Rest in Peace, Pleasure Katusiime (June 2024 – April 2025)
Before we all dive headfirst into the craziness of a new week, we want to take a moment and raise a feathered toast to a…
Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi
News and stories from our location at Uganda’s Lake Bunyonyi. Click for the main Edirisa page.
Mondays Used to Suck
Can we be real for a sec? Mondays used to suck! Like, the actual worst! The weekend would vanish in a puff of regret and…
White Widow’s Loyalty
Pleasure Katusiime could fly away if she wanted. But she doesn’t. She’s perfectly content at Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi, where she reigns as the one…
Pizzzzzzzzzza News
Pizza?! Cheese??? That’s disgusting! — such would be the reaction of any traditional dweller of Lake Bunyonyi, including our storied Tom Karemire. But for foreign…
Serene Pleasure & Cherry Trees
It’s been a while since we last heard from our team at Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi, so here is a dispatch by volunteer Michele, enriched…
Omushomesa’s Inspiration
There’s Polona from Slovenia who likely doesn’t even know she has a namesake in Uganda! This volunteer stayed with us at Lake Bunyonyi from December…
Edirisa, a GHE Location on Lake Bunyonyi
It’s official: Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi (Uganda) is now run from Musanze (Rwanda), placed under the Gorilla Highlands Experts (GHE) umbrella. We still have Levi…
Three Bunyonyi Love Stories (Gorilla Highlands 2016-2017)
This is the thirteenth instalment of a weekly series that marks 20 years of Edirisa and 10 years of the Gorilla Highlands Initiative. Click here…
The Split (Kabale, Nkozi & Bunyonyi 2011)
This is the eleventh instalment of a weekly series that marks 20 years of Edirisa and 10 years of the Gorilla Highlands Initiative. Click here…
How Edirisa Changed My Life, and Theirs (Kitanga 2009)
This is the ninth instalment of a weekly series that marks 20 years of Edirisa and 10 years of the Gorilla Highlands Initiative. Click here…
