Buhoma Community Tree Planting Project BMCDA launched this project in 2024, our Community Tree Planting program has helped add more than 3,800,000 trees to communities and institutions e.g. Schools, Churches, mosques, military and police barracks. We take great joy in working with community organizers to plant trees to make their neighborhoods more welcoming and environmentally …
One Cow per Family Project Improves Livelihoods One Cow per Family project, initiated by IGCP through BMCDA in 2019, aimed to address malnutrition and improve livelihoods among park-edge communities in the Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Area under the SIDA. Moreover, this project was part of the broader Leading the Change Project, which focused on improving natural …
Buhoma Community Rest Camp This was established in 1993 as Buhoma Community Rest Camp (BCRC) and since then has been a community-based enterprise initiated and managed by members of communities surrounding Buhoma town council. All revenue earned from visiting guests transfers to the BMCDA and is then dispersed to local community projects such as Buhoma …
Haven Lodge Buhoma Community. Buhoma Community Haven Lodge opened in December 2014 to help BMCDA cater to affordable accommodation clients. The Buhoma Mukono Community Development Association (BMCDA) has brought together over 9,000 community members for the benefit of development, improved livelihoods, and conservation of natural resources. BMCDA is assisting local people in obtaining reputable employment …
Buhoma Community Primary School Buhoma Community Primary School was started in 1996 as the profits from the business community projects. The school is located in, Buhoma Village, Buhoma town council, Kanungu District Southwestern Uganda, 2 kilometers from the park. The school started recruiting pupils of different categories like Single orphans …
Buhoma Community High School History – Established on September 1, 2007 – Initial enrollment: 51 students (Senior 1 and Senior 2) – First operated from Buhoma Community Primary School buildings, later moved to its land – Funded 20% by community village walk for sustainability Mission To produce productive citizens who …
Buhoma Village Walk Introduction The Buhoma Village Walk is a 3-hour guided tour that showcases the lives and culture of the people living near Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in the Buhoma Area. Launched in 2002 with support from the Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Trust (BMCT), this tour offers a unique opportunity to experience the local way of …
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Environment and Agricultural Production Program Program Overview The Environment and Agricultural Production Program was launched in 2000 as a vegetable project with a demonstration farm. Over time, the program expanded to support household families, providing training and resources to improve agricultural practices. Program Objectives – Reduce malnutrition – Decrease pressure on wildlife food sources, such …
Buhoma Community Gravity Flow Scheme. Constructed in 2005 with twenty one (21) tap stands, Buhoma gravity water flow scheme has over the last twelve (12) years expanded to supply now seventy four (74) tap stands. With its source at the park edge in Nkwenda Village, the gravity water flow scheme supplies water to the three …
Water Harvesting Tanks This Water Harvesting Tanks project was established in 2019, after compiling house data in all households, and water scarcity was seen as the biggest challenge by women and children who could not go to school and even those going to school would go with Jerri cans for about 2.5kms to get water. …