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www.mkyashi.org
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Facebook: Tuko Pamoja Mkyashi
Twitter: Mkyashi
Tax deductible donations may be sent to:*
Peace House Africa
6581 City West Parkway
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
U.S.A.
*(Indicate “Tuko Pamoka Mkyashi” in memo line to ensure
donations go to Tuko Pamoja Mkyashi)
Help us make a sustainable difference! Your donation can
help begin a continuing process of development!
Tuko Pamoja Mkyashi
Together with Mkyashi
“ All human beings need the help of others.” Mosses Shayo, Villager of Kilema
Mkyashi Tuko Pamoja
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“ If real development is to take place, the people have to be involved."
Julius Kambarage Nyerere (the father of Tanzania), from his
book Uhuru na Maendeleo (Freedom and Development), 1973.
Social Benefit
1. Village Fund
2. Employment
3. Locally Owned and Operated
Village Board will Include:
A school employee
A church employee
A business owner
A farmer
A village bank member
A mother
A grandmother taking care of grandchildren
A teenager
The village chairman
“ Don’t give people gifts, bring forth
the gifts people naturally have”
-Jaqueline Novogratz, Founder of the Acumen Fund
Guest Experience
Activities for guests:
Day hikes to numerous waterfalls near Mkyashi
Tours of local farms—educational or participatory
Attending village bank meetings to learn or make deposits
Day hikes to scenic look outs towards Uhuru Peak, Kenya, Mt. Meru, and the Pare Mountains
Meeting village elders who can share village history
Sipping tea and sharing ideas with local people
Stopping at a local bar for beer, soda, or mbege, the local banana beer
Attending local religious services
Playing with kids or joining the nightly village soccer game
Village tours to see the school, church, and other facilities
Sharing project ideas and expertise with village leaders
“ Quality ecotourism not only involves the tourist in physical
activity, it also engages the mind and the emotions. Ecotour-
ists expect to be active, entertained, and informed, and they
expect that, in some small way, their lives will be changed.”
-Steps for Success for Rural Entrepreneurs
What? What does Tuko Pamoja Mkyashi do?
What’s Ecotourism? And What’s an Ecolodge?
Why an Ecolodge?
