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We employ 20 local people. All our guides are local people. Each tourist visiting our program is paying a development fee that goes to the community which pays for projects such as building renovation, funds for secondary education or primary health care assistance for women and children of the community (e.g. 1 local primary school). The project's main objective is to raise the living conditions of the Uwiro community by making tourism a sustainable, community-based income generating activity, while ensuring the protection of natural environment, preserving the local culture and traditions and guaranteeing long-term sustainability of the sector.
To reach this objective a viable business development strategy will be developed, that includes the expansion of business opportunities through product development and the involvement of private sector; the expansion of employment opportunities for the Uwiro community by raising the number of visitors experiencing the camel and walking safari; the protection of natural environment and cultural value of the area.
This holiday is part of the responsibletravel.com and Conservation International Community Based Tourism Programme to support and promote community based tourism ventures that offer significant conservation and development benefits to local communities. To see other community based tourism holidays and find out more about the programme click here. We are a community-based Tourism Programme and environmental tourism initiative directly managed by local people with the support of the Tanzania Tourism Board and Oikos East Africa, a local NGO committed to combine environmental conservation and community development.
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