WE PROVIDE A SERVICE
WE HAVE A UNIQUE WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEGE
our SERVICES
We are a social enterprise providing essential client, partner and community services utilising the unique wealth of experience and knowledge within the Mwambao team.
We provide services:
- NGOs, Donors and Government
- Private sector
- Science
- Community services
ngoS, DONORS & GOVERNMENT
Linking NGOs and donors with local coastal communities as well as supporting government initiatives, Mwambao services help:
• Develop and implement community-centered projects and initiatives
• Disseminate new knowledge, information, and practices to coastal communities
• To actualise the community role in co-management
• To assist government to work in fisheries management at the village level
• To assist community members to carry out monitoring
PRIVATE SECTOR
Linking environmentally sound private sector initiatives with community aspirations, Mwambao services help:
• To find common ground where initiatives can support livelihoods while respecting environment and culture
• To promote communication and resolve conflict over shared resources
• To work with all stakeholders to search for ‘win-win’ solutions
SCIENCE
Linking marine scientific discovery and research to traditional practices, Mwambao services help;
• Help to pilot new approaches or innovations in fisheries and coastal management
• Document how new technologies interface with traditional knowledge and practices
• Disseminate applied research findings, good practices and technical solutions to management challenges among a broad range of coastal management practitioners
• Monitor the deployment and use of new technologies by communities using community film
• Facilitate participatory monitoring and data analysis
Network Development
• Convene and train members
• Facilitate learning opportunities
• Raise awareness about coastal issues and building skills and capacity to manage resources
Communications
• Disseminate information
• Document and share best practices and challenges
• Monitoring
• Facilitate advocacy and community voice
