Meet Rocky, a four-year-old German shepherd who can sniff and track down a poacher practically from the forests of West Kilimanjaro all the way to the back alleys and markets of Dar-es-Salaam. Enter his sidekick, Jerry, who is always on standby to leap into action in hot pursuit of the scent trail. With funding from
Honeyguide Foundation congratulates our very own, Lomayani Komolo Simel, for graduating from the Mweka College for African Wildlife Management on November 2. “I feel extremely grateful,” said Komolo, who graduated with a Diploma in Wildlife Management. “Many people and organisations supported my education, and I am happy to already be a part of Honeyguide.” In
Over late September and early October, Honeyguide Foundation welcomed an American security specialist to train rangers in the Enduimet WMA, Burunge WMA, and in Manyara Ranch. With support provided by a private donor, the specialist spent 16 days leading the capacity-building exercises for some 30 rangers. “We learned so much,” said Kateto Kashe, a Honeyguide
Honeyguide project manager Ole Kirimbai is managing a week long firearms training program for all the Enduimet village rangers, the ranger who recently acquired shot guns and .22 rifles for protection will have a week long training exercise. The training will cover various topics such as gun use and maintenance, safety and law. John Magembe and Ezekiel will be
The Enduimet Village game scouts graduated after one month of intensive training that included firearms use and safety, first aid, discipline, wildlife law and more. For one month over 60 village game scouts training from 5am until sometimes 10pm in Tingatinga. The training was partly of a refresher course for many of the
It is known that in December a spike in poaching occurs , this is generally because of the holiday season brings on a demand for bush meat and ivory poachers hoping to take advantage of the anti-poaching units going on holiday. With BIG LIFE support, Honeyguide Foundation has just purchased and sent into the field
BIG LIFE Foundation is supporting the community conservation project. Honeyguide Foundation are working with local communities to manage and conserve their natural resources. Through this community conservation project, BIG LIFE have been able to donate much needed equipment to the Village Game Scouts (VGS)of the Enduimet Wildlife Management Area in the West Kilimanjaro and Longido
The Mama Mkaa project produces their first charcoal briquettes from waste from the hotels. These charcoal briquettes are made from waste such as paper, old boxes and a various assortment of garden waste. The team of women will continue to experiment for the next couple of months with various concoctions of organic waste until the produce a charcoal briquette that will burn hot
A group of farmers in Merenga were kindly donated an irrigation pipe for their farm by travelers who were staying in one of the tourists camps in the Serengeti National Park.
The Matemwe football team has received some new football gear from the Honeyguide Foundation as part of the community project that supports sports, health, and a clean environment. The football team did a fantastic job of helping clean up their village.