Sustainable Ocean Alliance Tanzania (SOA Tanzania)
Sustainable Ocean Alliance TANZANIA (SOA TANZANIA) empowers YOUTH and Local coastal communities in Tanzania via ocean conservations and sustainable blue economy, restoring the health and sustainability of our ocean, creating a health and sustainable ocean for this and the next generation.
SOA’S Vision & OBJECTIVES
To become the substantial ocean activist group furnishing innovative ocean solutions in encouraging sustainable use of the marine natural resources in the coastal water bodies of Tanzania.
Promote marine ecosystem restoration and conservation (mangroves, sea grass and coral reefs).
Advocating on sustainable use of ocean’s natural resources and on sustainable aquaculture (mariculture) and fisheries.
Raising awareness on marine pollution and conservation.
Promoting research as a means to construct innovative ocean solutions.
Innovating solutions to pressing ocean problems in Tanzania.
Empowering young people and the coastal communities.
SOA’s Inspiration
Youth are greatest inspiration to the bath of our organisation; SOA Tanzania was found after our hub leader Mr. Ailars David joined Sustainable Ocean Alliance during COVID 19 in 2020 and he got the chance to network with young ocean leaders globally and hear the impacts they make.
He was immediately inspired to become an ocean leader and mobilise youth in Tanzania to restore the ocean health and sustainability. Today we are a community of 152 youth and local coastal community working to restore the ocean health and sustainability for this and the next generation.
SOA’S Projects & PROGRAMS
In alignment with our visions and missions, Soa Tanzania has built up two important pillars / programs which defines fully all of our activities. These two major programs are the Blue Key Program and Bahari Yetu Program.
Blue Key Program
Finding the KEY SOLUTIONS to the problems our ocean and communities are facingWith this program we aims at solving pressing ocean problems via innovations, research and projects. Under this program OCEAN LEADERS get the chance to research on the status of our ocean ecosystems in Tanzanian perspectives and bring out the innovations and projects into actions to solve the pressing ocean problems in our communities.
Bahari yetu program
With this program we aim to provide ocean literacy, via this program in many ways our OCEAN LEADERS will be able to provide in person and virtual ocean literacy on different oceanic topics under this program to help our communities understand how to create a healthy and sustainable ocean.
SOA’S PROJECTS
THE GRASS UNDERWATER PROJECT
The Grass Underwater Project has a goal to make seagrass a familiar habitat to everyone so as it’s no longer overlooked but given the spotlight it deserves through raising awareness to the community, performing seagrass bed monitoring, research, conservation, protection and restoration also it will aid to protection of Tanzania Marine endangered species like sea cow and sea turtles whose existence greatly depends on seagrass for food and shelter.
THE MSIMABZI RIVER CLEANUP PROJECT
The Msimabzi River cleanup project aims at educating people on river conservation and how to manage waste they produce and also targets to remove more 2.5 tons of waste from the river.
MEDICAL WASTE CAMPAIGN
As the world is fighting to end marine litters new litters are emerging also and we would like these litters to end and not to emerge nor increase any longer, since the breakout of COVID 19 there has been an emerging of litters like masks in the ocean plus medical waste as a whole including syringes, vaccination tubes and medical bottles have been seen in most oceanic areas in Tanzania.
OCEAN CLEANUP PROJECT
SOA Tanzania aims to raise awareness on waste management and behavioral change by conducting clean ups, educating people on waste management and economisation.
THE MIKOKO YETU
The MIKOKO YETU project eradicates this problem by raising awareness on mangroves conservation and targeting to restore, conserve and protect mangroves in Tanzania also empowering local coastal communities and Youth in sustainable blue economy including the voluntary carbon credit market.
What would you change in the world?
I would change how we use the ocean, and make sure that the ocean is sustainably utilised for this and the next generation.
SOA’S LEGACY
We hope to leave a legacy among Tanzanian youth that they save the power to save the planet, to save the ocean.
