Hamad’s Story
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This month, Community Forests International is sharing the impact our supporters are having...
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Salume’s Story
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This month, Community Forests International is sharing the impact our supporters are having...
Invest in People - Grow Change
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This month, Community Forests International is sharing the impact our supporters are having...
Women’s Empowerment is Critical to the Fight Against Climate Change in Tanzania
Salume Khamis with her new water tank.
Women carrying the burden
Salume Khamis walks up a path between two small adobe houses; one is partially...
Women’s empowerment
13% of women in Tanzania have no say in how their earnings are spent. Photo: Rice farming in Minyenyeni, Pemba, Tanzania
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Voices from Adaptation Futures 2016
Clockwise from top left:
1 "We have the knowledge. We have the motivation. Please, we need your partnership - what do you need from us?"- Siti...
#10 - Rural Innovation Campus
We work beyond the reach of the internet and need to share ideas and knowledge the old fashioned way. Face-to-face, farmer-to-farmer we’ve been spreading groundbreaking...
#9 - Water Harvesting
Innovation isn’t easy, and it’s important to share the failures along with the successes. One of our greatest accomplishments to date, the rainwater harvesting...
#8 - Low Tech, High Efficiency
Sometimes the simplest solution is the best solution. These handmade stoves drastically reduce the amount of wood needed for cooking, saving money while reducing pressure on...
#7 - Permaculture Home Gardens
Growing your own food is great, but how much can you actually produce in a home garden? We like to think that the only limit is in the mind of the designer. 2 years ago...
#6 - Solar Microgrid
Over 40 million Tanzanians are cut off from grid power. But this big problem presents an equally huge opportunity – an opportunity for rural Tanzanian communities to...
#5 - Growing Abundance
What do you get when you cross a forest with a farm? We asked some Pemban farmers to explore this question with us 2 years ago, and began a participatory experiment in...
#4 - Better Homes, Block by Block
Every now and again an invention comes along that is both rooted in tradition and revolutionary. Pembans have piloted a new approach to DIY home construction that's turning...
#3 - Ecology is Economy
Tree planting is where it all began for CFI and still forms the backbone of our work. Since 2008, we have helped Pembans plant over 1 million trees! We are...
#2 - Beekeeping Cooperatives
Pemba is a safe haven for honeybees. The island’s secluded environment is free of the industrial chemicals and destructive mites linked to their current population...
#1 - Green Cooking Fuel
We all need energy, and in the face of climate change what the world needs most is clean energy. Traditionally, over 90% of Pemba’s energy comes from wood and charcoal...
Scaling Innovation
This month, we are highlight Community Forest Pemba's inspiring activities and laying out our plan for expanding the impact in Pemba and beyond. Join us as we explore the...
Together we change the world.
"Pamoja tunaibadilisha dunia kutoka changamoto zetu tunatengeneza nafasi. Jamii zetu wamebadilisha jinsi ya kuishi na kufanya kazi. Sote ni viongozi. Sote tunajenga...
We did it!
We’ve hit our campaign target of raising $30,000!We have reached our Sharing Innovation campaign goal of $30,000 so will receive the maximum EU funding and be able to...
This is My Forest
People are the engines of global change.Community leaders bring change into their villages and inspire the whole community. Chema Juma wakes up in the morning and cooks...
How Innovation Spreads
An idea becomes reality.As that idea passes from village to village it is adapted to meet the unique needs of the place. Community Forests International and their community...
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