Hadzabe bushmen near Lake Eyasi.
Hadza Bushmen of Northern Tanzania may be the last of the
remaining traditional Hunters and gatherers in Eastern Africa as they
may about to be rendered extinct, but a team of philanthropic trekkers
from the United States last week climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to advocate
their cause.
The ‘Climbing for a cause,’ humanitarian trek, involved 25 hikers from America who started their ascent onto Africa’s highest peak, via the Machame route, for the seven-day expedition to raise money for the Hadzabe bushmen communities residing in the remote Karatu wilderness of Arusha region.
The ‘Climbing for a cause,’ humanitarian trek, involved 25 hikers from America who started their ascent onto Africa’s highest peak, via the Machame route, for the seven-day expedition to raise money for the Hadzabe bushmen communities residing in the remote Karatu wilderness of Arusha region.
The charitable Kilimanjaro climb was
coordinated by ‘Simple Hope’ organization of USA in association with
the ‘Simple Hope’ Tanzania and Tanganyika Ancient Routes, targets to
raise at least US $ 500,000 which is equivalent to 950 million/- for
the construction of a school and dispensary to cater for the Hadza
people in Karatu District.
Charles Mpanda , the Director of Simple Hope in
Tanzania, explained that the organization was dealing with nearly 200
Bushmen who live around the Lake Eyasi basin and Mang’ola; “Our
initiative is to provide them with three essentials; food, education
and health services,” he said.
According to Mpanda, they have already
established a special center in Edamanga wilderness of Karatu where the
Bushmen are provided with free food, water and regular training
programs to teach Hadzabe people, farming methods and responsible
harvesting of honey, in the backdrop of climate change and global
warming.
‘Simple Hope’ founders, Ms Karen Puhl and Ms
Pamela Schwalbach revealed that they were working with poor communities
in Meru, Arusha (Rural and Urban) as well as the Karatu Districts and
viewed that it was time Hadza children got formal education and the
adult Bushmen be taught skills such as brick making, honey tapping as
well as ensuring that they also plant new fruits trees in their
location.
After the climb, ‘Simple Hope’ will build a primary school for Hadza Children and later on establish a dispensary for the Bushmen in the ongoing efforts to try and settle the ‘always-on-the-move’ forest and savannah dwellers.
Described as endangered and soon to be extinct, Hadza people (singularly Hadzabe), are bohemian Bushmen, who are concerned less about modern lifestyle and still live in caves, under tree canopies eating honey, fruits and roots as well as small animals such as rodents, snakes and monkeys.
There are only about 3500 Hadza people remaining in Tanzania today, these reside around Lake Eyasi in Karatu District of Arusha and within the vast Yaeda Valley, striding Mbulu District of Manyara and Kipamba-Singida.
After the climb, ‘Simple Hope’ will build a primary school for Hadza Children and later on establish a dispensary for the Bushmen in the ongoing efforts to try and settle the ‘always-on-the-move’ forest and savannah dwellers.
Described as endangered and soon to be extinct, Hadza people (singularly Hadzabe), are bohemian Bushmen, who are concerned less about modern lifestyle and still live in caves, under tree canopies eating honey, fruits and roots as well as small animals such as rodents, snakes and monkeys.
There are only about 3500 Hadza people remaining in Tanzania today, these reside around Lake Eyasi in Karatu District of Arusha and within the vast Yaeda Valley, striding Mbulu District of Manyara and Kipamba-Singida.
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