Students at the Mbale Secondary and Vocational School for the Deaf in Uganda have been learning the importance of honey bees and gaining the skills needed to join the beekeeping industry. Supporting youth with a disability is vital in Uganda. Earlier this year, the school apiary was set up and 128
In August 2023, Bees for Development in partnership with The Uganda National Apiculture Development Organisation (TUNADO) and the Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Trust (BMCT) started the second phase of work with the Batwa people. These people are the original forest dwellers of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Beekeeping continues to yield benefits for people with disabilities in Adjumani and Gulu, Uganda. Since 2019, Bees for Development has partnered with The Uganda National Apiculture Development Organisation (TUNADO) to provide beekeeping training and market support to people with disabilities. Beekeepers Toma Albino and Okwera Samuel, from a beekeeping group in Adjumani
Bees for Development has partnered with TUNADO to empower women through beekeeping in the Adjumani region of Uganda with support provided by the Welsh Government's Wales Africa Grant Scheme, administered by WCVA. In Uganda, beekeeping is predominantly practised by men resulting in gender barriers preventing women from having equal access to
Building on the success of the past three years working with the Batwa people of Southwest Uganda, this August saw the start of a second phase of work where we will be expanding and sharing the benefits of beekeeping to new and eager-to-learn communities. For thousands of years, the Batwa
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