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Rubugiri Super Stars was founded
with the dame objective as those of UDTA with the mission of
causing social transformation through entertainment as means
of education and effective communication. It is a fuctional
cultural organisation involved in Environmental projection
projects in Impenetratable Forest in Southern Uganda (Kisoro).
Rubuguri Super Stars is involved in the following areas of
income generation.
- Passion fruit farming
- Bee-keeping
- Promotion of the Batwa Community and culture for community
tourism while at the same time creating an friendly
co-existence between the Batwa and neighbouring communities
Funds will be used for:
It is planned to build a tented
camp as a meeting point between the Batwa, surrounding
communities and also tourists.
The Batwa live since thousands of years in the forests in
the same way as they do now. They have values attached to
trees and animals, they know about medicinal plants and how
to preserve the environment. Their songs and stories keep
this knowledge. It can be transferred to the surrounding
communities through development theatre by Rubugiri Super
Stars and the Batwa in this camp and also create some income
for the Batwa.
Foto Heribert Corn |
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