
We work in partnership with Gorilla Highlands Coffee, a not-for-profit coffee producer, and Doctor Robert Mugarura, a neurosurgeon performing life saving surgeries in the local community. We are also proud of our past projects which all helped us get to where we are today.
Coffee
In 2018 we started working with Gorilla Highlands Coffee, a speciality coffee producer and social enterprise aimed at promoting coffee tourism and environmental conservation in the Kigezi region.
Gorilla Highlands Coffee is a not-for-profit company who source their coffee beans from small-holdings, providing them with a stable buyer and much-needed source of income. They are also focused on responsible and smart agricultural techniques to minimize their carbon footprint and preserve the forests of the mountain gorillas, all while creating a quality product. Their coffee farmers receive a premium price for their beans and a wide range of technical and community support, including schooling, medical insurance and environmental protection. Edirisa UK sells the Lake Bunyonyi branded coffee through our craft outlets and are distributing the coffee in the Kabale District. We intend to give seedlings to our craftwomen and the staff at Bwama Health Centre so that in the future they can become one of Gorilla Highlands Coffee bean suppliers.
Surgeries
We are proud to support Dr Robert Mugarura, a neurosurgeon who trained in Uganda and the USA and has since returned to his hometown in Kabale to help the local community.
In September 2016 Dr Mugarura operated on 24 children with congenital deformities, completely free of charge, at the Kabale hospital - where the facilities and nursing staff were provided for free. Inspired by his generosity and his mission to help his community, we wanted to get involved.
We started in August 2017 by providing Dr Mugarura with a large quantity of medical equipment to help him in his surgeries. We also invited him to the Bwama Island Heath Centre where he runs surgical camps twice a year. We support these medical camps, and those he runs at the Kisoro Hospital, by funding accommodation, food and surgical supplies. The surgical camps are primarily for people suffering from congenital deformities, helping to improve the quality of their life immeasurably.
Dr Mugarura and his team provide their services completely free of charge.
