Leveraging culture as a source of livelihood will ease the hostility between culture, development and a “modern” lifestyle and encourage young people in Karamoja to respect, preserve and embrace their traditions whilst also enhancing their opportunities in life.
Youth motivated innovations for Karamoja cultural Tourism Program
Restless Development is implementing the cultural tourism component with the support from local partner Kara-Tunga Arts & Tours due to it’s regional experience in developing and marketing sustainable cultural tourism.
The Youth Motivated Innovations for Karamoja Project is a pilot program which has the overall aim of supporting young (out-school youth) people to take a leadership role in bringing transformative change to Karamoja.
Therefore Kara-Tunga has been training 4 Restless Development youth groups (76 members in total) on how to add value (storytelling, heritage preservation, finishing and inspiration) to their indigenous craft making skills to enable the groups to sell their crafts on an (inter)national market.
Impact of COVID-19 on Community Tourism on Mt Moroto – The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has reached even the most remote areas of Uganda. The host communities used to benefit from additional income through community tourism and freedom of movement for local business.
It is a legal requirement that all employees undergo basic fire safety training at induction and periodically thereafter, expected annually in most workplaces. The training must be carried out by a competent person with suitable and sufficient skills and knowledge of fire safety.
Update: Karamoja takes the crown for Miss Tourism Uganda! (Read the article) One of our objectives is to preserve Karimojong Cultural Heritage through tourism and in collaboration with likeminded organisations. Therefore we partnered up with Miss Tourism Karamoja to contribute in enhancing the knowledge on culture of our future tourism ambassadors.
Kara-Tunga implements Karamoja Cultural Tourism program for Restless Development
Leveraging culture as a source of livelihood will ease the hostility between culture, development and a “modern” lifestyle and encourage young people in Karamoja to respect, preserve and embrace their traditions whilst also enhancing their opportunities in life.
Youth motivated innovations for Karamoja cultural Tourism Program
Restless Development is implementing the cultural tourism component with the support from local partner Kara-Tunga Arts & Tours due to it’s regional experience in developing and marketing sustainable cultural tourism.
The Youth Motivated Innovations for Karamoja Project is a pilot program which has the overall aim of supporting young (out-school youth) people to take a leadership role in bringing transformative change to Karamoja.
Therefore Kara-Tunga has been training 4 Restless Development youth groups (76 members in total) on how to add value (storytelling, heritage preservation, finishing and inspiration) to their indigenous craft making skills to enable the groups to sell their crafts on an (inter)national market.
Assesssement
Photo: Theo Vos
Training sessions
Video snapshot: Karin Bridger
Recording indigenous stories of Karamojong Elders
Video snapshot: Karin Bridger
Exposure visit
Photo: Theo Vos
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