By Kate Sulzner | Director, EcoVet Global
Greetings to all of our supporters,
As the community women in Southern Highlands head into the rainy season, and our U.S. and Tanzanian teams look toward winter, we are collectively stepping into a time of networking, grant writing, and planning for the coming year. Despite the inclement weather, the women of Itonya and Mboliboli continue to provide outreach services for their communities to strengthen ecoagriculture, water sanitation, animal health, and human-wildlife coexistence. The positive impacts over the past year are tangible and produce smiles of relief and pride on the womens' faces. Always ready to do more, the women are thinking about the most effective way to expand their efforts and training to women in nearby communities. Everyone - from the community to regional level - who is directly impacted by, or learns about the project, is quickly convinced of how transformative the inititiative is to these communities. They also recognize the tremendous potential this kind of women-led approach holds to addressing the interconnected environmental, health, and livelihood challenges these communities face.
To support the women further in their goals for the upcoming year, our Tanzanian team directors, Jesca and Eliza, have been busy securing the investment of old and new collaborators from government, academic, and nonprofit sectors. Jesca and Eliza were also honored to attend the 2023 Africa Food Systems Summit held in Dar es Salaam this past September. In Eliza's words, they took advantage of every moment at the conference and made some wonderful new connections. In their most recent networking success, Jesca and Eliza established an exciting relationship with Dr. Alfan Rija who serves in a leadership role in the Department of Wildlife Management at Soikoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania. He was so impressed with the project that he pledged his support and willingness to collaborate in 2024.
In this season of connection and reconnection, we'd like to extend our immense gratitude for your continued support. We look forward to providing you with some inspiring updates in the New Year!
Warmly,
Kate and the EcoVet Global and FOECOE Teams
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