THE NOMAD TRUST
When Nomad Tanzania was created in 2003, it committed to support three Trusts which had already been established by the founders of the companies that made up the new Nomad Tanzania – Greystoke Mahale & Chada Katavi, Nomad Safari Guides, and Sand Rivers Selous. These Trusts related to the areas in which the individual companies were operating and were all born organically as a result of continual contact with the issues in the different areas. The Nomad Trust now provides administrative and fund raising support for the following affiliated trusts, and is a totally non-profit making organization. Any funds given to the individual projects are 100% committed to those projects themselves.
SELOUS RHINO TRUST
The Selous Rhino Trust is dedicated to securing the future of the black rhino in the Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania. This huge wildlife reserve, one of the largest in Africa, is one of the few places left in the world where black rhino still naturally roam free. But, following years of uncontrolled poaching, there are only a handful left of the 3,000 that could be found there in the 1970s. The Selous Rhino Trust’s mission is to protect these remaining rhino and to create a secure and peaceful environment within which they can start to thrive once more. Further details can be found at www.selousrhinotrust.org.
LOLIONDO COMMUNITY PROJECT
Nomad Tanzania works closely with communities in the Loliondo area: Ololosokwan and Piyaya, two villages that we have had close ties with for a number of years. Through donations and company contributions, we have targeted education as one of the prime areas where a difference can be made. In addition, in partnership with Piyaya village, we have contributed 50% of the Women’s Home Industry Fund, which loans out money to women to help them start up a self-sufficient home industry of their choice. In Ololosokwan, we have purchased over $1,000 worth of school books, and kept their school landcruiser rolling with mechanical input and spares. Along with other stakeholders who operate in the area, the camping fees that guests at Nomad’s safari camps pay, go to the fund, which so far has helped to send over 70 children to secondary school.
TONGWE TRUST
Farmers, fishermen, hunters, herbalists... and superb musicians, the Tongwe people of West Tanzania range from the shores of Lake Tanganyika to the chimp-inhabited peaks towering above. The Tongwe Trust, founded officially in 2006, supports community-based projects throughout Tongwe-land - from Village Forest Reserves of extraordinary biodiversity, through boat-building and eco-tourism, to schools, dispensaries and village micro-enterprise. The Trust is also collecting an invaluable archive of Tongwe folklore, herbal medicine and music.
MIMAMPI HONEY PROJECT
The Pimbwe people of south west Tanzania once hunted game and grazed their cattle across the vast floodplains of Katavi and Rukwa. Now much of this area has been gazetted as a National Park and Government Game Reserve. MIMAMPI - Forest Environment of the Pimbwe - is a grass-root conservation movement that aims to keep the land buffering the Park under local village control. The trust supports community-based Forest Reserves, Village Game Scouts, as well as honey-projects, schools and local womens’ development groups. This year MIMAMPI will be opening a eco-tourist Honey-Hut at an old poacher’s den on the outskirts of the Park.
