<div>I am Philippe Rufin, a scientist working in the nexus of small-scale farming and nature conservation in Mozambique in southern Africa. The tensions between farmers living in poverty and the staff of national parks are running high and successful collaboration requires a lot of sensitive communication. My dream is to use this campaign to support and empower local people with simple technical means in the name of the national park to enhance collaboration and promote nature conservation by alleviating poverty.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Over 82% of Mozambique's population lives on less than US$3 a day, making Mozambique the second poorest country in the world. On my travels in northern Mozambique, I experience the realities of life for people living in extreme poverty first hand. In most regions of rural Mozambique, access to electricity is limited, infrastructure is in a poor condition, only about one in three children attends school and there is hardly any functioning healthcare system.
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/95782593_1760906168719922_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div>More than 85% of people in rural Mozambique depend on agriculture as a key livelihood. This means growing crops such as cassava or corn for their own subsistence, but also producing some goods for the local market (bananas, tomatoes, cucumbers). The work is very tough because there are virtually no tools (machines, fertilizers, pesticides) except muscle power, hoes, and machetes. Extreme heat and low soil productivity further complicate the work. There is no alternative - people depend on the land—the only available source of food and livelihood.
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/95782593_1760905966147563_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div>At the same time, Mozambique is home to a wide range of flora and fauna worthy of protection. Protected areas such as the Niassa Reserve (twice the size of Kruger National Park, but not half as well known), Gorongosa, Maputo, and Gilé National Parks make enormously important contributions to the protection of extensive Miombo dry forests. Elephants, hippos, buffalos, lions, kudus, gazelles, monkeys, snakes, and thousands of insect species can live here undisturbed. Protecting these ecosystems, however, can only be possible with the support of the communities living in or close to the national parks.
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/95782593_1760906468105122_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div>During my last trip to Mozambique, I witnessed the problem of the expansion of shifting cultivation on the border of Gilé National Park. In this traditional farming system, farmers regularly relocate their crops to new fertile soil. To do this, they clear forests and abandon their previous fields, on which natural ecosystem can regenerate over the years. In the face of population growth, pressure on protected areas is growing and there is a seemingly irresolvable conflict of interest between nature conservation and the livelihoods of the world's poorest people.
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/95782593_1761575513110698_r.png" width="100%" />
<div>Here, I met farmers that provided their vision of a simple alternative to shifting cultivation: irrigation. Access to irrigation equipment could drastically improve their mode of production. The dependence on rain is very high in the region and prolonged droughts regularly result in yield losses. With irrigation, farmers could make their production more resilient towards the lack of precipitation during dry times. In addition, production could be diversified and crops with slightly higher water requirements (e.g., tomatoes, cabbage, beetroot, pumpkin) and higher commercial value. These could be grown and sold on the local market. Currently, fields are rarely irrigated and if so, this is another layer of manual labor. With irrigation equipment, the use of labor can also be drastically reduced and the youngest family members are more likely to have the opportunity to attend school.
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/95782593_1760905809392959_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Irrigation and the resulting stabilization and increase in productivity could therefore contribute to halting the expansion of shifting cultivation. With this campaign, I want to finance irrigation pumps and the operating costs for two years for the agricultural association of communities near Gilé National Park.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>The implementation of the project is supported by my colleagues from Gilé National Park, Mozambican university students, and the community´s agricultural institution. Recently, the first irrigation pump funded through this campaign was bought and delivered to one community. The park staff assisted in providing trainings for the operation of the pump and running some first tests in the field. 
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/95782593_1786024802308861_r.jpg" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/95782593_1786024785329423_r.jpg" width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div>This was a first success - if you want to see a video message from the field please check <a href="https://philipperufin.github.io/blog/crowdfunding/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>. Now, I reopened the crowdfunding collection, aiming to finance another pump for one of the 29 communities around Gilé National Park via GoFundMe. 
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Your contribution will directly add to a positive change for the life of small-scale farmers and their families living in extreme poverty, and at the same time, contribute to protecting valuable ecosystems for future generations.
</div>

Anonymous

Tamanna Kalam

Katja Janson

Erasmus zu Ermgassen

Jonas Alsleben

Pierre Cardonne

Marie Pratzer

Michael Yeung

Armin Dittrich

Kathrin Ewers

Pauline Hammer

Sa Nogueira Lisboa

Henrik Heinemann

Aleksandra Wasik

Simon Thomsen

HUGO DO NASCIMENTO BENDINI

Protecting nature by fighting poverty in Mozambique

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

currencyCode

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

writePath

Stream Notification

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

Native 11.3.0 and above

Influencer - Prod

US fundraisers and US users

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Just €375€ to go! Make an impact.

Protecting nature by fighting poverty in Mozambique

Just €375 to go!
Make an impact.