Engabu Za Tooro to hold a Board of Directors and an Annual General Meeting at the end of this month

EZT previous AGM

Engabu Za Tooro will hold the Board of Directors and Annual General Meetings slated for 30^th and 31^st March, 2019 respectively at Engabu Za Tooro offices located on Plot 18 Kaija Road, Kabundaire in Fort Portal Uganda.

According to Engabu Za Tooro Executive Director Stephen Rwagweri Atwoki, both meetings are aimed at coming with strategic directions for the institution in-terms of fundraising, membership and programming.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) starting at 10:00am will attract individuals or groups associated with Engabu Za Tooro, members of Engabu Za Tooro Cultural Troupe and Brass Band, ritual leaders and culture resource people.

The organisation is accredited to provide advisory services to UNESCO (ICH Convention) and accredited as an observer of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

EZT current Board of Directors

Currently, the organization is funded by UNESCO (Intangible Heritage Fund) and local contributions to revitalize and safeguard the practice of the Empaako naming system through community self-documentation among the five communities of the Banyoro, Batooro, Batuku, Batagwenda and Banyabindi in Western Uganda so that their capacities can be enhanced to transmit knowledge, and skills to successive generations and mobilise practitioners to revive the practice.