CCFU Annual report 2016 Final

Support our campaigns to promote heritage!
All youth must have access to their
culture
With the breakdown of family values, and with
limited formal spaces to learn about heritage,
the youth - who are the future custodians of our
heritage - are rarely supported to appreciate the
positive aspects of culture.
To address this important but neglected aspect
of our social development, heritage education
should be fully integrated in the upcoming
national curriculum for secondary schools in
Uganda. Government should retain the use of
local languages as a medium of instruction in
lower primary schools. It should invest in building
the capacity of school teachers to educate the
youth about cultural heritage and it should ensure
that the National Council for Higher Education
supports tertiary institutions to develop courses
on heritage studies, intangible cultural heritage
and related disciplines
All Ugandans are entitled to their
cultural rights
Cultural rights concern many of the aspects of
life that we treasure and that merit protection.
States must refrain from interfering with the
enjoyment of these rights by everyone, without
discrimination; while taking measures that lead to
their fulfilment by all.
Help us make Heritage Education a
reality for all youth in Uganda!
The rights of indigenous people need better
protection. Ethnic minorities include the more
than 1 million fellow Ugandans, who are often
stereotyped by their neighbours and known by
derogative names. Their political representation
is still limited and, in several cases, their language
is disappearing and their access to cultural sites
(such as within national parks) is restricted.
Further, they are often at risk of seeing
their culture assimilated by more numerous
neighbouring groups. We call on Government
to ensure that the cultural rights of indigenous
minorities are respected.
Support the national coalition for
Indigenous Minorities’ Rights!
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