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Take part in Tesito’s electronics collection!
Do you have old phones, GPS devices or digital cameras lying around unused?
Dodo’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs-funded Tesito project supports forest conservation in The Gambia, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau. Its partner, the Gambian Ministry of Environment, is in need of equipment for its field work.
In particular, working GPS devices, smartphones and digital cameras are needed. In addition, backpacks and rucksacks are useful for local authorities in the field.
Thank you for supporting forest conservation in The Gambia!
Bring your donation to Dodo’s office at Turntable (Pasila’s Old Locomotive Stables, Veturitallinkuja, G-back) by 19.1.2025. You can bring the equipment on weekdays between 10-14, or at Dodo events. You can make further arrangements with Milla (milla.laari@dodo.org) or call / message Kirmo (also for deliveries at other times) +358 40 7033730 / kirmo@dodo.org.
NOTE! Due to construction work at the moment, the Veturitallit can only be accessed from the south via Veturitie (more information about detours).
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Contact: sanni.siukola@dodo.org
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Still looking for the perfect Christmas gift? 🎅
Surprise your loved one with Dodo’s ethical Christmas gift and support women’s livelihoods and forest conservation in West Africa! 🎄
You can donate via MobilePay: #33075 (Tesito).
Choose from:
🎁 Vegetable seeds for a farmer, 10 €
🎁 5 lemon tree seedlings for the community garden, 20€
🎁 Forest fire training for a school, 50€
Write your email in the message field so we can send your e-card. 💌
If you make multiple donations, please do them separately. ✨
Funds collected will be used for the Tesito project to cover its annual co-funding share, which is 15% of the total budget.
Thank you for supporting the project! 💛
More info: dodo.org/en/2025/11/28/tesito-ethical-christmas-gift-2025/
Fundraising permit: RA/2020/1705, Dodo ry, Finland (excl. Åland) FI, sanni.siukola@dodo.org
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Etsitkö vielä täydellistä joululahjaa? 🎅
Yllätä läheisesi Dodon eettisellä joululahjalla ja tue naisten toimeentuloa sekä metsien suojelua Länsi-Afrikassa! 🎄
Voit lahjoittaa MobilePayllla: #33075 (Tesito).
Valitse näistä:
🎁 Siemeniä viljelijänaiselle, 10 €
🎁 5 sitruunapuun tainta yhteiselle kasvimaalle, 20 €
🎁 Metsäpalokoulutus koululle, 50 €
Kirjoita sähköpostiosoitteesi viestikenttään, niin lähetämme sähköisen kortin.💌
Jos teet useampia lahjoituksia, pyydämme tekemään ne erikseen.✨
Kerätyt varat käytetään Tesito-hankkeeseen sen vuosittaisen omavastuuosuuden kattamiseen (15 % kokonaisbudjetista).
Kiitos, että tuet hanketta! 💛
Lisätietoa: dodo.org/2025/11/28/tesiton-erilainen-joululahja-2025/
Rahankeräyslupa: RA/2020/1705, Dodo ry, Suomi (pl. Ahvenanmaa), sanni.siukola@dodo.org
Next Monday, the 1st of December it’s time to gather for the LAST session of Radical rest and collective agency. We will form the Utopia study circle evening together, according to the participants' needs.
Gathering at @sweetspot.community a place that provides space to participate in nonverbal or verbal being, resting and creating. In this session you are invited to join a practice about what kind of characters will continue living on the outside of this utopistic space.
There will be food, soft surfaces, facilitated slow space and candle light.
🧚♂️Who:
The study circle is for 16–29-year-olds who are interested in social activism and want to be part of a temporary community.
🕓 Time:
Mon, Dec. 1, 2025, 5–8 p.m.
Any prior experience not needed, you are welcome to come late and as you are.
This will be the very last activity of the Towards Action project – if you have wanted to join the project but have not managed to do so yet, this is your chance! The whole project has been running for two years during which we have gathered together around many different topics related to hope, activism, art, agency and community. This will be the last gathering.
