As a result of living close to national park, farmers experience challenge of losing their crops from elephants. When elephants move from one park to another, they pass through farms and eat crops, something that affect income and food security of the community.ECOWICE is working with the Village natural resource committee and farmers group to...
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ECOWICE supported farmers with sesame seeds
Sesame is now the highly dependable crop for farmers who face challenges from elephants. Since elephants don't eat sesame, farmers are now changing from growing elephant preferred crops to growing sesame. ECOWICE started by supporting 60 farmers by the year 2021 and now hundreds of farmers are turning into growing sesame, " I like growing...
Establishment of Village Natural Resource Committee.
37.7% (33,428,000ha)of Tanzania land is forested where the forest ownership and management lies on state. Local community normally find themselves being excluded from earning forest benefits which in most cases drive them to utilize the forest illegally.With limited manpower and equipments, the government cannot manage to protect all forested areas and hence there is a...
Human-wildlife coexistence project along Nyerere national park
Human-wildlife coexistence project along Nyerere national parkWe are thrilled to start another project in Mbarang'andu Wildlife management Area along Nyerere National Park in Southern Tanzania.With the funding support from the Bio-Bridge Initiative, the project will address the critical issue of human-wildlife conflict and present innovative solutions that promote harmonious coexistence. The project is expected to...
Community needs assessment
In order to understand the challenges facing the community and wildlife, ECOWICE conduct a survey to both community and wildlife migratory area to a village adjacent to Mikumi national park.This activity is contributes to long term monitoring and conservation of wildlife migratory areas and corridors of Mikumi national park
JOIN US ON RESTORATION WEEK-MAKE A DIFFERENCE
ECOWICE is proud to announce its participation in Make aDifference Week — an annual week of global restorative action led by the Society forEcological Restoration where individuals and organizations fromaround the world host and participate in local volunteer events during the week of June4-11, 2022.As part of Make A DifferenceWeek, we are hosting an activity...
The visit of our partner ADRA Germany
We are grateful to meet Miss Natalie Luejens from our partner organization ADRA Germany who visited our office and project to villages adjacent to Mikumi national park. She has visited our farmer group at Mkata village which practices Community Conservation Bank, Sesame farming, and mushroom farming. She has also visited the SAVE WILD club at...
Time for plating trees
Time for planting treesAs we are starting the rain season, it’s time for planting trees. Save Wild Club members at Mkata primary school are ready to plant more than 800 tree seedlings from the tree nursery they established in November 2021. These plants are expected to be planted on the school farm and each member...
Volunteer with us!
Do you have a degree or diploma in Beekeeping, wildlife conservation, forests, or Food-related studies? We are now inviting you to volunteer with us. Our activities range from community support, value addition to marketing. If you are interested, please submit your application letter and Curriculum Vitae (CV) to savewild@ecowice.org. The deadline for application is Monday...
Save Wild Club members have started a tree nursery project
With the aim of restoring the forest that has been degraded, the club has started a tree nursery that will provide tree seedlings for planting in areas where trees have been lost due to charcoal production and farming. Members will grow seeds that were collected from the forest on world environmental day this year.They are...