Botswana :: Sandibe Safari Lodge - Conservation & Community

In consultation with community organisations such as the Africa Foundation – originally founded by CC Africa, now a not-for-profit rural development organisation – CC Africa has contributed significantly towards improving the prosperity and living conditions of rural communities.

Vegetable garden project in the Okavango Delta, Botswana:

Sandibe Safari Lodge was instrumental in helping the vegetable and herb garden project of four women within the Shorobe community. With the help of the Africa Foundation, Tshele Segobanyana, Leponye Boitumelo, Segakgamaleng Bakae and Maria Kangodi were assisted in renting a piece of land, water pump and irrigation pipes from the land board. This enabled them to grow a wide range of vegetables and fresh herbs which they sold to neighbouring lodges, including Sandibe Safari Lodge and Nxabega Okavango Safari Camp, and to other suppliers in Maun.

They have since relocated their garden to a new plot of land which was obtained through the chief and land board. Money made from their original garden was used for fencing, and a loan from the National Development Bank was used to sink a borehole where a good supply of water was found. Africa Foundation funds have also been used to purchase a vehicle for the community to transport the produce to Sandibe, Nxabega and Maun.

Ecotourism in Africa: Our guests play a critical role in helping CC Africa realise our dream and vision: to create a model in wise land management, integrating international travellers and rural people to their mutual benefit and demonstrating that wildlife can be preserved on a sustainable basis by all

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