Mambanje Community is one of the most remote communities in the greater Hwange area but also in very close proximity to the National Park, making it a very vulnerable community with regards to human/animal conflict. We embarked on a large range of grassroots development projects with the community in 2013 including improving the grade 7 pass rate of the school (which went from 0% in 2012 to 15% in 2013), building adequate accommodation for teachers, building another classroom block so that each grade has its own classroom, and building a road to the community and school.
In 2014 African Bush Camps Foundation will continue with these developments and in addition have embarked on a new project in collaboration with Elefence International, to install a solar pump for the borehole and at the same time providing the school with solar power for the classrooms and the teachers accommodation. African Bush Camps Foundation is focused on sustainable development to ensure that the communities surrounding the National Parks are benefiting from the Tourism Dollar so as to preserve the area and its wildlife for future generations.
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