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This web site is dedicated to projects and programmes initiated and delivered by Gary Waterworth Owen in collaboration with ResponseAbility Alliance allies and a growing number of organisations.
‘ZENZELE’ is an African word that means: ‘Do it yourself - Take responsibility for your life’.
But, before you can do that, you need to know: Who you are and where you are going, and that requires a little ‘ZEN’. ZENZELE projects and programmes provide ‘ZEN’ self discovery time combined with life enriching opportunities to engage and collaborate with unique CSR, community based development and nature conservation.
For instance: Live, Work and Walk with Lions in Zimbabwe.
Read more about the founder Andy Connolly and related projects.
Rhino poaching is a global crisis and their protection is a global responsibility. The myth surrounding the medicinal efficacy of Rhino horn makes it worth $50 000 per pound on the black market. In reality it’s worth nothing. Read more about Rhino Horn Use - Fact or Fiction
Come to Zimbabwe - get up close and personal with Matopos Rhino and support Zenzele projects and programmes.
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Hummm, COP17 ... time spent once again with people in meetings, going to meetings, coming from meetings and planning more meetings. As far as I’m concerned we’ve gone past the time for creating timelines to create plans. Mother Nature bats last and she has been hitting the ball out of the park for decades. Her alarm bells are ringing loudly. We need to wake up, Lengthen Our Stride and Get REAL, cooperate and collaborate with the many who know how to play by Her rules and are getting on with the job, right now!
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2012 is the UN International Year of Cooperatives - Cooperative Enterprises Build A Better World.
For a creative insight into people who lead co-operatives ... take a look at Liz Handy’s Oxfam Project. Her photographs were then exhibited around Britain to encourage more support for Oxfam's Enterprise Development Programme.
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Surge in poaching makes 2011 worst year in decades for endangered rhino and elephant.
Most cases involve horns and ivory being smuggled into Asia from Africa.
Read more in the New York Daily News
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Via the US Embassy in Harare American Graffiti artist Maxx Moses meets ResponseAbility Alliance Founder - Gary Waterworth Owen in Zimbabwe and is inspired to promote in his art work: ‘Zenzele’ - an Ndebele word meaning -’ Do it yourself. Take responsibility for your life’.
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To see his work in Zimbabwe take a look at this Facebook link
Time lapse video
To see more of his great work take a look at Mr Maxx Moses Community Artist.
To see an interview with Maxx and Gary take a look at ZENZELE
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Two weeks before Sandy and Snowy opened their new Gallery - Machilla Magic in Vilanculos, Mozambique - Gary had the honour of a guided tour of their various studios and property.
To see more of their and their artists work take a look at Machilla Magic
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Magatte Wade
“My vision for Africa is one in which it becomes the first region of the world to create a socially and environmentally responsible manufacturing base”. Magatte started Adina World Beat Beverages in San Francisco and is walking her talk. Read more on BBC World News Africa - Flower Power - How a Senegalese flower grew into a huge US business.
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