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  • Sea sponges offer lifeline to women in Zanzibar

    Kizito Makoye

    September 12, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Tanzania, Zanzibar

    The nonprofit Marine Cultures is teaching single mothers and divorced women in Zanzibar, Tanzania, to farm sea sponges to increase their income and improve gender equality. Sea sponges are a better option than typical seaweed farming because they are more resilient to climate change impacts like increasing water temperatures.

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  • Tanzanian Farmers Crack the Code for Fighting Land Grab

    Kizito Makoye

    November 13, 2018 |

    OZY |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Tanzania

    Indigenous people in Tanzania are using “legal expertise, political pressure and smart solutions like land mapping to win back plots — and then secure them — from corporations they accuse of using loopholes to grab territory.” While indigenous people live in most of the world’s land, they legally own less than ten percent of it. By mapping their territory and publically registering land, it is much harder for corporations to take control.

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