On the 29th November, 2023, as part of the activities to mark the 16 days of activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV), the Council for Traditional Leaders in Africa (COTLA) Uganda Chapter launched its strategic documents that will guide its operations in the coming 5 years. The theme of the launch was to ‘Harness cultural...Read More

CCFU received a special recognition award at the Ekkula Sustainable Tourism Awards for our efforts in promoting cultural heritage in Uganda, particularly for establishing the Uganda Railway Museum in Jinja. The awarding ceremony which was held on the 25th of November 2023 was organised to recognise the efforts of sustainable tourism players in Uganda. About...Read More

CCFU’s 12th Annual Youth Cultural Heritage Awarding Ceremony occurred on 7th December  2023, in Masaka. This event was organised to recognise and appreciate 13 winners of the 2023 Youth cultural heritage competition and to launch the 2024 Heritage Calendar. The event was attended by young people from school heritage clubs, teachers, Masaka district local government, Buganda...Read More

A map profiling historic properties in Mbale City has been launched during a function held at Semei Kakungulu heritage site on Gangama Hill in Mbale City. During the same function, the Semei Kakungulu Heritage Site restoration works were unveiled. The map, which contains 22 historic buildings, sites and monuments, among which are the Semei Kakungulu...Read More

Climate change has been variously understood as the long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural or induced by human activities, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas which produce heat-trapping gases. The Rwenzori region and specifically, the Kasese district has been hit hard...Read More

The Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU) in partnership with the Vintage Collectables Rotary Fellowship (VCRF) and the Uganda Railways Corporation held a vintage car locater drive from Kampala to Jinja on the 27th of October 2023. The locater drive The Minister of Works and Transport, General Katumba Wamala flagged off the drive at the Uganda...Read More

Constructed to ease communication for the colonial government, the building was established towards independence. It was under the East African Common Services, a company which was responsible for post offices, railways and telephones. For a long time, Post Office and BCU buildings were the biggest buildings in Mbale City CCFU’s efforts to safeguard and promote...Read More

The call was made by the LC5 Chairperson of Amudat district during the launch of a research report on the persistence of female genital mutilation by CCFU in Amudat On the 20th September 2023. The Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU) in partnership with the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development and support from UN...Read More

CCFU builds the capacity of journalists from Bunyoro and Rwenzori to positively report on issues of the chimpanzee. The capacity building training which took place between the 3rd and 4th of October was attended by different actors such as representatives from television, radios, news papers, online and other digital channels, and community radios; from Kagadi,...Read More

On the 26th September 2023, the Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU) in partnership with the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development and support from UN Women in Uganda launched a report that highlights the persistence of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Uganda, with a focus on Karamoja. The event which was attended by representatives...Read More