Project to use khanga to raise environment awareness

Businessman, Ali Mufuruki (right) launches the Kilimanjaro Project at Seacliff Hotel Dar es Salaam in the company of project Advisory Board Member, Kelvin Twissa and Project Leader, Sarah Scott.

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A statement released by the initiative says the first edition of the khangas with a message, Tuje Pamoja, meaning let us come together, is not only available for sale in Dar es Salaam, but women can purchase them using M-Pesa through codes 5588080.

Dar es Salaam. Kanga, a common wrap used by majority of Tanzania women, will be used as a major medium of passing a message on climate change by the Kilimanjaro Project, a climate change inspired project, which kicked off on Thursday.

A statement released by the initiative says the first edition of the khangas with a message, Tuje Pamoja, meaning let us come together, is not only available for sale in Dar es Salaam, but women can purchase them using M-Pesa through codes 5588080.

A prominent businessman, Mer Ali Mufuruki, officiated at the launch of Kilimanjaro Project in Dar es Salaam on Thursday in a meeting which was also attended by a number of environment stakeholders.

The Kilimanjaro Project is an art for change campaign for sustainable futures and climate change awareness, using Mount Kilimanjaro as an indicator that we are experiencing rapidly changing climates and environmental degradation. Through active partnerships, The Kilimanjaro Project will raise awareness through a communications campaign that will inspire sustainable behavioral change.  

The statement says in an installation planned to take place in October 2018, the kilimanjaro project lay six khangas up the six hiking trails of the mountain, each carrying a different message around key aspects of the environment; reforestation, waste management, conservation, water stewardship, and renewable energy. The six khangas will meet at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, calling for people to come together.   

The main goal of the project is to raise awareness, enter dialogue, and create solutions around sustainable futures and climate change. Other goals are participating in the Sustainable Development Goals by supporting conservation, tree planting, education and social enterprise / small business development in Tanzania; engaging local communities to participate in solutions for creating a climate resistant future; fundraising for related projects - conservation, reforestation and water resource management and creating active partnerships.