Community Entry Meetings Held in Kambombo and Tembwe Under the MAZA TFCA Project
Community Entry Meetings Held in Kambombo and Tembwe Under the MAZA TFCA Project
On the 6th and 7th of October, ZCRBA conducted its first project activity — the Community Entry Meeting — under the “Scale-up Human–Wildlife Conflict (HWC) Mitigation Measures in the Malawi–Zambia Transfrontier Conservation Area (MAZA TFCA) Project.” The activity targeted Kambombo and Tembwe as project sites on the Zambian side.
During the meetings, ZCRBA provided an overview of the project and its objectives, emphasizing transparency from the onset. The scope of work and planned interventions were presented to both community members and traditional leaders, ensuring that all stakeholders clearly understood the project’s intentions and activities.
Participants highlighted the importance of community participation and engagement as key to achieving the project’s goals. The project was warmly received, with community members and traditional leaders expressing optimism that the interventions would help reduce the high incidence of crop and property damage in their chiefdoms caused by wildlife.
Key partners present during the meetings included the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) and COMACO.
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