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	Kisoro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Kisoro is in the southwestern corner of Uganda, close to the borders with Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), some 375 km southwest of Kampala.
		Kisoro is not far from the border with the DRC and many people cross into that country at Kisoro to visit the mountain gorillas from there.
		Kisoro is also a good place to stay if you want to visit Bwindi National Park (Uganda's Gorilla Sanctuary), but it is cheaper to visit the gorillas in the DRC.
	gheos.com /i/atlas/place.php?Kisoro (148 words)

	Kisoro, Uganda
		Kisoro is a characterless town, located in a wonderful setting under the peaks of the Mufumbiro Mountains which are part of the Virunga chain of volcanoes and home to the rare Mountain Gorilla.
		Kisoro is just about the end of the road for those visiting western Uganda.
		It is the nearest town to the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and is the access town for those proceeding to Rwanda or the DRC for gorilla tracking in the Parc Des Volcans or the Parc Des Virunga.
	traveluganda.co.ug /kisoro.asp (1313 words)

	Gorilla Safari Congo Virunga National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Then you drive through the Ankole region, where you see the typical Ankole cattle, coffee plantations and the different vegetations of Uganda, up to the terraced and cultivated hills of the Kigezi region, best known as “the Switzerland of Africa”.
		Kisoro is located within the area of the rain tropical forests at the borders between Uganda, Congo and Rwanda, at the foothills of Muhavura and other Volcanoes.
		Dinner and overnight at Kisoro Tourist Hotel or, in alternative, drive to Lake Bunyonyi and spend the night at Arcadia Cottages.
	www.acaciasafari.co.ug /congo2.html (369 words)

	Kisoro Community Volunteers Association, Uganda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Be part of this noble cause, which the local communities of Kisoro district will live to tell.
		Kisoro Community Volunteers Association is developing a sustainable strategy for action against poverty in Kisoro district and we are seeking partnership or close collaboration with any individual, volunteers researchers organizations, companies, institutions, societies and associations, which have objects altogether or mainly similar to those of the association.
		Kisoro community volunteers association will provide you with information, advice and link you to tour companies.
	traveluganda.co.ug /kisorovolunteers/index.html (624 words)

	New Vision Online : Truth about Kisoro road
		Two extremes are known about this 80km winding road: During the dry season, clouds of dust choke passengers and surrounding vegetation alike, while during the rainy season, it almost becomes impassable because of the mud and terrain-related problems.
		Interestingly, the bigger part of the road is in Kabale district but it is only the people of Kisoro who have demonstrated dismay over the unfulfilled promise.
		Currently an average of 15 heavy commercial vehicles (trailers) pass through Kisoro town to DRC daily.
	www.newvision.co.ug /D/8/459/515275 (369 words)

	Uganda Wildlife Authority
		The Park is about 10 km south of Kisoro and is bordered to the south by the Republic of Rwanda and to the west by the Democratic Republic of Congo.
		Kisoro Town which is 14 kms to the gate of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park offers a wide range of accommodation facilities ranging from the basic Camp-site to the luxurious full board hotels, these include Traveler's Rest, Sky Blue, Mt. Gahinga Rest Camp, Virunga Hotel, Mgahinga Safari Lodge, Rugigana Campsite and Mubano Hotel among others.
		Kisoro is about 540 km from Kampala (Uganda's capital city), it takes about 8 hours via Kabale by car.
	www.uwa.or.ug /mgahinga.html (1418 words)

	Press Releases: Great Lakes, Congolese refugees return home from Uganda as fighting subsides
		KISORO, Uganda, December 8 (UNHCR) – Several thousand Congolese refugees who fled to Uganda have returned to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after the fighting that panicked them earlier this week eased.
		UNHCR teams reported from the town of Kisoro in south-west Uganda that around 12,000 people – mainly women and children – had crossed the border to escape fighting between DRC government forces and rebels some 100 kilometres north of the town of Goma in North Kivu province.
		Almost all the Congolese are from villages close to the border with Uganda and have expressed their intention to return to the DRC as soon as conditions permit.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6WAM8Q?OpenDocument (456 words)

	National Resistance Movement Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Addressing his supporters yesterday at Saza grounds in Kisoro district Chairman said the achievements registered by the Movement government are self-evident.
		Chairman assured the people of Uganda that the Movement government which brought democracy and development is prepared to protect peace and stability in the country despite the problems caused by ADF and LRA to the people of Uganda for such a long time.
		Chairman encouraged people of Kisoro district to engage in household income generating projects such as fish and improved goat rearing, piggery and poultry that require small pieces of land.
	www.nrm.ug /n12.php (613 words)

	Kisoro :: Africa 2000 Network-Uganda
		Partner farmer constructing a fuel saving cook stove - one of the technologies that A2N-Uganda is promoting which reduces the use of fuel wood and improves the health conditions through mitigation of indoor air pollution.
		A2N-Uganda has been working in Kisoro since 2001 and is currently implementing the Kisoro Sustainable Agriculture Project with support from the Government of Austria through Horizont 3000 and the Integrated Project on the Conservation of Echuya Forest Reserve with support from MacArthur Foundation through Intenational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE).
		Kisoro is a mountainous district located in the south-western region of Uganda and has 1 county and 14 sub-counties
	www.a2n.org.ug /files/_h_index.php?pageName=Kisoro_1c5.html (199 words)

