Recently has
been a lot of tension between locals and foreigners especially in rural areas
about the ownership of the lands. The government has been facing a lot of
challenges to either to decide to keep the land for the locals or provide to
the foreign investors but what matters most is the right of the owner of the
land.
Indigo trust
has announced to issue £10,000 as
grants to ActionAid inorder to support
the project on map incidents of land grabbing in rural Tanzania.
Hint: The Indigo Trust, a London foundation that funds technology-driven
projects that inspire positive social change.
ActionAid will
use mobile technology and innovative online crowdmap to accomplish the task. They
will expose cases of land grabbing and generate evidence for people to claim
their rights, land and livelihoods hence resolve the conflicts. Around 435,840
hectares of land earmarked for biofuels production in Tanzania, land grabbing
by foreign investors is a considerable problem. They will
provide support to the victims to attain their lost land back.
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In addition
to helping local citizens, the information collected via this project will be
published and fed to national and international media. It is hoped that the
availability and visibility of the data will then allow campaigners,
journalists and researchers to apply pressure on political and commercial
interests and hold them to account. If successful, this model could easily be
exported to other countries and problems.