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Educational Film Brings Awareness and Dialogue to WMA Communities

2020-05-16T08:23:47+00:00May 29th, 2017|Environmental Education, Honeyguide News, News|

A recent month-long film roadshow helped spread awareness and foster dialogue with Randilen Wildlife Management Area (WMA) communities in rural Tanzania. Locally-produced, and including influential community leaders, the film helped educate locals about Randilen WMA’s achievements, function and its challenges along the way. Screenings were backed up with question and answer sessions, fostering a growing

Increasing Accountability to Improve Outcomes

2020-05-16T08:23:47+00:00May 4th, 2017|Honeyguide News, Management & Governance, News|

Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) conserve the wilderness, protect the habitat, and promote sustainable economic development that minimizes its impact on local ecosystems. With such ambitious objectives, it’s no surprise that a diversity of professional expertise is required. Accounting, however, probably isn’t the first discipline that springs to mind. Samuel Saruni Mollel. Photo courtesy of

Honeyguide Visits Makame to Introduce 2017 Anti-poaching Project

2020-05-16T08:23:47+00:00April 12th, 2017|News|

In the first week of March 2017, Honeyguide Chairman Mr. Naphtal Ole Kirimbai, Anti-Poaching Commander, John Magembe, and Keko Orkijape, Honeyguide’s Community Liaison Officer paid a visit to Makame Wildlife Management Area (WMA) to introduce a new anti-poaching project due to start in May 2017. From left: Honeyguide Chairman Ole Kirimbai, Makame WMA-Board

Lion Cub Rescue

2020-05-16T08:23:47+00:00March 27th, 2017|Honeyguide News, News, Wildlife Protection|

‘Let nature take its course’ an English phrase simply meaning let there be no human intervention. This was about to happen to a lone lion cub named Kali when her pride fed on a buffalo, and she accidentally found herself trapped under the carcass.  After an exhausting five-hour ordeal, a Honeyguide and partners rescue gave

Honeyguide Opened Environmentally Sound Buildings at Randilen WMA

2020-05-16T08:23:47+00:00February 14th, 2017|Honeyguide News, Management & Governance, News|

A full furnished open office, meeting room and two resident’s houses are in a place Last week, the Honeyguide a community-based not-for-profit conservation organization team took a trip to the Randilen WMA to develop annual work plan for the year 2017 by incorporating Honeyguide and the WMA work plan in a sense to produce a

Volunteering assists, given a second chance for a lucky bull giraffe

2020-05-16T08:23:47+00:00February 2nd, 2017|Enterprise Development, Honeyguide News, News|

“We had just arrived back to camp, after a long walk to the abdomen hotel on the mountain. It was around 12 pm when we received the news that juvenile bull giraffe had been trapped in sodium pool (the Sinya old Sinya mines)” Kara Memet start to narrate. Along with the other two volunteers, Honeyguide's

Exploring the other side of Randilen

2020-05-16T08:23:47+00:00January 24th, 2017|Enterprise Development, News|

Get to find how Randilen WMA, has managed to solve the grazing issue by communally transforming about 48,0000 acres into a green zone for pasturing during dry season and having 6000 acres as all year grazing field. http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/magazine/soundliving/Exploring-the-other-side-of-Randilen/1843780-3782932-hnalh6/index.html

Pitiless poachers leave baby elephant orphaned and alone

2020-05-16T08:23:47+00:00November 18th, 2016|Honeyguide News, News, Wildlife Protection|

On Thursday 16th of October Athuman Mohamed Honeyguide’s Operation Commander, received a phone call from a Tingatinga community member. They said that there was a baby elephant found wandering alone in Mabona. Immediately and without wasting any time the Enduimet mobile unit went to the scene to confirm the story and find out what had

Poacher jailed for owning jumbo carcass, ivory

2020-05-16T08:23:47+00:00October 7th, 2016|Community News, News, Wildlife Protection|

A man who was facing charges of possessing a jumbo carcass and owning an elephant ivory has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for each of the two offences.   Lobulu Mapengo, who was arrested last year at Mto-wa-Mbu ward, Monduli District, appeared in court for the first time in August 2015. He was caught

Honeyguides Meet Honeybees!

2020-05-16T08:23:47+00:00September 22nd, 2016|Honeyguide News, News|

Honeyguide staff retreat adventure By Ng’orongo Nyamoni Honeyguide Communication Manager The Honeyguide staff are a close-knit group, more like a family than a group of colleagues. Recently this happy family enjoyed a three-day retreat at the Manyara Ranch. The aim of the trip, according to Damian Bell (Executive Director, Honeyguide), was to relax and refresh

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