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29
Jun

Just like jungle fire

Meet Mr Mkundugwe from Gairo in Morogoro region. After hearing of kisiki Hai, this enthusiastic man traveled over 200 km to Dodoma region so that he could learn more about Kisiki Hai. We were very happy to have him, we also invited him to fully attend one of our 5 day ToT sessions. Mr Mkundugwe in one of the Kisiki Hai trainings Inspite of this being his first Kisiki Hai training, he brought in a lot of experience regarding environment conservation.
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12
May

Keeping dreams alive

As a young boy growing up in Chamwino district, Dodoma, Danford Malaji Chilongani watched his father being a successful farmer. Since then he knew that would be his destiny. Now a 62 year old farmer, Danford Malaji Chilongani got married in 1981, blessed with 9 children and 7 grandchildren. He can no longer live his dream of becoming a successful farmer like his dad because of the serious land degradation in Dodoma. He heavily depends on farming for a living. Danford
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25
Apr

First seeds have been sowed outside Dodoma

What’s better than sharing your knowledge and experience with enthuastic and inquisitive communities from another region?  Last month part of our team conducted a training in 16 villages of Tabora region The famous Kisiki Hai roadshow also took part in all the 16 villages. Now they have learned everything about preserving trees, they are determined to apply the technique themselves and spread the knowledge. The ‘first seeds have been sowed’ outside the Dodoma region for a greener Tanzania.
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23
Mar

A Tanzanian Story

It is a story about spreading an idea that teaches us to value our environment so that tree stumps can grow to become trees Please click the link A Tanzanian story to watch the beautiful story. Directed by: Safi Graauw & Tjeerd van der HulstNarrated by: Jonathan BrownMusic and sound design: MacLoudExecutive producer: Wessel van Eeden
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7
Mar

A green Pembamoto in the making

Last year August, together with our partners Justdiggit we trained villagers in Pembamoto on how to dig bunds ‘earth smiles’ to harvest rain. What’s that? smile-shaped bunds that prevent soil erosion and improve water availability for plants. In September the villagers dug 5,143 bunds so that they could capture every raindrop in the coming rain season. This was done with help of an App that linked donors directly to the villagers. The app was linked to Mpesa; the local payment method.
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27
Feb

A green parade

Champion farmers from Nghumbi and Mlali ward came together in a public manner with an aim to communicate a message to the broader public about the importance of environment conservation. Lots of villagers supported the marching, most of them stood curiously at the side of the road to see what the marching was all about. It makes us proud, because they organized it on their own initative. These farmers are transforming into activists!
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16
Feb

Mpwapwa and Kongwa farmers to benefit from a new beekeeping project

Farmers in six villages of Mpwapwa and Kongwa districts are set to benefit from a new beekeeping project launched by LEAD Foundation. Some of the “lead” farmers from the six villages The timely initiative, christened ‘Kiboriani Reforestation and Beekeeping Project’ is an incentive to encourage the farmers to beef up the war against environmental degradation in their areas. In his remarks during launching of the project over the weekend in Mpwapwa District, Director of Programmes at LEAD Foundation, Njamasi Chiwanga, said the environment
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22
Oct

Igunga exchange visit

What’s better than sharing your knowledge and experience with an enthusiastic and inquisitive group of people from different corners of the country? Two weeks ago we held such an event in Kongwa, one of our districts. Farmers, Maasai, village leaders and ecovillage project employees came to visit  LEAD Foundation from different parts of Tanzania. This resulted in 15 participants from centre-east Tanzania (Igunga) and a number from north Tanzania (Mbaash). After they had seen the Kisik Hai documentary, they were eager to learn
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18
Sep

Measuring in colours

These people have just received a colored stick from us. They are trainers from the Kongwa district in Dodoma who will keep track of the number of trees and the height of each tree with these colourful sticks. These facilitators specifically monitor the re-greening by the farmers they have trained before. For each height (color) the facilitators can shade how many trees a farmer has. For example blue (50-100 cm): 34 trees. Green (200 + cm): 12 trees. Etcetera. In the corresponding
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20
Mar

The traveling cinema in Tanzania

Our ‘Kisiki Hai’ caravan about re-greening one of the most affected landscapes has been traveling around Central Tanzania for one month already, and in two months’ time it will visit 60 villages. Today it is Iyumbwi village’s turn! The film inspires and activates farmers how they can re-green their land and make their land suitable to grow food again. Imagine that you have never or rarely seen a movie. A normal evening out for us, is THE event of the year
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