News From the Field
As the project develops we aim to bring you news for the field.
This will be the chance for the Rangers of both Parks to tell you about events and happenings within the two Queen Elizabeth Parks.
We will also have accounts from the Volunteers, School children and Community Groups that have got involved or have benefited from the Project.
Latest addition to the Project Team in Uganda
This is the daughter of Moses Turinawe is of our key Project Team members in Uganda.
We wish her and her parents well.
UWA Director survives a plane crash
Mr Moses Mapesa the Executive Director of the Uganda Wildlife Authority survived a plane crash.
The incident happened at Openzinzi Airstrip in Adjumani district when a four-seater Cessna C206 plane belonging to the authority crashed about 100 metres from the airstrip. Emmanuel Twesigye, the pilot, attributed the accident to the bush on the sides of the runway.
He said as he was taking off, the grass got entangled in the flaps of the plane, pulling it to the right, causing the tip to hit the ground.
“We have a good pilot who was able to manage the situation. We have all survived and we will come back to Kampala tomorrow Mr Mapesa said.
It's Snow Joke at Queen Elizabeth Country Park
January and February have proved to be a very cold months in England and the Queen Elizabeth Country Park has been dealing with the heaviest snowfall in this area for years.
Upto 12 inches of snow fell closing the Park for several days, at the same time Queen Elizabeth National Park was experiencing the opposite with warm weather and high temperatures being the order of the day.
Queen Elizabeth National Park headquarters on the move
The QENP Park headquarters have been moved from Mweya to a new site at Katunguru near Ishasha Junction.
This move is part of the programme of improvements being introduced at the Park.
The Project's use of 'Hippo House' at the Mweya Penninsula will continue.
Project Leaders returns from Uganda
Some of the project team have just returned from Uganda, after spending two weeks meeting with Park Staff, local community groups and our twinned schools.
During their time in Uganda they agreed to the funding of some bricks to help rebuild a school at Kafuro.
They also assisted some of the local community with the production of crafts and started to work with local people on planning future projects and visits.
News from Queen Elizabeth National Park
4 Rangers have recently returned from spending 7 weeks in England. Although based at Queen Elizabeth Country Park, they spent time with their English counterparts looking at a number of Nature Reserves and Parks.
Janet Okwel, Moses Turinawe, Robter Adaruku ans Stephanie Biira worked with Full time and Volunteer Rangers and undertook a variety of tasks from conservation habitat to making presentations to local schools.
A key part of their visit to England was to become an intergral part the Queen Elizabeth Parks Twinning Project and this work will continue in Uganda as the become part of the Twinning Project Team in Uganda.
School Visit proved to be a Great Success
Rangers from Queen Elizabeth Country Park in Hampshire have visited a local school to talk about the Twinning Project, Life in Uganda and how the school might get involved in twinning with a Ugandan school.
Pupils from Liss Junior School were taking part in a week of activities aimed at teaching the youngsters about health, wellbeing and the environment.
The children were keen to compare how they lived with children in Uganda.
Liss School have promised to become involved in the Twinning Project and are already preparing an information pack about thier school and local area to send out to Uganda.
Steve Peach Ranger and Project Coordinator commented that ' the children from Liss Junior school were very keen to learn about Uganda and had some interesting and challenging questions, it was a real pleasure to meet with them and we very much look forward to working with the school in the future'