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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

HADZA BUSHMEN PROBLES TAKEN TO KILIMANJARO SUMMIT


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 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.

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