MKUBA ECO-CREDIT FUND DISBURSEMENT
OUR STORIES MKUBA ECO-CREDIT FUND DISBURSEMENT Updates from MKUBA Eco-credit 07/02/2024 We proudly announce another milestone achievement! Following intensive training on Small Business Management and eco-compliance, we have disbursed 10.5M TZS to 5 groups in Mto wa Pwani Zanzibar, and an equal amount to 5 groups in Bomasubutuni, Tanga. This support has been made possible […]
National Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) workshop
OUR NEWS National Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) workshop National Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) workshop September 2019 and April 2023 Mwambao presented at the South African Institute of International Affairs EbA workshop in Dar, detailing our work with coastal-communities to implement sustainable resource management plans including temporary octopus fisheries closures, reef restoration and our Eco-credit pilot scheme. The […]
A new CEO!
OUR STORIES A NEW CEO! A new CEO for Mwambao 15/12/2022 A new CEO for Mwambao! We are excited to announce that Said Khalid our current Chief of Operations has agreed to accept the position of CEO as from February 2023! Thank you Said! I am sure that all who know him will recognise that […]
Election of leadership & launch of Management Committee for our eco-credit MKUBA program
OUR STORIES ECO-CREDIT MKUBA PROGRAM ELECTION OF LEADERSHIP IN KUKUU Election of leadership & launch of Management Committee for our eco-credit MKUBA program 17/02/2020 Election of leadership & launch of Management Committee for our eco-credit MKUBA program in Kukuu village, Pemba. MKUBA stands for Mfuko wa Kutunza Bahari, meaning “Fund to care for the sea” […]
Watch this space in 2020…here we come
OUR STORIES WATCH THIS SPACE 2020…HERE WE COME Watch this space in 2020…here we come 31/12/2019 Team spirit is our strength Developing our communications strategy has been a full team affair. With the support of partners Maliasili, we’re developing our communications strategy and streamlining our vision and messaging as a team to ensure we’re as […]
‘Unity is strength, being separate makes you weak’
OUR STORIES ‘Unity is strength, being separate makes you weak’ ‘Unity is strength, being separate makes you weak’ 23/12/2019 ‘Umoja ni nguvu utengano ni udhaifu’ ‘Unity is strength, being separate makes you weak’ The first collaborative management group (CMG) for Zanzibar! Four communities have formed a group to work together to guard their temporary […]
PhotoVoice Workshop
OUR STORIES PHOTOVOICE WORKSHOP PhotoVoice Workshop 13/12/2019 Mwambao staff in introductory workshop to PhotoVoice 2 Mwambao team members took part in a Photovoice workshop and shared skills about the relationship between photographers, portrait and audience. We hope this will influence the ability of our team to communicate our messages more powerfully, through intentional photography/imagery and […]
Visit from British High Commissioner to Tanzania
OUR STORIES BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER VISIT Visit from British High Commissioner to Tanzania 09/12/2019 Mwambao, Fauna & Flora International and Department of Fisheries staff welcome the British High Commissioner to Tanzania, HC Sarah Cooke, to our project location in Kukuu, South Pemba, Zanzibar. This Pemba Channel conservation project working with fishing communities to promote sustainable […]
What factors make community fishery closures work?
OUR STORIES What factors make community fishery closures work? What factors make community fishery closures work? 21/11/2019 What factors make community fishery closures work? Today we were exploring what influences long-term adoption of temporary octopus closures by coastal communities in Tanzania. This will contribute to Agent-Based Modelling forming part of the OctoPINTS project. This project […]
Blog: Linking a microcredit scheme to conservation compliance
OUR NEWS BLOG: MICROCREDIT SCHEME Blog: Linking a microcredit scheme to conservation compliance 31/10/2019 Linking a microcredit scheme to conservation compliance. Read this blog about the Greenfi/Mwambao microcredit scheme posted by partners Fauna & Flora International. “Borrowers have to commit to actions that contribute to effective implementation of local conservation measures; some join a daily […]