The Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU) has signed a memorandum of understanding with TotalEnergies EP Uganda aimed at enhancing cultural heritage conservation in the Albertine region. The one-year project dubbed “Culture for Livelihoods” will safeguard and promote cultural heritage in Bunyoro, Bugungu, Alur and Acholi. The project premised on our previous work to empower...Read More
Handicraft making in Uganda is essentially a cultural, traditional and predominantly cottage industry undertaken mainly by rural women as a way of supplementing household incomes. Tradition has been that master crafts workers handover skills from generation to generation. Due to the widening generation gap, however, this is on the decline. Where master crafts‐workers still exist,...Read More
Organizations represented: Action for Women and Awakening in Rural Environment (Aware Uganda) Karamoja Peace and Development Agency (KAPDA) The Catholic Mission of Karenga Ik Agenda Development Initiative (IADI) Northern Karamoja Indigenous Minority Platform Centre for Conflict Resolution (CECORE) Youth Forum for Social Justice Kaabong District Local Government Napak District Local Government Karenga District Local Government...Read More
The 2023 competition This year’s competition will focus on culture and money. Our aim is to teach young people that there are cultural activities and resources in their communities that they can use to earn money – hence promoting cultural enterprises in Uganda. How to participate Young people below the age of 21 are tasked...Read More
The church is one of Uganda’s oldest churches, built on the site of Alexander Mackay’s original structure (1878). Mackay taught the first Anglican converts here and translated the Bible into Luganda, a 12-year task, using the press displayed at the Uganda Museum. The brick ‘cave’ protected him during Kabaka Mwanga’s religious persecutions. CCFU’s efforts to...Read More
The Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU) through its TotalEnergies EP Uganda Ltd funded project –Culture for Livelihood (CUL) –held its second training in handicraft making and value addition for another set of two groups from Alur and Acholi sub regions. The three-days training held at Leosim Hotel in Pakwach town was attended by Pakwach Art...Read More
Integer in bibendum mauris, quis rhoncus ante. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure on the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the...Read More
Proin accumsan augue ut pulvinar congue. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure on the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment,...Read More
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