Local area information

‘Bwindi Orphans Development Centre’ is situated in Buhoma village, which lies near the entrance to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BNIP) in the Kanungu district of south western Uganda. It is around 600km from the capital, Kampala.

Uganda is ethnically diverse, with many ethnic groups and languages. The majority of the people of Buhoma are Bakiga, Bafumbira or Batwa pygmies, who lived in the rainforest until it became a National Park. Although there are a large number of languages spoken in Uganda many people in Uganda use English as a common language, and English is used in newspapers and other media.