Wikipedia has a nice article about us.
Efforts to establish this community project were started in 1999, after seeing the many problems brought about mainly by tourist activities. The project aims at improving, among others;
- the availability of health services,
- the access to education for young Hadzabe people and children,
- to supervise and control the activities of cultural tourism in order to be sustainable and beneficial to the Hadzabe
Organisation and leadership
Our organization is fully registered and recognised by the authorities (the Karatu District Council) under the society ordinance of 1954. It has legitimate constitution and democratically elected leadership under the chairmanship of Yohana Panda.List of leaders:
Chairperson -- Yohana Panda
Vice chair --
Secretary -- Lameck Sigiligi
Treasurer -- Martha Sumuni
The cultural tourism project is coordinated by Mr. George Mayemba assisted by Witness Abel.
So far we have three (3) major projects:
- construction of a permanent building which is going to serve as an office and information centre for tourists who want to visit the Hadza
- educating Hadzabe youth to become tourist guides, to date six youths have graduated and there are other 6 in training
- help communities by providing food (maize, beans and vegetable cooking oil) for 16 camps that are our members
Physical location
Mang'ola Chini, Karatu
Mang'ola Chini, Karatu
Snail mail: P. O. Box 169 -- KARATU
e-mail: mangolahadzabe@gmail.com
