When women thrive, nature thrives. Mpingo Conservation & Development Initiative (MCDI) in collaboration with its Partners is unlocking conservation agriculture opportunities for women’s adaptation to climate change impacts. The Organization is facilitating rural communities to introduce sunflower cultivation in three villages of Mchakama, Nainokwe and Liwiti in Kilwa district. Furthermore, in efforts to diversify derived...
This year we took great pleasure again in drawing up the balance sheets here at the office. We are always very happy when we can issue a number of beautiful tree certificates for our customers! Due to all corona measures and working from home, people consumed less coffee and tea in most offices. This is...
Mchakama is a village located 65 km from Kilwa Masoko town, it takes about 90 minutes by car to reach the village. The village also can be reached through motorcycle and bicycle from Mavuji junction. The majority of the village members are smallholder farmers practicing conventional farming and shifting agriculture, while few are also small-scale...
Forests represent a lifeline for the millions of poor Tanzanians living in rural areas, where they rely on forest products for fuel, food, income, and other uses. Despite this, forest destruction in the country is happening at an alarming rate of 400,000 hectares per year as a result of human-induced fires, illegal logging, conversion to...
A 75-year-old woman named Sharifa Amanzi, who lives in Mchakama village in Kilwa District, Lindi Region is inspiring other community members to engage in planting teak. Sharifa was motivated to plant teak trees in her farm field following on from the success of MCDI-supported tree planting and harvesting efforts. While teak trees take approximately 15...
This past month has been busy for us here at MCDI. In Tanzania, June marks the beginning of the long dry season after several months of heavy rain. This means that whilst our tree planting has been put on pause until the rains return towards the end of the year we are able to shift...
Gender is an integral part of forest management, as both men and women in rural areas depend on forests for their everyday survival. However, there is typically a gendered divide in terms of forest use. For example, men have a tendency to use forests for income-generating activities such as timber harvesting or collecting honey, as...
As COVID-19 continues to be a global tragedy with catastrophic consequences, we are continuing to prioritise the health and safety of our staff and the communities that we work with across south-eastern Tanzania. These communities are particularly vulnerable to the effects of the pandemic, so it is our utmost priority to mitigate any risk of...
COVID-19 (the Corona virus) is a global disaster, one which is affecting the entirety of the worldwide population. People are losing loved ones, businesses are closing down, and many non-governmental organisations, like our own, are beginning to feel its implications. During these difficult times, we are adopting various techniques to keep our operations up and...
De twee projecten waar Rainforest Projects mee samenwerkt, Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) en Mpingo Conservation & Development Initiative (MCDI), hebben in 2019 weer hard gewerkt. Ze hebben met de steun van Beautiful Cups en onze afnemers mooie resultaten bereikt, waar we heel trots op zijn. Bekijk hier wat ze allemaal gedaan hebben! Mpingo Conservation &...
In February we welcomed a group of students from the International School of Tanganyika (IST) to Kilwa Masoko for a school trip. The group made the long six-hour journey from Dar es Salaam to learn about this beautiful part of Tanzania, including a visit to our headquarters to learn a little about what we do...
As one of the most bio-diverse countries in Africa, Tanzania is home to an abundance of wildlife. However, due to deforestation and habitat loss, the number of threatened species living here has tripled in the last decade. The Lindi region in southern-eastern Tanzania, where our work is based, is well known for its forest habitats...
