Community Projects

We have a number of Community Projects for which we are currently raising funds and resources. Some of these projects are outlined on this page, but we would welcome your support in delivering any of our key objectives.

(Please see below for our main aims and objectives)

Resourcing the Rangers

Rangers are the thin Green Line that protect the habitats and wildlife of our natural environment.

In many places around the world these brave men and women put their lives on the line to ensure the survival of rare and endangered species and are often poorly resourced.

The Twinning Project aims to try and ensure that the Rangers of Queen Elizabeth National Park are supported in their efforts to protect the wildlife and work with the local community to ensure that the benefits of ecotourism reach them.

We need help to raise funds to purchase key items of equipment.

This equipment includes simple wet weather gear, first aid kits, sterile gloves, medi wipes, binoculars, cameras, handheld GPS equipment.

Even a donation of £5 will buy a compass which is vital in navigation and survey tasks.

Perhaps you might like to sponsor a potential Ranger through his or her training or play host to a Ranger when they visit the UK.

Community Projects

We are planning two projects which we hope will directly benefit the local communities of Queen Elizabeth National Park and assist with the conservation of the Park.

We would like to provide funds to start up and support Craft Groups especially for women. (see the Kantunguru Womens Group page)

The idea of the Craft Groups is to encourage the making of items that can be sold to the tourists visiting the Park and also to export some items to Queen Elizabeth Country Park in England for sale in the Visitor Centre there.

All the monies generated by these sales would be used to provide an income source which would support the families involved and local community activity.

We would also like create sustainable food production system by providing people with and training people to keep and breed pigs and other small farm animals.

This would help to provide a healthy sustainable food source and help to reduced potential conflict issues with the National Park.

Both projects need financial support and volunteer help.

Please contact us if you would like to know more.

To see photos from the Twinning Project's Ranger exchange visits to the UK and Uganda and some of the fundraising events and activities please visit www.queenelizabethparks.spaces.live.com or Visit our Facebook Page

School Projects

Please look at the Twinned Schools page for more information about our School Projects

One of our main projects for 2009/10 is raising funds to build classrooms and improve resources at four schools in the Queen Elizabeth National Park. Kafuro primary School, Nyakatonzi Primary, Katunguru Primary School in the North of the Park and the creation of a school at Mweya.

All these schools are attended by the children of the Park Staff as well as the local community.

By helping to provide better educational facilities, not only do we increase the chances for the children to gain an education and be better equipped for the future, but the Rangers can work with and develop programmes to foster a better understanding of the conservation issues within the Park.

By helping to provide this support, The Twinning Project hopes to build partnerships with local communities.

£6000 will build a three room class block and £20 buys a school desk - can you help us ?

The Twinning Project in England will be trying to raise this money and will be organising trips out to Uganda to help with the building of the classrooms and other teaching and learning resources based projects.

Please contact us if you wish to donate or volunteer your time to help.

Our Main Aims

1. 'To bring together the staff, individuals, schools and communities of the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda and the Queen Elizabeth Country Park, England in a Project of cultural exchange and mutual support'

2. 'To support Conservation through working closely with and empowering local communities'

3. 'To seek opportunities to develop the economic potential of the communities local to both Parks, with the aim of creating a greater and equal inter-dependence between the Queen Elizabeth Parks and thier communities'

Some of the Key Objectives of the Twinning Project

1. To Promote the Queen Elizabeth Parks Twinning Project.

2. To promote the two Queen Elizabeth Parks as key conservation and tourism destinations.

3. To encourage the exchange of conservation and visitor management best practice, ideas and innovations in aid of the continued professional development for the staff and volunteers from both Parks.

4. To support the work of the Rangers and Field Staff of both Queen Elizabeth Parks

5. To encourage and support the creation of local economic opportunities, which are of benefit to the local community and the Queen Elizabeth Parks

6. To encourage and aid school and communities local to both Queen Elizabeth Parks to become involved in the exchange and mutual support of culture and education.

7. To encourage and aid school and communities local to both Queen Elizabeth Parksto become actively involved in the conservation of both Parks

8. To promote fundraising activities for the generation of funds to support the Queen Elizabeth Parks Twinning Project's Aims

The Queen Elizabeth Parks Twinning Project

'Bringing Conservation Communities Together'