TOURISM BEYOND WILDLIFE... a community experience!

Great Lakes Safaris, GIFT for AID and UCOTA have joined hands in order to promote community tourism and support community development, in partnership with tourists.

Where UCOTA develops the rural communities, GIFT for AID raises funds from tourists which is given to the communities to support their projects. Great Lakes Safaris offers you the opportunity to actually visit the community of your choice and see how the project supports their way of living. Cultural safaris in Uganda will not only give you an experience of a lifetime, but will make sure that the local people benefit from tourism as well!

AND YOU CAN HELP TOO!

You will help and support the communities by visiting one of the projects directly, by volunteering or by making donations. To ensure that the money is well spent, donations should be made at one of the offices.

Don't watch the world from a distance, but get involved and experience the real Africa!

GIFT for AID is a charity organisation that gives tourists and travellers the opportunity to contribute to the lives of people in Uganda. They present small scale development projects, initiated and implemented by the local communities. GIFT for AID differs from other development organisations in the sense that tourists can donate their money locally to projects they consider valuable. You yourself can choose which project you want to support and even may want to visit!

UCOTA exists to help local communities improve their lifes through the scale of handcrafts and the provision of accommodation, guiding and cultural performances. This form of tourism assures that the benefits stay as much as possible in the community. The groups operate small enterprises ranging from accommodation and guiding to craft making, music, dance and drama.
Thanks to the revenues from these activities many important community projects are supported, including clinics, schools, water supply and literacy programmes. And every time you buy a UCOTA product, you help the community to help themselves.