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The Kagando
Community Development Centre, Uganda (KCDC)
 The
Project
Project Headquarters is based at the Kagando Rural Development Centre
in the south-western part of Uganda. Kagando is in the remote foothills
of the Rwenzori Mountains near the border with Congo. Kagando Rural Development
Centre is a thriving enterprise surrounded by tiny villages and farms.
For most of the people in this area the centre is their main form of health
care, education and support. There is a two hundred bed hospital, a microfinance
centre, a vocational training centre, a nurse training school, a primary
school and dorm, adult literacy classes, agricultural training in the
model farm, a water sanitation programme, subsidised mosquito nets, psycho-social
support to kids affected by HIV, and a hydroelectric power plant. VentureCo
opened this project in 2007 by helping construct a modern piggery as a
demonstration to local farmers and providing a source of income for the
centre.
Project Aims
In 2008, the project emphasis will be on the rural water harvesting programme
which aims to provide piped drinking water to villages in the area. Water
harvesting requires small-scale dam construction to create water catchments
that act as reservoirs for the nearby population. Another aspect of this
project is our ongoing development of the area's ecotourism potential.
Both the stunning Rwenzori Mountains and the Queen Elizabeth National
Park are in close proximity to the centre making it an ideal starting
point for tours of the area.
In order to maximise all of these benefits and make the enterprise fully
sustainable, KCDC need to develop ways to generate income streams both
for themselves and the local community. As Venturers enhance and develop
local tourism opportunities, they will be helping to provide locals with
an income source.
Venture Co Trust
Provides funding for the materials to build the water harvesting dams
Provides funding for ecotourism studies
VentureCo promotes Joint-ventures
This project has 2 partners:
KCDC that supports the project with technical and logistical assistance.
VentureCo who support the project with materials and the participation
of Venturers.
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