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Minister pledges to link Bwindi National park to the hydro power grid
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park world heritage site and home to more than a half of the surviving mountain gorilla population stands to benefit from connectivity to hydro electric power supply and improved access roads according to State minister for Tourism Hon. Serapio Rukundo.
During his recent tour of the BINP offices at Buhoma where he also presided over a community event organized by Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) through its Friend-a-Gorilla (FG) initiative, at Gorilla Forest Camp, the minister said he would discuss the issue of power supply with his colleague in the ministry of energy to expedite the process.
Hon. Rukundo who earlier in the day trekked mountain gorillas of Rushegura family and friended an individual currently known as Rukundo baby, observed that “ with tourist lodges boasting of over 100 bed capacity, community projects like hospitals, orphanages and schools, Read more...
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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to get a modern Visitor Information Centre
Visitors to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, home to more than half of the world’s mountain gorillas are set to reap more value for their money from a planned ultra- modern Visitor Information Centre to be built soon.
The Visitor Centre at Buhoma is being revived with funding from the International Gorilla Conservation Program ( IGCP) in partnership with USAID-STAR, after the previous center was destroyed by rebels in 1999. However, the south western Uganda National Park has since the early 2000 experienced full security and a steady growth in the number of tourists.
The IGCP and Uganda Wildlife Authority had built the center at Buhoma to house education material for visitors and train ranger guides in forest ecology. According to the Conservation Area Manager (CAM) for Bwindi–Mgahinga Conservation Area, Charles Tumwesigye, the center is expected to boost visitor orientation and information dissemination. Read more....
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Friend a gorilla organizes a Business Leaders Dinner and Jazz Safari
The Friend-a-Gorilla project of Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) - will on the eve of Uganda’s 48th Independence anniversary (9th October 2010) be honored to host Mr. Bart Dorrestein, the chairman of the South Africa based Legacy Group Holdings during a Business Leaders’ Dinner followed by the 2010 Jazz Safari at Kampala Serena Hotel.
Mr. Dorrestein will address an elite group of business leaders at a fund raising dinner on the theme: Achieving Exponential Business Growth. Proceeds from both the dinner and the concert will be going towards the Friend-a-gorilla cause.
Mr. Dorrestein, a graduate of Science from the University of Witwatersrand, is the chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the famous Legacy Hotels and Resorts in South Africa. He also previously served as CEO Stocks and Stocks Holdings Ltd, General Manager Stocks Rand and Design Engineer, DW Saunderson &Partners. Read more....
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