	Internet Dialogue on Ecological Sanitation
		Kisoro is a border and new district town in South Western Uganda (latitude 1° 15’ S, longitude 29° 45’ E) at an altitude of 2000 m a.s.l.
		Among the many particularities of Kisoro Town the following should be noticed: volcanic geology results in absence of surface water although rainfall is high (1500 mm/a) and dry season short (2 months).
		Preferences in Kisoro are quite varying but a clear majority of users prefers squatting and may try to do even on a seat or try to use the closed chamber.
	www.ias.unu.edu /proceedings/icibs/ecosan/nyiraneza.html (1233 words)

	allAfrica.com: Uganda: Big Shots of Kisoro District (Page 1 of 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He is the brain behind the construction of a daily market in Kisoro town and has effected intensive house hold water connections thus increasing water supply to 60 percent.
		Francis Harerimana is the Kisoro district health educator in-charge of Bufumbira North and he is the district cordinator for voluntary counselling and testing.
		She is the chairperson Kisoro town water and sanitation board.
	allafrica.com /stories/200701190514.html (726 words)

	Wild Frontiers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Kisoro district is located in the South Western corner of Uganda and borders with Rukungiri district to the North, Kabale district to the East, Rwanda to the South and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the West.
		Situated in Kisoro this newly constructed two storey budget hotel provides travelers with rooms with private bathrooms with showers and with balconies at a reasonable rate.
		A historic hotel set up by Walter Baumgartel, the father of gorilla tourism, and used by many involved with the mountain gorilla conservation, including Diane Fossey the celebrated primatologist who was based in the area for many years, has recently be refurbished an renovated to provide a cozy atmosphere reminiscent of a bygone era.
	www.wildfrontiers.com /showarea.asp?AreaInfoID=36 (492 words)

	Converted from "CON6.TXT" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The refugees said reprisals between the rebels and the local communities had intensified in the west of the country.
		It is not clear how many Congolese are now stranded at the border in Kisoro, but the number is said to be growing everyday.
		Kisoro was out of phone range to confirm this.
	ospiti.peacelink.it /bukavu/rs/CON6_13.html (145 words)

	Kisoro Tourist Hotel Uganda
		Kisoro Tourist Hotel in Kisoro is the best solution for whoever is visiting the South West of Uganda, on the way to Rwanda.
		Kisoro Tourist Hotel is the most pleasant and comfortable hotel at a budget tariff price.
		Kisoro Tourist Hotel is part of Skyblue Chain of Hotels, which runs hotels in the Districts of Kisoro, Kabale, Ntungamo and Mirama Hill at the border of Uganda and Rwanda.
	www.aboutuganda.com /kisorohotel.html (247 words)

	Network for Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency
		The overall median urinary iodine was 310 mcg/L, range 156 (Kisoro) to 517 (Luwero).
		Results from a 1991 survey conducted in four endemic districts (Kisoro, Bundibugyo, Hoima and Kapchorwa) indicated TGR prevalence of 75%, gathered from a sample of 1523 schoolchildren.
		In 1992, a survey in Masindi district of 2032 schoolchildren (11-13 yrs) found a mean TGR of 44%, and the goiter rate was highly correlated with cassava preparation.
	www.iodinenetwork.net /countries/Uganda.html (824 words)

	The Raw Story \| Ugandan military on high alert as refugees flee fighting in Congo
		district town of Kisoro, 500 kilometers from the capital Kampala.
		The battles are mostly concentrated in the village of Runyonyi, 17
		5,000 to 10,000 refugees entering the district of Kisoro.
	rawstory.com /news/2006/Ugandan_military_on_high_alert_as_r_12062006.html (428 words)

	News
		One person has died and 30 others admitted to Kisoro Hospital after a cholera outbreak in a refuge camp at Bunagana in Kisoro district.
		He said they should observe precautionary measures like washing hands after visiting the toilet, avoiding raw foods, and to always use clean utensils if they are to have good health.
		Dr Mateke said he has been told by Kisoro Hospital officials that the over 30 cholera patients admitted are improving steadily and the majority of them are Congolese nationals.
	tmb.exodus.ie /exodus/news.asp?id=64945 (275 words)

	New Vision Online : Los Angeles investors boost Kisoro farmers
		LOS ANGELES coffee growers in Kisoro are counting their fortunes following plans by a leading organic coffee company and other investors in California to further invest in the area.
		The Kisoro farmers currently fetch over $5 (about sh10,000) a kilo from less than $1 previously.
		“Kisoro coffee is one of the best in the world,” said Shalom Berkman, Urth Caffe’s boss.
	www.newvision.co.ug /D/8/220/480324 (234 words)

