Gumbo Majubwa is the founder of Ambakofi, a Tanzanian NGO engaging in regenerative forestry and mangrove restoration. The word Ambakofi comes from the name of the native tree species in Tanzania. At the age of 24,  Gumbo was horrified to see the forest being cleared in his childhood home of Bagamoyo District, on the East coast of Tanzania.  This drove him to focus on conserving nature, first through studying at the Institute of Rural Development Planning in Dodoma and then working on a series of conservation initiatives.  In 2017 he joined the Kanthari International Institute for Social Change in Kerala, India, to study leadership for social change. It was this experience that led him to found Ambakofi.
Mangroves are coastal forests which absorb huge amounts of carbon in their roots and provide a vital ecosystem for many fish. Restoring and conserving them is an essential pillar in the effort to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.
Ambakofi employ a Community Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration (CBEMR) approach, pioneered by another beach partner Mangrove Action Project. We talk about Gumbo's background, CBEMR and the restoration work that is about to begin in the village of Ushongo Mabaoni, all funded by the Beach Collective.
To find out more about Ambakofi, visit their website: https://ambakofi.org/
Beach Podcast is a podcast from the Beach Collective: https://beachtoken.io/
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