Programmes
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Community
Programmes that work OUTSIDE the national parks — with farmers, schools, youth, and beekeeping groups in the villages bordering Nyerere National Park and the Usangu / Ihefu wetland.
Farmers
13 active
Nurseries
3 sites
IGA Groups
27 active
Eco Clubs
30 schools
Radio
10 sessions
SRATA Academy
3 cohorts
Field Collection
132 GPS submissions
Activity Map
22 villages mapped
Standalone one-year scholarship hospitality programme for youth from communities adjacent to the national park. Cohort = enrolment year.
Full-scholarship one-year intake at Kamilifu.
Industry internship placement during/after the programme.
Follow-up survey of career and contact information for alumni.
The flagship community programme — Eco Clubs in primary schools, conservation-compatible farming, income-generating activities, and community awareness work.
Primary-school students (Class 3–7) in Msolwa and Usangu schools. Each cohort year is a new enrolment: Class 7 graduates leave, new Class 3 students join. ~900 students across ~30 schools (2025).
Year-cohorted in-school conservation club.
~80 students per year selected via competition + exam; 3-day exposure trip into Nyerere National Park.
New from 2025 — conservation tournament with selected players.
Farming practices that coexist with wildlife corridors, water cycles, and forest restoration.
Mixed cropping practice in Usangu sector — onion, bambara groundnuts, groundnuts, sunflower.
- Onion production
- Bambara groundnuts— njugumawe — distinct from regular groundnuts
- Groundnuts (karanga)
- Sunflower
Tree-crop intercropping in Msolwa sector — palm, cocoa, cashew.
- Chikichi / Palm
- Cocoa
- Korosho / Cashew nuts
Vegetable production — not active in 2026; farmers being reallocated to other components.
Group-managed nurseries that supply seedlings for the agroforest and farming activities.
- Usangu nursery
- Msolwa nursery
Group-level enterprises that generate revenue for member households. Tracked through a group ledger: initial capital, revenue, expenditure, profit.
Soap making, milk processing, peanut butter.
- Soap making
- Milk processing
- Peanut butter
Reach beyond direct beneficiaries — radio programmes and other outreach.
Separate programme (not under farming): human-elephant conflict mitigation. Individual farmers in elephant corridors use chilli fencing to deter crop raids.
Separate from HWCE. Iluma WMA is the flagship project (with Kobo + GPS); the outreach arm trains and equips groups by request, often outside the operational area (e.g. Kilosa).
The six rivers beekeeping project inside Iluma WMA — bordering Nyerere NP. Day-to-day hive monitoring with GPS coordinates.
Community-requested training; ~5 groups currently. May be outside operational districts (e.g. Kilosa). Each group receives ~10 hives + modern beekeeping training.