Holistic Management® gets results in Africa
Holistic Management® International has worked on the Africa continent for over 20 years in a variety of projects. Over the years our work with international development organizations and local villagers has addressed the needs of food security and local ownership in the results of development projects. Likewise, our work with agricultural producers has demonstrated how Holistic Management® improves natural resource management and the ability of people to produce a living from the land while improving land health.
The following represents a sampling of our work on behalf of, and in partnership with, international development agencies and agricultural managers and educators.
Community Dynamics in South Africa
The Africa Centre for Holistic Management®
The Africa Centre for Holistic Management® in Zimbabwe is headquartered near Victoria Falls on a 6,500-acre property donated to HMI and the Africa Centre jointly and known as Dimbangombe Ranch.
Our Africa Centre staff oversee two major efforts. The ranch is operated as a Holistic Management® learning site, and it is also home to the Dimbangombe College of Wildlife, Agriculture and Conservation Management, which provides Holistic Management® training to the local community.
To visit the Africa Centre, click here.
World Vision – Kenya
World Vision Australia, in conjunction with World Vision Kenya, has awarded Holistic 
Management International $216,000 to provide cutting edge natural resource management training to Maasai community members and leaders in the Loodariak Area Development Program, approximately 36 miles southwest of Nairobi. This project began July 2005 and will continue through June 2008.
This development area covers approximately 540 square miles with an estimated population of 17,000 people. Livestock such as cattle, goats and sheep are the Maasai’s primary source of income, and land degradation is on the increase.
Kenya has 2 million people chronically hungry with over 5 million during times of drought. Subsistence farmers account for over 50 percent of the total poor and 80 percent of the population do not have sufficient livestock to meet basic needs, and thus frequently depend on relief.
This project is targeted at assisting 1,500 Maasai households to use their animals to restore deteriorating grasslands and water supplies and to create the means to provide for their own food needs and reduce the dependency on international relief monies.
Community Dynamics Southern Africa
Community Dynamics is an organization of Holistic Management® Certified Educators from southern Africa (Zimbabwe, Namibia, and South Africa) who provide training and consulting services for agricultural producers, community projects, educational institutions, non-governmental organizations, and other entities. To contact Community Dynamics, contact Ian Michell-Innes at: info@communitydynamics.net
Contact:
Shannon Horst
Holistic Management® International
1010 Tijeras Ave. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Tel: (505) 842-5252
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Certified Educator Listings, Kenya
Certified Educator Listings, Namibia
Certified Educator Listings, South Africa
Certified Educator Listings, Zimbabwe
The Africa Centre for Holistic Management®
The Africa Centre for Holistic Management® - Staff
Dimbangombe Ranch Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Dimbangombe College of Wildlife, Agriculture and Conservation Management
Community Based Conservation Program