More information on Tanzania's stingless bees and Trade Aid's contribution - courtesy of Fisherfolkstrust.![]()
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Stingless Bee-keeping - Tanzania's Opportunity
Trade Aid's environmental and conservation work continues ...![]()
Our beekeeping project which started with one man, Saidi, and his hives has expanded. We are now helping a group of local ladies (most of them widows) to run a business making and selling honey and other bee products - wax, perfume, soap and candles. ![]()
Last weekend saw a 2 day training course at the Old Boma.
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We thought you might be interested to read a little more about the Mikindani museum, mentioned last month in connection with the National Torch visit.![]()
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Trade Aid’s Mikindani Museum has now been open for four busy years. Many thousands of people, most of them youngsters from the region’s schools and colleges along with other visitors from further afield, have come to learn more about Mikindani’s eventful history and rich culture.![]()
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The museum tells the region’s long story - from its earliest African settlers, progressing through the centuries to present times. Today’s inhabitants are key contributors, speaking of their own lives as part of the museum’s expanding oral history project.![]()
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The Mikindani committee members responsible for overseeing the installation have seen that the venture is a great success. The museum (makumbusho in Swahili: ’a place of memories’) fulfils their ambition that communal pride should be strengthened and the town’s prestige enhanced. The official listing as one of Tanzania’s Conservation Zones has significantly raised the profile of the town and its museum![]()
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Development continues. The enclosed area behind the building is being transformed into an open-air section, allowing the display of larger acquisitions such as a dugout canoe and enormous pottery vessels. A garden (‘shamba’) is being planted to show some of the crops grown in the town’s vegetable plots. The yard also serves as a meeting place for groups to be offered introductory talks before viewing the displays inside the building.![]()
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Karibu! Jamila Mohamedi, the museum’s trainee manager, welcomes you to Makumbusho ya Mikindani.![]()
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We are extremely pleased to announce that our 44th graduation ceremony took place on Saturday 11 September at the Old Boma. Our 20 graduates were proud to receive their certificates from our![]()
guest of honour - the Mayor of Mtwara-Mikindani, Shadida Ndile. She is the first female Mayor in the history of the Mtwara-Mikindani Municipality. Originally from Mikindani, she is an active member of Trade Aid Local Committee.
