Projects

Project Goal: Establish outdoor spaces for Cultural Activities, Lessons, and Performances, a small kitchen restaurant and toilets. Project Objectives: Create a space for visitors to enjoy Swahili food, drumming and dancing A clean open kitchen for cooking lessons

Project Goal: Establish Kuza cave as a wildlife sanctuary for endangered Red Colobus Monkeys, birds and other wildlife Project Objectives: Build a fence around the area to keep out packs of hunting dogs Clear the surrounding land to reduce fire hazards Provide alternative employment for locals to reduce the stress of sharing limited resources

Project Goal: Find teachers and students to participate in the Living Culture Program,, funded by Cultural Infusion NGO, to preserve cultural heritage for future generations. Project Objectives: Explore and underatand local heritage Connect teachers and students Arrange performances

Project Goal: Find local and online resources about the history of Kuza Cave, and Zanzibar. Present this information in a way tourists will enjoy and understand. Project Objectives: Interview local people about the sacred caves in Kibigija, Jambiani Locate academic research  on Jambiani, Kuumbi Cave and the Swahili Coast Present this information in speeches, posters

Project Goal: Establish Kibigija’s ‘Panga na Maji’ (Cave with Water) as a tourist attraction as a  partnership between Natalie Denmeade and Kibigija Village. Project Objectives: Introduce visitors to the culture and sacred spaces in Kibigija, Jambiani Create local employment and training focused on Kibigija residents Provide financial support for Kibigija Education projects, starting with Kibigija