Sign up from the registration form from the link in bio <3<3
For the third year, Madagascar-based NGO Manondroala has worked with Dodo to strengthen mapping skills for forestry professionals in Gambia, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau. 🌍
Manondroala GIS experts, Angela Tarimy and Daulphin Razafipahatelo, have had a long-standing collaboration with the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation. Building on the skills they developed in previous projects, they now lead online GIS training in the Tesito project, creating materials and guiding participants over several weeks. 📆
This year, participants learned to track forest cover changes, analyze satellite data, and create maps for planning, reporting, and conservation. 🌳
The sessions were fully online,in two languages (French and English) interactive, and adapted to each country’s experience, and relied entirely on free software and open satellite data, making the methods easy to replicate without any commercial tools. 💻
Through this program, methods developed in Madagascar are now shared across West Africa, supporting forest monitoring and conservation efforts. 🌱
Learn more from our blog, dodo.org/en/2025/11/24/manondroalas-2025-gis-and-remote-sensing-training/
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Tänä vuonna oli jo kolmas vuosi peräkkäin, kun madagaskarilainen järjestö Manondroala ja Dodo tekivät yhteistyötä vahvistaakseen metsänhoidon ammattilaisten kartoitustaitoja Gambiassa, Senegalissa ja Guinea-Bissaussa. 🌍
Manondroalan GIS-asiantuntijat, Angela Tarimy ja Daulphin Razafipahatelo, ovat tehneet pitkään yhteistyötä Suomen Luonnonsuojeluliiton kanssa. Aiemmissa hankkeissa kartuttamansa osaamisen pohjalta he järjestävät nyt Tesito-hankkeen GIS-koulutuksia, laativat materiaalit ja ohjaavat osallistujia useiden viikkojen ajan. 📆
Tänä vuonna osallistujat oppivat seuraamaan metsien muutoksia, analysoimaan satelliittitietoja ja tuottamaan karttoja suunnitteluun, raportointiin ja suojeluun. 🌳
Koulutukset toteutettiin täysin verkossa, kahdella eri kielellä (ranska ja englanti), interaktiivisesti ja sovitettuina kunkin maan kokemustasoon, ja ne perustuivat täysin avoimiin ohjelmistoihin ja satelliittiaineistoihin, joten menetelmät ovat helposti toistettavissa ilman kaupallisia työkaluja. 💻
Kiitos Daulphin ja Angela, että ajatte Madagaskarilla kehitettyä menetelmää ja osaamista Länsi-Afrikkaan. 🌱
Lue lisää koulutuksesta blogistamme, dodo.org/2025/11/24/manondroalan-gis-ja-kaukokartoituskoulutus-2025/
We came together for the last Action Weekend in Helsinki 2025 organised by @dodo_org and stayed at the lovely @rauhanasema /Peace station. Thanks to the enriching workshops, we were able to take a shared journey into our utopia.🌸
We dived into out imaginations, playfully stimulated our utopian thinking and strengthend our connections and agency. 🐝
Turning trash into treasure by reshaping what was discarded, we reminded ourselves that fighting for a sustainable future is also a fight for creativity, solidarity and change.🦝
We reflected on our past, our roles in our communities and created our shared story. To get a glimpse of the cityscape as we imagine it, we built windows that we decorated with materials, colours and dreams.🌈
#YouthPower #PeoplePower #towardsaction #kohtitoimintaa #HelsinkiEvent #climatejustice #utopia
Viime viikolla Gambian metsäosasto jatkoi palotorjunnan ja ympäristötietoisuuden levittämistä kouluissa Kiang Westin kansallispuiston ympäryskylissä. 🔥
Tänä vuonna koulutukset järjestettiin Manduarin, Dumbuton ja Keneban (kuvassa) kouluissa.🏫
Työpajojen tarkoituksena on kannustaa oppilaita oppimaan metsien merkityksestä, metsäkadon syistä ja vaikutuksista, metsäpalojen ehkäisystä sekä ilmaston vaikutuksista luontoon ja yhteisöihin. 🌳
Gambiassa tulipalot ovat usein ihmisten aiheuttamia, ja ne ovat edelleen suurin uhka
biodiversiteetille, metsille ja ympäristölle. Tulipalojen ehkäiseminen on yksi tehokkaimmista
tavoista suojella luontoa, villieläinten elinympäristöjä ja paikallisten elinkeinoja. 🌾🍅
Koulutusten tavoitteena on innostaa nuorta sukupolvea ottamaan aktiivinen rooli ympäristönsä suojelussa ja rakentamaan vihreämpää tulevaisuutta kaikille. 🌱
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Last week, forestry department continued spreading fire prevention awareness in schools around Kiang West National park. 🔥
This year, the training sessions were held in Manduar, Dumbuto and Keneba schools (in the picture). 🏫
The workshops were organized to encourage pupils to learn about the importance of forests, the causes and impacts of deforestation, how to prevent bushfires and how climate affects
both nature and communities. 🌳
In Gambia, fires are often human-caused, and they remain the number one threat to
biodiversity, forests and environment. Preventing fires is one of the most effective ways to protect nature, wildlife habitats and local livelihoods. 🌾🍅
The goal of these training sessions is to inspire the young generation to take an active role in protecting their environment building a greener future for all. 🌱
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