Education Mozambique Project #38969

Support Mozambican Students to Join Marine Course

A microproject by All Out Africa Foundation

Support Mozambican Students to Join Marine Course

Project Report | Jun 13, 2019
Mozambican student joins Marine Course!

By Katie Reeve-Arnold | Director of Marine Research & Conservation, AOA

Moz school trips to celebrate World Oceans Day

Joining our month-long marine field techniques course mid-year 2019 we have Temoteo!

Temoteo has completed his undergraduate degree in the department of Biological Sciences at Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique. Temoteo wants to develop his career in Marine Biology and will now further his skills by spending a month on an international university field course run by All Out Africa (AOA) and Louisiana State University (LSU).

Temoteo will be out on the water discovering how to scuba dive, collecting data on marine giants as well as their food sources and general reef and environmental health.

He will be learning how to sample the plankton and looking at the minute organisms that make up the base of the food chain here. As well as focusing on learning how to manage sustainable tourism and mitigate the risks to the Mozambican coastal areas.

We hope this will be a fantastic time for him, a great learning experience, and the first step in a long and productive career in marine biology and conservation in his home country of Mozambique.

We look forward to adding photos of his course progress and completion!

Please consider sponsoring future mozambican students for places on these courses. Every little helps a student towards a new career in research and conservation of this at-risk coastline.

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May 22, 2019
Conservation and Diving education for Mozambicans

By Jenny Keeping | Project Facilitator

Whale shark of Mozambique

Diving in Mozambique is phenominal. The array of wildlife in the coastal water of Mozambique features one of the most biodiverse pristine marine ecosystems left in the world. And it is in trouble.

The All Out Africa Marine Research Centre currently running in Mozambique has had incredible influence, locally and globally, to the awareness, knowledge and protection of the marine wildlife found in Mozambique. From writing 'Code of Conduct' for swimming with whale sharks to scientific publication, All Out Africa Marine Research Centre continues to grow in it's influence.

The next step is for local capacity-building: To get marine biology educated Mozambicans under the water, collecting data, learning, teaching, inspiring and influencing fellow Mozambicans, from fishers to governmental level, in the ways of marine conservation of their pristine environment.

This project is to purchase diving equipment, PADI diving courses and a living stipend to keen Mozambican candidates with an education in a marine-related subject. Moreover, it is to equip them with the knowledge, confidence and platform to make a difference in the marine conservation in their own country.

The opportunities include (but are certainly not limited to);

PADI Open water and Advanced diving courses
Daily research dives with the All Out Africa Marine Research Centre.
Learning English
Scientific fieldwork
Scientific publications
Leading locally-based marine conservation projects
...and much more, depending on the interest of the candidates!

Currently, this fundraiser has purchased the equivalent of a wetsuit, mask and fins for a Mozambican student of marine science to learn how to dive.

THANKYOU to our donors thus far - let's keep going to get our first student learning English and get them underwater!

Discover SCUBA Dive - First ever dive

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