganda's Karamoja sub-region? and would you like to improve the skills of your staff? Then we have an exciting opportunity for you! The Ukarimu Employability Training project Background and objectives Uganda’s youth often struggle to find meaningful employment to better their lives, while the growing Uganda tourism [...] More -
Opening Pian Upe Eco Camp for Researchers
We are excited to share our new Eco Camp at the stunning foothills of Mt Kadam and Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve. The camp is part of the Karamoja Conservation Zones initiative. In the first phase, the camp will host biodiversity researchers to ascertain a baseline for our conservation activities. Besides that, it will function as [...] More
