Guludo Beach Lodge Mozambique

15/10/2020

The last two weeks have felt like the cyclone hitting all over again but this time thousands are fleeing insurgent attacks and occupations. Despite continually hounding UN agencies in Pemba, and Mozambique, no one has come to help. Guludo may have gone but Nema Foundation continues and remains the last hope for the families walking without food for days to safety.

Our tiny Nema team (with the help of Nema secondary scholars) has been helping the most vulnerable families with food and yesterday alone managed to help 80 of the most vulnerable families leave the district of Macomia to go and stay with family in safer areas. The courage and commitment of the Nema team continues to blow my mind. They are heroes 2020 so desperately needs.

Of all the tragic stories emerging from Mucojo, this one stands out. After walking for days to escape the violence, this father was reunited with his children, but only to find out their mother was one of the 300 people abducted by the rebels 10 days ago in Pangane. This is one of the many families the Nema team has been supporting with emergency food and transport to extended family in safer zones. In the coming weeks the team will go and visit them and provide more support.

We want to thank everyone who has helped and supported Nema to enable the team to be there for so many families traumatised by this conflict. Nema remains to be the only organisation helping the thousands fleeing Mucojo in Macomia and showing that people near and far do care.

01/09/2020

The situation is tragically getting worse. Each member of the Guludo team lost their homes in the cyclone, have ran from attacks and many of had their new homes burnt. The team is now heavily involved in Nema Foundation, the one and only organisation still helping communities in the region - everyone else (including the government) left months ago. Please read, share and spread the word. Obrigada, nishikuru, thank you.

Life in the shadow of the worlds newest war.

23/07/2019

19/05/2019

Another 1,150 families reached. We couldn't be prouder of the Nema Foundation team who were joined by the Guludo team to help distribute this food to the most vulnerable families...

09/05/2019

Heartbreaking footage of Guludo village after cyclone Kenneth struck 2 weeks ago. Here are also some old photos of the beautiful village which has touched the hearts of every Guludo guests since we officially opened in 2005.

07/05/2019

“I’ve been trying to get across the severity of climate change in my blogs and articles for nearly 20 years. Thousands of words, hundreds of places, countless statistics.

All distilled to this.” Jeremy Smith

https://news.wtm.com/the-week-when-everything-changed/

I wanted to write about May Day. I wanted to write about working less and remaking our connection to the earth. I really didn't want to write about climate change. I wanted to give everyone - myself included - a rest. But events have made that impossible. I wrote my first article about climate chang...

04/05/2019

A lovely article in the Italian press this morning.
After a frantic 36 hours for Gustavo and with incredible support from the Pemba community, the boat with 30 tons of food is now slowly creeping closer and closer towards our communities. Please spread the word to donate so we can send another boat (if the multitude of aid agencies in Pemba remain unable to enter the area) and to help our communities recover and rebuild.

www.nemafoundation.org

Il Paese è in ginocchio dopo due perturbazioni devastanti nel giro di un mese: servono miliardi di dollari per la ricostruzione, E l'ong Nema lancia una raccolta fondi

02/05/2019

Latest news from Nema below...
Our application has been approved to donate to Nema through facebook, so share share share! x :)

The situation is still desperate. The Nema and Guludo Beach Lodge Mozambique team managed to distribute 4.5 tons of "matafome" that was stored in a shipping container at the lodge. This has made an enormous difference locally but with our entire region, 36k people, desperate for food, it feels like a drop in the ocean.

Meanwhile Gustavo's organised Anli, a Nema scholar, to accompanying MSF and a team of doctors and nurses to go to get to some of our coastal villages by boat tomorrow.

01/05/2019

Yesterday, 5 days after cyclone Kenneth struck, I managed to speak to Quissirua, the heart and soul of Guludo. The elation of finally…

01/05/2019

“All the Guludo and Nema staff are ok, although many are badly injured and all have lost their homes. The Lodge is also completely destroyed… I have no idea what Guludo Beach Lodge’s future will be, all I know is right now we need to gather every crumb of goodwill and support from around the world to support the communities we care so deeply about, and the very reason Guludo was created in the first place.” Read the latest heartbreaking news here...

Yesterday, 5 days after cyclone Kenneth struck, I managed to speak to Quissirua, the heart and soul of Guludo. The elation of finally…

30/04/2019

Any Portuguese speakers who can help to transcribe interviews from Mucojo right now?

30/04/2019

News from Ibo Island’s Administrator is that the villages of Guludo, Olumboa, Quirimize, Naunde, Mucojo, Pangane and Ingoane have been completely destroyed. On Ibo, Matemo, Quirimba and Quirambo islands there is no shelter for over 7,000 people, children are searching for food and the state institutions have been reduced to nothing.

If you can, please help us support our team, friends and communities suffering so much right now. www.nemafoundation.org/cyclone

30/04/2019

Five days on, the rains continue and Mucojo remains completely cut off. We're desperate to know our friends, families, colleagues and communities are safe, where they are sheltering and what they are managing to eat . The aerial photos show the main clinic has been destroyed so no idea how the handful of nurses are coping with the situation.

Number of deaths is up to 38, however, this will certainly rise when contact has been made with Mucojo, where the full force of the cyclone struck. Yesterday the UN’s OCHA managed to get to Ibo Island to take food but the weather closed in and all aircraft were grounded. Gustavo has been putting pressure on rescue efforts to prioritise Mucojo, however, we are the only NGO championing the area and he is having limited success.

Late last night Gustavo heard a few people from Mucojo managed to get to the main town of Macomia so he has just left Pemba (at 4am) for Macomia to find out more. He’ll try to travel as far as possible beyond Macomia town towards Mucojo to talk to residents and see first hand how the Muagomula River has cut off the road.

