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Peacekeeping through beekeeping: reducing wildlife conflicts and increasing incomes with guardian hives.
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BfB provides rotary credit to villagers
to install hives around subsistence farms near the Mole wildlife reserve
in Ghana. When elephants attempt to raid crops they will upset trip-wired
hives. The bees will drive off the elephants– preserving both the
crops and the elephants (who might otherwise be poached by enraged farmers).
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Opportunities Industrialization Centers Ghana (OIC Ghana) OIC Ghana's mission is to help people help themselves to improve their livelihoods by promoting training and supporting services and fostering partnerships with communities and other agencies. OIC Tamale’s vision is to be a leading development organization committed to empowering the poor and vulnerable through the provision of sustainable self-help initiatives in the northern regions of Ghana. Established in 1971, OIC Ghana provides training in vocational skills, creates employment opportunities, and offers counseling, job-placement, and follow-up services to disadvantaged, unskilled, and underemployed Ghanaians. Over the past 35 years, OICG has grown into an impressive national organization with a strong and dedicated Board of Directors, a capable staff, and well-institutionalized structures. OIC Ghana has actively demonstrated its commitment to sustainability by seeking greater involvement from individuals and communities in decisions that affect their well-being. role: OIC personnel provide good support for integrated development projects and are, in turn, supported by their managers to participate in such projects.. OIC Tamale's Program Manager is Ben Anamoh, who has allowed Ali time to work on the bees for babar project and, very importantly, the use of an OIC vehicle todeliver wood for hive construction to Mognori. Combining visits to Mognori with some OIC errands not only allowed Ali to get wood for hives out to the village but also helped reduce green house gas emmissions-- every little bit helps ;-) Mr. Hathi is OIC's financial officer and has been helping with the bookkeeping, management of funds and has provided valuable advice on instituting a rotary credit/microfinancing program for the BfB project.
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contact: Mohammed Ali Ibrahim |
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A Rocha Ghana A Rocha is a Christian nature conservation organization, whose name comes from the Portuguese for “the Rock,” as the first initiative was a field study centre in Portugal. A Rocha is now a family of projects working in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North and South America, Asia and Australasia. A Rocha projects are frequently cross-cultural in character, and share a community emphasis, with a focus on science and research, practical conservation and environmental education. A Rocha Ghana has been in existence since November 1999 as a registered charity, formerly known as the Eden Conservation Society. The A Rocha International Trustees accepted the Eden Conservation Society as an A Rocha national organization in July 2003. A Rocha Ghana recognizes the inextricable link between modern man and the survival of the earth's flora and fauna. They aim to conserve important areas for wildlife through working with local communities whose livelihood depends on sustainable harvesting. role: A
Rocha has experience in establishing conservation in several areas of
Ghana, including the area around Mole Park. It is hoped that their staff
can assist in providing guidance in cultural concerns regarding attitudes
to wildlife in the Damango District, to assist in networking/introductions
with community leaders and to relay any questions of technical concerns
via e-mail to beekeeping technicians that may come up during their interactions
with hive recipients during their regular work in the communities. |
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contact: Daryl Bosu
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Friends of Health Friends of Health is a start-up NGO dedicated to making the best use of local resources such as traditional medicine, native fruits and vegetables and other foods (such as locally-produced honey) to promote rural health and nutrition. Friends of Health has been involved in AIDS education and other programs benefiting wellness and food security for women's cooperatives in the Tamale area. role: Friends of Health has provided valuable
assistance in networking and laying groundwork with community leaders
and it is hoped they will continue to do so and to relay any questions
of technical concerns via e-mail to beekeeping technicians. |
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contact: Sibu Abdu-Karim
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Peace Corps Ghana The Peace Corps is an agency of the U.S. federal government devoted to world peace and friendship which offers technical assistance to countries with which the U.S. has friendly diplomatic relations. The Peace Corps' mission has three simple goals:
Assistance is provided in the form of volunteers who work with host country counterparts to collaborate on issues ranging from AIDS education to information technology and environmental preservation. Ghana has the distinction of being the first country in the world to welcome the Peace Corps. Volunteers in environmental programs reduce environmental degradation through partnerships with governmental and nongovernmental agencies. Ghana faces persistent environmental issues such as deforestation, diminished soil fertility, erosion, and disappearance of naturally occurring bodies of water. They facilitate the planting and sale of seedlings, develop community environmental groups, and transfer management skills for natural resource-based income-generating projects. A volunteer is scheduled to begin work with A Rocha in the area of Mole Park in the near future. role: It is hoped that a Peace Corps volunteer in the area will be able to provide unbiased progress reports on project objectives to assist in networking/introductions with community leaders and to relay any questions of technical concerns via e-mail to beekeeping technicians that may come up during their interactions with hive recipients during regular work in the communities. |
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contact: Samuel Danquah
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Mole National Park Ghana's largest eco-tourism site is located 170 kilometres west of Tamale in the West Gonja District. It is home to 93 mammalian species, 33 reptiles, nine amphibians and an estimated 300 birds species. The mammals include some 600 elephants, 2,000 roam antelopes, 3,000 hartebeests, 4,000 waterbucks, 5,000 buffalo and some 6,000 warthogs. Uncounted lions, leopards, hyenas and various primates can also be seen in Mole. A total of 600 km of game protection and viewing roads have been developed within the park area of 4840 km². role: It is hoped parks personnel will provide
data on "hot spots" for wildlife conflicts, assist in networking/introductions
with community leaders and will relay any questions of technical concerns
via e-mail to beekeeping technicians that may come up during their interactions
with hive recipients during their regular liaison work in the communities
surrounding the park. |
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contact: Enoch Ashie |
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Fields can be protected by surrounding them with "living barbed wire fences". Kenya Top Bar Hives (KTBH's) can be placed around crops and connected with ropes. The ropes will be hung from pegs in such a way that elephants entering a field will push against the ropes and, with their forward progress will overturn the hives. The disturbed bees will drive the elephants away and the elephants will learn to avoid areas containing hives-- even those that are empty. |
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