Speakers tour: Maasai shall not die

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In May, a high-profile delegation of Maasai representatives will start a tour in several countries in Europe to raise its concerns to the main European funders of conservation projects in Tanzania and providers of development aid, and spread awareness on the issues concerning THAT the Tanzanian government enables evictions and violence.

The Maasai have lived for generations in the Serengeti ecosystem in Tanzania and have shaped and protected these lands, preserving wildlife and biodiversity in areas such as Loliondo, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the now Serengeti National Park. However, they have been systematically marginalised and violently evicted from their ancestral lands to make way for conservation projects, tourism, and trophy-hunting schemes, severely violating their human and constitutional rights.

This speakers tour is supported by a group of NGOs and civil society organizations from Europe, in solidarity with the Maasai people of Tanzania.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”8596,8594,8593″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Key Messages

• The current conservation model, promoted in Tanzania (and around the world) destroys the lives of the Maasai. As pastoralists, the Maasai do not destroy nature but conserve land, wildlife and protected biodiversity as it is their living ground.
• Funding for conservation projects that violated human rights must stop.
• Conservation must go hand in hand with land rights and human rights

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Activities

• Public event to the European Parliament
• Rountable event: Maasai shall not die!
  • Forced evictions of the Maasai in the Name of Conservation: the Role of the EU and its Member States. Co-organized by the European Green Party, S&D, Renew and the The Left with Maasai and European support organisations

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/live/6ryrvQWKjF4?feature=share” align=”center” title=”Roundtable Event”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”8596″ title=”Delegation meets European Governments & Politicians”][vc_column_text]

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="8590" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="https://www.fr.de/wirtschaft/wie-tiere-vertrieben-massai-menschenrechte-92305333.html" title="Wie Tiere vertrieben | Expelled like Animals (DE)"][vc_column_text]In Tansania sollen Massai Platz für Tourismus und Trophäenjagd machen. Das Hirtenvolk sieht Menschenrechte verletzt und auch Deutschland in der Verantwortung.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="8580" onclick="custom_link" title="Maasai Counter Argument (25 May, 2023) EN" link="https://dev.pingosforum.or.tz/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PRESS-RELEASE-MAASAI-COUNTER-ARGUMENT-25.05.2023-EN.pdf%22][vc_column_text]The Maasai of Ngorongoro and Loliondo have responded to the Tanzanian government's recent publication entitled "A Rebuttal of Claims about the so-called Indigenous Peoples in Tanzania". In their response, they affirm that what the government is claiming about them is incorrect, which seriously undermines their human rights in Tanzania.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="8580" onclick="custom_link" title="Maasai Delegation to meet EU Leaders" link="https://dev.pingosforum.or.tz/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Announcement-lobby-tour_press-release-May-2023_EN.pdf%22][vc_column_text]A high-profile delegation of Maasai representatives starts a tour in several European countries this May, seeking international support to halt the ongoing forced evictions and human rights abuses against the Maasai people in Tanzania.

EN | FR  | DE[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="8539" onclick="custom_link" title="Debunking Government Claims" link="https://dev.pingosforum.or.tz/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Debunking-Government-Claims-The-Truth-About-Maasai-Rights-in-Ngorongoro-.y-2023.pdf%22][vc_column_text]This document serves as a response by the Maasai of Ngorongoro and Loliondo to the document titled "A rebuttal of claims about the so-called indigenous peoples in Tanzania" published by the Tanzanian government on 21 April 2023.

DE Version.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="8583" onclick="custom_link" title="A Rebuttal of Claims from the Government of Tanzania" link="https://dev.pingosforum.or.tz/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/united-Republic-of-Tanzania-statement.pdf%22][vc_column_text]A Tanzanian government document titled' "A rebuttal of claims about the so-called Indigenous People in Tanzania"[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="8542" onclick="custom_link" title="People to People Declaration's Statement" link="https://dev.pingosforum.or.tz/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Declaration-of-Laboot-East-Africa-Assemblies-2022.pdf%22][vc_column_text]People-to-People Declaration at Laboot of the East Africa Assemblies Indigenous Peoples of East Africa Declaration on ‘Conservation’[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="8586" onclick="custom_link" title="FIAN's letter to URT President" link="https://dev.pingosforum.or.tz/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Fian-March-2022-Letter-Maasai-case.pdf%22][vc_column_text]FIAN's deep concern regarding the dire situation about forced eviction of community members in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) and Loliondo.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Contact

• Edward Porokwa, PINGO’s Forum, +255 754 479 815, eporokwa@pingosforum.or.tz
• Joseph Oleshangay, +255 769 637 623, joseshangay@gmail.com
• Martin Lena, Survival International, +33 142 41 47 62,  ml@survivalinternational.fr 

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