Thank you for everyone’s support so far, but please continue to spread the word. This humanitarian disaster, of epic proportion, is playing out right now and our communities desperately need our support.

to donate: www.nemafoundation.org

28/04/2019

Latest cyclone news...

Gustavo has been at a meeting with UNICEF, CARE, Medicus Mundi and many others to coordinate rescue efforts. They are assessing the damage and putting up tented health centres in Macomia and Quissanga for general treatments and maternity, plus focusing on preventing the spread of cholera and malaria. After medical support, the most urgent current need is food and water purification.

The high waters at the Muagomula river, half way between Macomia and Mujojo, means our area is still not accessible an no news is coming out. The figures for the district of Macomia therefore exclude any data from our region, where the eye of the storm hit and over 60,000 people live. The data from Macomia district so far includes 17 fatalities, 1,604 houses destroyed and 809 houses damaged.

Gustavo is busy buying supplies and preparing to go on Tuesday, inshallah. PLEASE spread the word, the more donation we receive the more we can take. www.nemafoundation.org/cyclone

27/04/2019

Just spoken to our accountant in Pemba, who hoped we may have news from Mucojo. He spoke to Quissirua, Guludo’s local Operations Manager, as the cyclone struck. Quissirua was at home with his family, including 3 children 5 years and under, and during the call he could hear the roof being ripped off. Quissirua said all the houses were being destroyed and everyone was petrified. This was probably one of the last calls to be made before the phones went down.

36 hours later we’re still in the dark, desperate for news. Please, if you are able, donate to help families affected by this nightmare and recover.

For updates and to donate: www.nemafoundation.org/cyclone

CYCLONE KENNETH at the centre of the most powerful cyclone to ever hit land.

27/04/2019

Latest on the cyclone, sadly still waiting for news from Guludo. www.nemafoundation.org/cyclone

26/04/2019

Still no news, simply a terrifying realisation that the strongest cyclone to ever reach land hit the north of Guludo's beautiful bay, probably about 500m from our northern most banda/villa and then powered through the village and our neighbouring communities. Estamos juntos, sempre.

www.nemafoundation.org/cyclone We personally promise, any size donation will work as hard as humanly possible to save lives and help the most vulnerable recover from the horror they are now living

26/04/2019

Still no word from Guludo. We've made contact with Omar, who isn't in Macomia, who heard his new house was destroyed before the cyclone even struck but he hasn't heard anything else. Behind the scenes we're desperately trying to raise funds for our neighbours and prepare for being able to get in there with supplies ASAP.

Cyclone update: Sadly, we still know very little. Nema’s GM, Gustavo, is in Pemba and no news is coming out of Macomia at all. The power and phones are down and information is scant. We’ve heard that countless houses were flattened before the phones went down and the full force of the cyclone struck and that Mucojo Clinic has been all but destroyed.

www.nemafoundation.org/cyclone

26/04/2019

Heartbreaking...

CYCLONE KENNETH: I wish I could give you an update but comms are down and we can only guess at the horror. The hurricane force winds reached our shore a few hours ago, the epicentre not far from Guludo. We imagine our friends, colleagues and communities have fled for higher ground or sheltering in the schools, terrified.

If you have a faith, pray. Our “brothers and sisters” around Guludo have never needed our international community more.

Thank you for those reaching out in concern, we will post news here when we have it.

If you feel moved to donate, please visit www.nemafoundation.org

26/04/2019

CYCLONE KENNETH: I wish I could give you an update but comms are down and we can only guess at the horror. The hurricane force winds reached our shore a few hours ago, the epicentre not far from Guludo. We imagine our friends, colleagues and communities have fled for higher ground or sheltering in the schools, terrified.

If you have a faith, pray. Our “brothers and sisters” around Guludo have never needed our international community more.

Thank you for those reaching out in concern, we will post news here when we have it.

If you feel moved to donate, please visit www.nemafoundation.org

20/01/2018

We concur!!

The Thrillist Travel website recently released its list of the 18 best destinations for long vacations in 2018. Mozambique features on the list of destinations to visit, and is described as a place that combines leisure, adventure and culture at affordable prices. "If you’re seeking out a big, r

10/01/2018

After an extremely busy festive season with a host of lovely guests, the team are enjoying an end of season and New Year party today with a delicious duck curry! Boas Festa para tudo!

06/10/2017

A raffle organised by JoJo Maman Bébé New and Preloved Buy & Sell UK with amazing JoJo Maman Bébé Peter Rabbit goodies. Tickets are just £2.50 each which go towards funding Nema's motorbike ambulances. http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=JoJoPreloved

The JoJo Maman Bébé New and Preloved Buy & Sell UK Facebook Group launched a Peter Rabbit Raffle on Monday to raise money for Nema. Since the launch, the raffle has already raised £469.50. Within just three days of being live the raffle has almost reached its target of £500.00. We would just like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported so far!

28/09/2017

We're also buying some of Nema's beautiful, organic vegetables and lovingly preparing them for our guests. It's absolutely wonderful to see the profits going back to Nema to fund and support more local farmers!

Each day the staff at the Nema Farm welcome many people from the Guludo village, who come to purchase the fresh organic produce. Many people are benefiting from the farm, in particular the Mucojo market sellers, who are purchasing tomatoes in bulk from us. Many community members have expressed their interest in starting their own fields next year. The Nema Foundation endeavour to provide them with all the support they need.

13/09/2017

It was with a heavy heart that we said a sad farewell to Tony last month; locally revered and respected as Guludo and Nema’s loving mzungu Granddad. Without his support, wisdom and guidance Guludo and Nema would have remained merely a dream. His integrity, passion and compassion have created the strong foundations we continue to build on today. We will all miss him dearly.
https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/tonycarter
Nema Foundation

24/08/2017

Guludo village! It's not often you see a street so empty!