Focus on Mahale

Greystoke, Mahale

Investing in communities and conservation

In Mahale, we have the honour of being one of the few camps set within the beautiful forests of the Mahale Mountains National Park.  With the crystal clear waters, the excitement of trekking for Chimpanzees and the sheer magnificence of the beach, we hope that you will take a few moments to reflect on the context of this beautiful place.

Here at Nomad we feel we have a responsibility to the communities who live along the lake shores, as well as to the animals within the forest.

We have a variety of projects that we support here:

Safari Kids

Our guides have agreed to donate three days of their time to take a small group of school students into the national park, to teach them about ecology and primates. We hope that the children will take with them an excitement about the incredible resources they have on their door step, and a desire to protect their environment long into the future.

It costs $150 per day to take students into the park

Maajabu Environmental Films

Maajabu are a Tanzanian based non-profit, who show environmental films.  They arrive with their own screen, projector, technicians and a series of films to show in schools and village centres-the entire community shows up!  That environmental messages can be sent out to all sectors of the community, in an area where communications is difficult and information gathering nearly impossible, Maajabu’s role in Mahale is vitally important.

It costs $700 to bring the Maajabu film here for a total of 8 film showings.

Katumbi Village Clinic

We recently invested $4000 in the clinic on medication, storage facilities, and medical equipment.  There is a huge need for further assistance for this clinic.

Katumbi Primary School

It is possible, and highly recommended to visit this wonderful little school near the airstrip. It is incredibly basic, we have provided the school with books, desks, chairs and cupboards. Nomad Trust has set up a nursery class, and for the second year running we sponsor a nursery teacher, as well as provide the children with a meal a day. 

Nomad trust has set up a computer room, run on solar power, with laptops and a printer.   

We are currently looking for sponsorship for meals for the nursery students.

It costs $1000 for one year to provide one meal a day to all the nursery students.

If you would like to support any of our projects we can be contacted at nomadtrust@nomad.co.tz