Staajabu Africa Travel Limited

Staajabu Africa Travel Limited Staajabu, is a Swahili word which simply means, "Amazement, Awe or Excitement". Based in Tanzania,

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New Safari Hotel, India Street
Arusha

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 17:00
Thursday 08:00 - 17:00
Friday 08:00 - 17:00
Saturday 08:00 - 14:00

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CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.

I heard a story of a young bird that was caged on a huge ship that was sailing across a mighty ocean. The ship was loaded with different animals and birds that were been transported to an area across the sea with good forage, water and adequate habitat conditions that will augment their survival. The young bird in the cage was meticulously struggling and eager to come out of its cage and after tirelessly hitting it, the cage broke open and the young avian flew away before anyone could catch it. It flew far, fast, flawlessly, fearlessly and arrogantly. The awe of freedom enchanted the bird with a gallant flight as it sore through the magnificent sky as it enjoyed the sweet taste of liberty. After flying for several hours, it got tired, hungry and thirsty. The young bird started to search for a place to perch without any success. Its freedom suddenly had changed to a platform of desperation, despair and imminent damnation. It had dawned on the young birdie that the ocean was too big to cross. In dire need, it suddenly saw a black spot on the ocean after searching for a long time. The bird started to wildly dive from the sky towards that black spot that looked like an island of redemption. Eventually the exhausted bird crushed on the “Island” and suddenly discovered that it was the same ship that it escaped from. At this time around, its perception and image of the ship had changed from a prison to that of a paradise: the only way across the ocean.

One day, I was in a Taxi on the streets of Dar es Salaam. The driver was a late 20s young man who was lively and easy to engage in a conversation. As we crossed the beautiful age old streets of Dar, he started telling me of his desires to travel overseas to look for greener pastures. He believed, ideally, that opportunity and the good life are on the other side of the world as he endlessly ponders day by day of how life in Tanzania was cruel, dull-grey and unfertile. I noticed, this is not an uncommon conversation among the youth in Tanzania today. It wasn’t the first time I heard this. Many of the youth search for something, somewhere far, whereas, what we search for may be just under our noses.

The story of the bird equates to the situations that most of us find ourselves in, at some points in different areas of our lives. As they say, most times, you never know what you have until you lose it. When it comes to nature, wildlife and natural resources; I call this generation of young people the “Savior Generation or the Crucial link”. This is because, if care is not taken and great measures put in place, by us(youth), we would be the last to see most of what is left today in nature parks and protected areas. The generations yet unborn will blame us not because of our ignorance only but also because of not using the weapons and tools that are at our disposal to save the current onslaught. I think the best way to save wildlife is by making the people who own it love it. You make them love it by teaching the values and importance of nature.

When we look at the numbers; Tanzania has a population of over 60.1 million people of which more than 33 million people are between the ages of 15 to 65; that’s close to 54% of people who can still work. Tourism is the only second most grossing industry after agriculture.



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