Ocean Guardians Mozambique
Did you know that 60% of Mozambicans live close to the ocean and most depend on it for their livelihoods yet many of them do not know how to swim? Ocean Guardians is an education programme run by the Marine Megafauna Foundation, empowering the lives of Mozambicans though various ocean education initiatives.
他们的旗舰计划结合了海洋保护教育,挽救生命的游泳课程和额外的周六活动,例如海滩清理和冲浪,教年轻人如何与海洋生活和保护。通过这些活跃的人,他们还在此过程中启发了新一代的海洋保护主义者。
Ocean Guardians needs your help! They are currently aiming to raise 10,000 USD necessary to fund the project. Help us inspire the next generation of Ocean Guardians – Please donate anything you can spare.
https://www.gofundme.com/Ocean-Guardians
Since we started this project in 2012…
1,980 young Mozambicans have learned about marine conservation
430学会了游泳
7 people represented Inhambane Province at the National Swim Championships
3 areas engaged: Bazaruto, Pomene and Tofo
7名当地人接受了游泳教练的培训
3毕业ecotourism internships
Not only do we want to inspire our young graduates to be able to conduct sustainable fishing practices but we want to inspire positive conservation action in all they do. The initiative – which is run by the community for the community – not only promotes a positive relationship with the ocean and increases awareness of the threats to Mozambique’s unique marine environment but, at the same time, reduces the number of drowning incidents.
Ocean Guardians works with the coastal communities that represent the biggest threat to marine life to help change their perception of the ocean as being only a source of income and food. Over half of Mozambique’s population is under 18 so our little Nemos are the decision-makers of the future. Through our lessons, we hope to inspire and empower young Mozambicans to love the ocean as much as we do so they cherish the marine ecosystem and fully understand the importance of the sustainable use of its limited resources.
在莫桑比克,海洋通常被视为远离危险的东西。到我们计划结束时,这些年轻人将接受广泛的水安全和海洋游泳训练,甚至将进行“海洋野生动物园”,以与海洋巨人(如鲸鱼鲨鱼和蝠ta)浮潜。受我们的倡议的启发,我们的许多年轻监护人对海洋产生了强烈的热爱。例如,我们的一位本地讲师Narciso Nhampossa不仅是首批加入我们的海洋监护人计划的人之一,而且现在是托菲海滩最好的冲浪者之一。