Handicraft and Souvenir Dev't Project (HSDP) Western Cluster

The project seeks to respond to the Government’s efforts to diversify and increase exports of non- traditional exports while supporting increased job creation and employment.
This through policy directions as provided for in the Uganda Vision 2040, National Trade Policy 2008, National Development Plan II, the National Tourism Development Master Plan 2014/2024 and Uganda Tourism Policy 2015.
In the Western cluster, hundreds of women artisans skillfully under the Ngombe Group which falls under the Rwenzori Sustainable Trade Centre; weave high grade baskets which are now traced to the domestic, regional and international crafts market.
Still within the western cluster, Rubirizi District, which borders the Queen Elizabeth National Park, yet another group, the Katara Womens Group; make nice souvenir out of elephant dung