	Day 16: Kisoro, Uganda - Big Brother's African Brother - BootsnAll.com
		The group experience a rough drive to Kisoro on the Uganda-Rwanda border.
		After listening to Roberta tell us that she found reading "Animal Farm" disturbing because she understood it, and that most people don't realise that it is not just a story about animals, I was more than ready to get on the truck for once.
		It is 80km from Lake Bunyonyi to Kisoro and yet it took us five hours to complete the distance.
	www.bootsnall.com /travelogues/taylor/18.shtml (663 words)

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		The project area, with the exception of the western bit from Kisoro to Bunagana is generally mountainous.
		This project is being undertaken in one of the most mountainous and most densely populated areas of south-western Uganda in the two districts of Kabale, bordering Rwanda to the south, and Kisoro, bordering Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the south and the west.
		With regard to the detour/bypass around the Kisoro airstrip as well as the Kyanika link, a further 40 households/buildings/structures were identified as being potentially affected.
	www.afdb.org /pls/portal/docs/PAGE/ADB_ADMIN_PG/DOCUMENTS/ENVIRONMENTALANDSOCIALASSESSMENTS/EIA_ROAD_SECTOR_SUPPORT_UGANDA_JUL2004E.DOC (6785 words)

	Rwandan Ethnic Strife Fuels Congo Conflict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Thousands of men, women and children have fled their farms in eastern Congo for the squalor of refugee camps in neighboring Uganda, creating Africa’s latest humanitarian crisis.
		After a week in a grass field in the border town of Kisoro, women, children and the elderly were finally getting blankets, drinking cups and packets of biscuits.
		The situation in the eastern Congo region “is still volatile”, said David Masereka, the resident district commissioner in Kisoro.
	www.iwpr.net /?p=acr&s=f&o=259192&apc_state=henpacr (825 words)

	African Guide - L'Africa di Leonardo Mancini
		It is a deposit of the full permit fee, the balance will be paid in Kisoro on arrival.
		The deposit fee receipt MUST be presented to the Kisoro park office before 5 p.m.
		Remember that the Deposit fee is paid in advance and will only be refunded when the Kisoro office confirms that the gorillas are not in Uganda on that day.
	www.african-guide.com /mgahinga.html (955 words)

	Feature
		As sundown approaches, we check into the Sky Blue Motel in the village of Kisoro, a 50-bucks-a-night concrete blockhouse with the rooms named after planets.
		Kisoro has abundant kilowattage, but we've left behind our AC adapters.
		Turns out the Sky Blue does indeed have one, though it shares a single line to the outside world with the rest of Kisoro's phones.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/6.01/barlow.html?pg=13&topic= (817 words)

	AEGiS-NV: Buturo cautions on AIDS
		Although Uganda has proved that it is championing the fight against HIV/AIDS, the challenge remains until the infection rate has dropped to zero, the information state minister has said.
		Dr. Nsaba Buturo was opening the 33rd Joint Clinical Research Centre clinic at Kisoro Hospital.
		He cautioned the Bafumbira that the HIV/AIDS clinic at Kisoro Hospital was not a warrant for them to indulge in promiscuity but to test to establish their status.
	www.aegis.com /news/nv/2005/NV050831.html (331 words)

	The Adventures of Don & Carol Croft: Busting It All Up From Kampala to Kisoro
		We'd made two CBs at Secret Supporter's because one of them was to be delivered to Kisoro, where an important person wanted to see some sky sculpture firsthand and we jumped at the chance to get a regional CB network set up.
		We travelled to Kisoro and had the opportunity to have share halfway there with a Ugandan resort owner and architect, which was nice for Georg, who is also an architect and was impressed with the fellow's artistry, skill and style.
		When we got to our Kisoro host's place, we immediately planted the CB in his garden and started watching the sky, which had been partially whited out by HAARP rape.
	educate-yourself.org /dc/adc75bustingromkampalatokisoro07dec03.shtml (4150 words)

	Harmony Safaris
		Down is Kisoro where we stay in the famous Travelers Rest Hotel orkisoro tourist hotel.
		Travelers Rest, just outside Kisoro, offers a cozy stay for the tourists, who come to see the endangered mountain gorilla.
		From Travelers Rest in Kisoro it is 1 hour by car to the starting point in Rwanda and 35 minutes to Mgahinga and 45 minutes to Nkuringo group in South Bwindi (not yet open).
	www.harmonysafaris.com /gorillas_volcanoes.htm (505 words)

	THR- 1: 3 Days Rwanda Gorilla Tracking- EX- Kampala
		Parc National des Volcans (PNV) is located in the southern part of Uganda after crossing boarder through Kisoro in the north of Rwanda between volcanic mountain ranges of Muhavura where about over 300 mountain gorillas find their natural habitat.
		You can track gorillas, or add on climbing the volcanoes Muhabura, Karisimbi or Gahinga, track the golden monkeys or visit the Karisoke Research Centre, where Dian Fossey grave is located the author of “ gorillas in the mist” or visit local communities.
		Picked from your hotel in the early morning and drive from Kampala with lunch stop in Kabale and proceed to Kisoro.
	www.travelhemispheres.com /thrw3.html (589 words)

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