Mazingira Plus (TZA-52)
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Brief description and main aims
Mazingira is a Swahili word that means Environment.
Mazingira Plus is a youth-led and non-profit organization
which established in 2019 with a vision to envision having
a nation that is a clean, healthy, and well-conserved
environment.
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Main Activities
Activities and program that Mazingira Plus
offers include;
The Green Schools program, the aims is to equip
children and young people with right knowledge
on at source waste segregation, composting,
climate change adaptation and mitigation
options, conservation awareness and
sustainability. Recently, the program operates in 30
secondary schools and it impacted over 200,000
young people.
Mangrove Conservation Project, this is an
Ecosystem-based adaptation/nature-based
solution to climate change. The project started in
2020 as the outcome of the World Mangrove Day
commemoration where we noticed the
devastation of climate change impact due to
seawater raise that destructs coastal vegetation,
beach erosion, Loss and Damage (destruction of
properties), loss of fertile land etc.
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Volunteer tasks
Tree Planting, Waste separation and composting
Beach cleanup
School and community outreach activities for
awareness raising
Mangrove Restoration and Protection,
Bee Keeping and income generating projects,
Eco-Cultural Tourism and Regenerative Farming
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Location
The project located in Dar es Salaam, the city lying on the
East African coastline with a large natural harbor. The
population of the city is about 10 million inhabitants
making it the largest city in the country.
As the commercial and industrial capital of the country,
Dar es Salaam hosts a much higher concentration of
trade, services and manufacturing than elsewhere in
Tanzania, contributing 17% to the national GDP.
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