Promoting and transforming local tourism
Kibale Community Eco-Tourism aims to promote tourism and conserve Kibale national park and Uganda at large.
Conservation
Promotion of traditional herbs for medicinal purposes.
Education
Creation of an educational program on Kibale’s biodiversity of plants and animals aimed for students, researchers and tourists.
Empowerment
To enable the youth voice out their concerns to the government both locally and centrally.
Who We Are
About Us
Uganda is one of the world’s richest countries in terms of biodiversity with over 5000 plant species,1000 bird species,350 mammal species and countless insect and reptile species. These figures are however threatened by the common and harmful trends of overexploitation of resources and pressure on natural habitat for agro systems in the Rwenzori Region and Uganda at large, we hereby decide unanimously to form an education and employment Centre called KIBALE COMMUNITY ECO-TOURISM
Vision
- To be a company of excellence in providing quality and dynamic tour services to tourists
- To promote and transform local tourism
- To reduce poverty at family levels in the area
- To organize Ugandans especially the youth, educate them and create massive employment as a strategy of alleviating poverty in Uganda.
Mission
To promote tourism and conserve Kibale national park and Uganda at large. Envisions the creation of enough employment opportunities to all Ugandans with special emphasis to the youth.
Objectives
To help the youth or Ugandans find meaningful and productive employment
Conservation
Promotion of traditional herbs for medicinal purposes.
Arboretum
Rising up varieties of trees for research, education and ornamental purposes.
Herbarium
A collection of dried plants or parts of plants to display Kibale’s biodiversity to students, visitors, tourists and facilitate species identification
Education
Creation of an educational program on Kibale’s biodiversity of plants and animals aimed for students, researchers and tourists.
Organization
Organization of seminars to strengthen the awareness of local biodiversity uses among institutions, the general public on a national and international scale.
Recreation and product development
Promoting local tourism
To promote local tourism in the northern part of Kibale national park.
Education
To enable members, acquire skills in modern farming methods such as bee keeping, and production for the market.
Planting Trees
To enable the members plant trees in order to reduce global warming effects.
To create food security for the region
Youth Empowerment
To enable the youth voice out their concerns to the government both locally and centrally.
Members Gain
To enable the members, gain collective bargaining power in the market hence avoiding exploitation by the middle men