We are no for profit org working in Tanzania known as Mohispac Foundation.We work to the save our entirely at risk environmental in Shengena forest where there illegal exploitation in Mount Shengena, at which bottom the village is located, is to blame for that. A dubious company mining for bauxite with giant excavators – and destroys the water source of the entire region. Help the residents to save their land
Mt Shengena is covered by dense forests.More than 300,000 people and rare biodiversity depend from the forest for their daily lives. They are the livelihood of the surrounding villages, home to rare animal and plant species and surround the Shengena Forest Reserve. Most importantly however, they provide water for the entire Same district – until now. On the ridge, the trees had to give way to bare red soil. Large trucks transport the red raw material for aluminum into the valley. For this purpose only, a street has been carved into the mountain. This in turn facilitates illegal poachers and loggers to gain access to the fertile forest. The raw material is being brought to the neighboring Kenya and from there, is shipped to Asia.
The entire region is threatened to dry up if there is no more water flowing from the well. Agriculture would then be impossible. Even now, farmers are complaining of increasingly poor harvests. Their livelihood is threatened by the exploitation.
The bauxite-company is performing their work illegally – without the consent of the residents to whom the land belongs, according to Tanzanian law – referring to a so-called contract which is full of forged signatures and vague wording. Since June 2012, the company is also violating a ban imposed by the government which was introduced to stop the mining. The exploitation however, continues.
The inhabitants are convinced that only because of corruption all this can continue. Some of them formed a protest group, but without any help, they are powerless against a company that pays a bribe for silence. “We trust in God, as we cannot afford a lawyer”, they say.
Join with us to help the inhabitants to defend themselves against the destruction of their land.We had been prepared the walks to educate people about the wealth of the forest but we got are barrier but we reached to the office of prime minister and they advice us to collect the names and signatures of the people protesting about it so as to submit to the office of the prime minister the names which is not less of two hundreds according to his office advices.Your support is kindly needed to save..
Any assistance will great appreciated
Further more:www.envaya.org/mof Or www.mohispacfoundationtz.or.tz
Mt Shengena is covered by dense forests.More than 300,000 people and rare biodiversity depend from the forest for their daily lives. They are the livelihood of the surrounding villages, home to rare animal and plant species and surround the Shengena Forest Reserve. Most importantly however, they provide water for the entire Same district – until now. On the ridge, the trees had to give way to bare red soil. Large trucks transport the red raw material for aluminum into the valley. For this purpose only, a street has been carved into the mountain. This in turn facilitates illegal poachers and loggers to gain access to the fertile forest. The raw material is being brought to the neighboring Kenya and from there, is shipped to Asia.
The entire region is threatened to dry up if there is no more water flowing from the well. Agriculture would then be impossible. Even now, farmers are complaining of increasingly poor harvests. Their livelihood is threatened by the exploitation.
The bauxite-company is performing their work illegally – without the consent of the residents to whom the land belongs, according to Tanzanian law – referring to a so-called contract which is full of forged signatures and vague wording. Since June 2012, the company is also violating a ban imposed by the government which was introduced to stop the mining. The exploitation however, continues.
The inhabitants are convinced that only because of corruption all this can continue. Some of them formed a protest group, but without any help, they are powerless against a company that pays a bribe for silence. “We trust in God, as we cannot afford a lawyer”, they say.
Join with us to help the inhabitants to defend themselves against the destruction of their land.We had been prepared the walks to educate people about the wealth of the forest but we got are barrier but we reached to the office of prime minister and they advice us to collect the names and signatures of the people protesting about it so as to submit to the office of the prime minister the names which is not less of two hundreds according to his office advices.Your support is kindly needed to save..
Any assistance will great appreciated
Further more:www.envaya.org/mof Or www.mohispacfoundationtz.or.tz
July 25, 2013