DER TOURISTIK Foundation On the right track 2022
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Hot topic: Tanzania<br />
THE BIG PICTURE<br />
Educational support, environmental programmes and wildlife conservation:<br />
how a comprehensive development project is helping <strong>the</strong> Tanzanian region of Emboreet.<br />
Through initiatives that support<br />
education and training for children and<br />
young people and <strong>the</strong> conservation<br />
of ecological habitats and biodiversity,<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>DER</strong> Touristik <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
sustainably empowers <strong>the</strong> local<br />
people in <strong>the</strong> Tanzanian region of<br />
Emboreet by helping <strong>the</strong>m to help<br />
<strong>the</strong>mselves.<br />
The <strong>DER</strong> Touristik <strong>Foundation</strong>’s funding<br />
projects in <strong>the</strong> Simanjiro District<br />
(located south of Kilimanjaro and close<br />
to Tarangire and Ngorongoro National<br />
Parks) are implemented in cooperation<br />
with <strong>the</strong> partner organisations<br />
Upendo, PAMS and ECLAT.<br />
ECLAT project partners Philomena<br />
and Toima Kiroya are instrumental<br />
to <strong>the</strong> success. They are Maasai<br />
<strong>the</strong>mselves and through education<br />
have managed to escape <strong>the</strong> cycle<br />
of poverty and despair. The married<br />
couple understand <strong>the</strong> needs and<br />
challenges of <strong>the</strong>ir community and are<br />
respected and listened to by <strong>the</strong> local<br />
people and can <strong>the</strong>refore specifically<br />
target <strong>the</strong> issues and make a longterm<br />
impact with <strong>the</strong>ir projects. <br />
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