Chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest : Ecology, Behaviour, and Conservation

Modern healthcare facilities are of a poor standard and dispensaries stock little other
than painkillers and drugs for malaria (Sutton et al. 1996, see below). Traditional healers
and herbalists are used more when witchcraft is believed to be involved, when modern
treatment is unaffordable, and in villages where there are no clinics.
The population is characterized by a heterogeneous ethnic mix of people. Many of
those living in the area were not born there but have migrated into the region as a result
of civil unrest in Uganda, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), or in
the search for better land and economic opportunity than are found in other more populous
areas of Uganda.
Marriott interviewed 99 women over a six-week period in 1994 mainly in their
homes, using a local, educated woman as an interpreter. They were interviewed alone.
Their ages ranged from 14 to 60 years (mean age 31.3 years). None of the women asked
refused to be interviewed, a remarkable 100% success rate: 56% had received no edu-
cation, 38% had attended primary school, and only 6% had continued to secondary
school. They came from the following tribes: Banyoro, Lugbara, Alur, Lendu, Okebu
and Kakwa. Only 42% had been born in Masindi District; 20% came from the DRC or
Sudan.

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Karogangara

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Kirima

Masindi Town

Kijweka

Karujubu

Zebra

Kadukulu Kinyara

Kyempunu

KarongoMaramu

Kanyege

Nyakafunjo

Onini

Nyabyeya 2

Nyabyeya 1

Nyabyeya Centre

08km Budongo Forest Reserve

Sonso Camp Site

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Fig. 10.1: Location of villages to the south of Budongo Forest (copyright Hazzah and Reuling).