In November 2025, Kafuta Forest School hosted a hands-on mapping and forest monitoring training in Kiang West National Park. The event brought together forestry students who were eager to strengthen their skills in satellite based fire detection. Supported by Tesito, the training aimed to prepare young forestry professionals to protect forest landscapes in the face … Read more
Ethical Christmas giftSurprise your friend with a unique Christmas gift that protects forests and supports sustainable livelihoods in The Gambia! You will receive an e-card via email. The Tesito project, funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and led by Dodo, aims to promote forest conservation in The Gambia, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau through joint mapping … Read more
In 2025, Manondroala Madagascar continued its collaboration with Dodo to support the development of geospatial skills within forestry and environmental institutions in The Gambia, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau. As digital tools increasingly guide environmental monitoring and natural resource management, the program aimed to provide practical training on GIS and remote sensing methods that participants could apply … Read more
Working at the community garden has become a meaningful part of daily life for the 90 women farmers in Jiffarong. Their work not only strengthens local livelihoods but also brings the community closer together. Each woman plants her own seeds and tends to her crops, yet the garden remains a shared space, nurtured and cared … Read more
Throughout Tesito’s five years, we’ve established various sustainable livelihoods in Jiffarong, including the ca. 2 hectares community garden for 90 women farmers, as well as a cold storage and food processing station (read more here). These improvements have strengthened food security for local households, creating a sustainable source of income. The community now relies on … Read more
One of Tesito-project’s key objectives is to enhance food security in the community of Jiffarong by creating new sustainable livelihoods, that substitute selling of firewood and charcoal. Since Jiffarong garden was established, 90 women started farming vegetables. They grow vegetables in the garden, using some of the harvest at home and selling parts of it … Read more
It’s time to share some data from 2024! Data collection took place in Jiffarong when the year changed, for the project team to know how well the objectives had been reached last year. Here are some interesting details from the questionnaires. Based on the data collected from the Tesito farmer women in Jiffarong, the average … Read more
Surprise your friend with an ethical Christmas gift that protects forests and supports sustainable livelihoods in The Gambia! You will receive an electronic card which you can forward to your loved ones. Dodo’s Tesito project, funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, aims to enhance forest conservation in Gambia, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau through developing an … Read more
In this post, FFHC project manager Pateh explains how the beneficiaries of the project were chosen When launching a new project, one of the first things to do is to identify project beneficiaries. It is important to include community members in this procedure also to avoid possible conflicts, and also to make sure the community … Read more
In this post, FFHC project manager Pateh Baldeh explains what happens in the beginning of the project, before the actual project activities start. Jiffarong, located in the buffer zone of Kiang West National Park, is the target community of the Tesito project. Although some of the activities, such as forest monitoring, are nation-wide, livelihood activities … Read more