Our Work
Our programs connect conservation, education, practical skills and sustainable tourism to create opportunities for young people and communities.
Bird Conservation & Birding
Bird identification, birding, monitoring, conservation awareness, nature interpretation and sustainable birding tourism.
Birding is where conservation becomes practical. Participants learn to recognise species, record what they see, and explain it to others. Those are the same skills that underpin both monitoring work and professional guiding.
- Bird identification training
- Field birding
- Bird monitoring and recording
- Conservation awareness
- Skills development
- Nature interpretation and guiding
- Promoting bird tourism
Computer & Digital Skills
Building digital skills that support education, employment, communication and tourism.
Conservation work today involves records, reports, photographs, maps and online communication. Digital skills make young people employable well beyond the field.
- Basic computer skills
- Digital literacy
- Internet and research skills
- Digital communication
- Educational technology
- Employment and tourism digital skills
Girls in Birding & Tourism
Encouraging young women to participate in birding, conservation and tourism.
Women remain under-represented among Tanzania’s field guides. This program works on the practical barriers of identification skills, English and confidence in front of visitors, and then on the connections that turn training into work.
- Bird identification
- English communication
- Guiding skills
- Tourism skills
- Connecting trained women with opportunities
- Promoting women as professional field guides and nature interpreters
Tree Planting & Afforestation
Tree planting, environmental restoration and habitat protection.
A tree planted is only the beginning. ABC pairs planting with the awareness and long-term care that decide whether a seedling becomes habitat.
- Tree planting
- School participation
- Community participation
- Environmental awareness
- Habitat restoration
- Bird habitat protection
- Climate and ecosystem resilience
- Long-term tree care
Environmental Education & Awareness
Building environmental knowledge among youth, students, communities and groups.
Sessions are adapted to the group, whether that is a school class, a youth group or a community meeting, and they are grounded in the species and habitats people can see around them.
- Biodiversity
- Bird conservation
- Forest conservation
- Wildlife and habitats
- Tree planting
- Sustainable tourism
- Responsible resource use
- Environmental challenges
Youth Conservation & Tourism Skills
Connecting conservation education with career opportunities.
Supported through collaboration with Attraction Bush College, this program is the bridge between what young people learn with ABC and the work they go on to do.
- Tour guiding
- Bird guiding
- Wildlife tourism
- Conservation
- Environmental education
- Nature interpretation
- Ecotourism
Learn. Participate. Conserve.
Every program is open to young people, schools, communities and partners who want to take part in conservation work in Tanzania.