Partners in Impact
Change in the RwenzoriHas Never BeenA Journey Taken Alone.
For more than three decades, AMA has worked with development organisations, conservation institutions, government stakeholders and community partners whose support has helped transform locally identified priorities into tangible improvements in people's lives.
Our Shared Story
"The partners who have walked with AMA over the past three decades have helped communities turn ideas into schools, water systems, livelihoods, skills and opportunities."
AMA consistently uses language that reflects reality: programmes are implemented by AMA with support from partners — giving every supporter the recognition they deserve while demonstrating AMA's credibility as a community-led delivery organisation.
Conservation Partners
Conservation Partners
Organisations whose conservation mandate has intersected with AMA's community and environment work.
WWF / RMCDP
Women's Economic Empowerment
Supported AMA's traditional basket-weaving initiative for women in 1997, through the Rwenzori Mountains Conservation Development Project — strengthening skills and livelihood opportunities within Rwenzori communities.
Development Partners
Development Partners
Development organisations that have funded and co-implemented community programmes across the Rwenzori.
DED Uganda
Women's Livelihoods
Supported a women's zero-grazing project in 1997 as part of AMA's efforts to strengthen household livelihoods.
Welthungerhilfe
Agroforestry & Sustainable Livelihoods
Supported the Rwenzori Agro-forestry Project, which AMA successfully implemented through March 2006.
Oxfam GB
Sustainable Agriculture
Provided support for AMA's Sustainable Agriculture Training project, implemented from 2006 until April 2012.
Concern Worldwide
Health & HIV/AIDS
Supported AMA's three-year HIV/AIDS Mainstreaming Project.
Kwataniza Solidariteitsvereniging & Wilde Ganzen Foundation
Women, Families & Water
Associated in AMA's records with the Women Vegetable Growing and Family Planning Project and the Mughomba Water Gravity Flow Supply project.
Institutional Partners
Institutional Partners
Institutional and government-linked supporters who have invested in the region's social infrastructure.
North Carolina Zoological Park, USA
Investing in Community Health Capacity
Funded nursing education at Mengo Hospital; the trained nurse subsequently took up work at Bundibugyo Hospital.
The Timeline of Partnership
Three Decades of Shared Purpose
Partner logos appear alongside the milestones they helped make possible.
1992
AMA Founded in Kazingo
Established in Kazingo village to empower local mountain and coffee-farming communities through eco-tourism and primary education.
1997
Women's Empowerment & Livelihoods
Launched traditional basket weaving and zero-grazing initiatives to build household income and nutrition for women.
Supported by WWF (RMCDP) & DED Uganda
2006
Agroforestry & Conservation (RAP)
Completed the Rwenzori Agro-forestry Project, planting indigenous trees across river corridors in Bundibugyo.
Supported by Welthungerhilfe
2012
Sustainable Agriculture & Food Security
Trained smallholder farming families in organic coffee cultivation, crop diversity, and kitchen garden management.
Supported by Oxfam GB
2015
Community Health & Capacity
Implemented regional HIV/AIDS health strategies and funded nursing education now serving Bundibugyo Hospital.
Supported by Concern Worldwide & NC Zoo USA
Ongoing
Schools, Clean Water & Impact
Built Mount Gessi Primary School and Mughomba Water Gravity Flow Supply, 100% funded by tourism earnings.
Supported by Wilde Ganzen & Kwataniza
Become a Partner
Support Community-Defined Change in the Rwenzori
We welcome institutional partners, donors and allies who share our commitment to community-led development, conservation and sustainable tourism. Whether you're a development organisation, a conservation foundation, a corporate partner or an individual supporter — there's a place for you in this story.
Fund a Programme
Back community-defined work in water, health, agriculture or livelihoods.
Development Partnership
Multi-year collaboration on programmes across Bundibugyo, Ntoroko and Kabarole.
Conservation Partnership
Work with AMA on environment, biodiversity and sustainable land use.
Technical Partnership
Contribute expertise, training or systems to strengthen delivery.
Partnership Principles
- Community priorities always come first
- Transparent attribution of all partner contributions
- Co-design with communities, not for them
- Long-term relationships over one-off transactions
- Measurable outcomes, honestly reported