Notice from British Council

UK awards £76k to Bakonzo and Alur communities to help tackle climate change threats
• International cultural protection partners to collaborate across East Africa
• Projects tackle the threat to cultural heritage in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda from climate change
• Advancing knowledge and sharing skills within the global heritage community

The communities of the Bakonzo and the Alur are to receive a grant of £76k from the UK government to assess and mitigate against the threats posed to them by climate change.

The British Council is pleased to announce the Cultural Protection Fund has awarded funding to five global heritage projects, which will use technology, skills development and community engagement to respond to the risk of climate change to heritage in East Africa. Selected as part of the Cultural Protection Fund's Disaster and Climate Change Mitigation round, the projects will address the threat to valuable cultural heritage in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda by increasing capacity and resilience through risk planning, training programmes and digital innovation. The Fund continues a partnership between British Council and the UK Government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to protect threatened heritage in and around the Middle East and Africa. CLICKHEREFOR MORE ON THIS NOTICE