KOMAZA

Tevis Howard Selected for Prestigious Social Entrepreneurship Award

Ellie Taylor — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:47:55 PST

We are delighted to announce that KOMAZA’s founder and CEO, Tevis Howard, has been recognised for his achievements as a social entrepreneur by being selected as an Ashoka Fellow. Ashoka is the largest association of social entrepreneurs in the world, having elected its first Fellows in India in 1981, and has since grown to over [...]

Partnering with Statistics Without Borders

Izzy — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:57:22 PDT

As mentioned in a previous post, KOMAZA is a young organisation comprised mostly of generalists, who often seek partnerships with specialists to help us achieve the highest quality of work. We have worked closely with volunteers from Statistics Without Borders over the past year, and with them have made a big push to improve our monitoring and [...]

Partnering with Forestry Experts

Izzy — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:39:02 PDT

KOMAZA is a young organisation. At this phase of growth our staff is comprised mostly of generalists, quick learners who can apply themselves to diverse projects ranging from harvesting trees to developing GIS mapping systems. However, to help us achieve the highest quality of work our staff often seek partnerships with specialists. For example, we [...]

Our First Tree Harvest

komaza — Fri, 27 May 2011 02:21:27 PDT

Nearly a month after completing the first-ever harvest of KOMAZA trees, it is a good time to reflect upon the effects that this milestone will have on our organization. These are many and far-reaching, as we have returned a significant amount of money to farmers, learned lessons that are critical for us to fine-tune our program, [...]