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ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY

ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY. Helping keep Stone Town for future generations. Stone Town, Zanzibar. ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY.

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ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY

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  1. ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY Helping keep Stone Town for future generations

  2. Stone Town, Zanzibar

  3. . ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY ABOUT ZSTHSZanzibar Stone Town Heritage Society is the Non-governmental organization, which was established in 2002 and registered under the Society Act no 6 of 1995.MISSIONThe mission of ZSTHS is to promote the conservation of Zanzibar Stone Town's heritage and the environmental and cultural welfare of its inhabitants . VISION A well conserved Stone Town with a living heritage.

  4. ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY OBJECTIVES • To create and raise general awareness of the Zanzibar stone Town’s heritage and its conservation matters • To provide technical and other support for the maintenance and sustainable improvement of the built environment • To cooperate and build partnerships between the Stone Town Conservation and Development Authority, Wakf Commission, municipal authorities and other interested public, private and community stakeholders • To lobby and influence the policies and decisions of the government and private sector relating to the Stone Town • To create activities that enhances the diversity of Stone Town culture • To collect and disseminate information on the Stone Town and to otherwise support relevant research • To promote and coordinate training and education services for enhancing socio-economic and cultural activities of the Stone Town’s inhabitants • To network with other organizations and interested individuals on local, national and international levels.

  5. ZSTHS ORGANISATION STRUCTURE ZSTHS COUNCIL TRUSTEES AWARENESS &RESTORATION COMMITTEE FINANCE & FUND RAISING COMMITTEE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ZSTHS CEO ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TECHNICAL ADVISOR EMPLOYEES

  6. ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY WHAT WE DO • The preservation of the heritage of Stone Town. • The conservation of Zanzibar Stone Town. • Caring of the environment and tangible and intangible cultural heritage.

  7. ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY ZSTHS ACTIVITIES • BEACH CLEANING AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION For this activity ZSTHS cooperate with other stakeholder like staff from Stone Town Hotels ,Schools, Municipal, Zanzibar Port Authority.

  8. ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION • Trees Planting

  9. ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY • ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING Stakeholder-meetings – looking for solutions and emergency actions Share information and create awareness on observations of various critical conditions in Stone Town Hamamni Bath House 745, Malindi – but too late. Un-protected wall – High risk

  10. AWARENESS CREATION ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY Media Resource Centre – Baraza Soap opera, 13 episodes of life and relations in Stone Town Exhibition: “Lime Use and Preservation of Wood

  11. Children picture exhibition at Customs House Exhibition at Parliament of Tanzania at Dodoma Students from Stone Town’s Secondary Schools visiting the Exhibition

  12. COMMUNITY OUT-REACH ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY Co-operation with Zanzibar Film Festival and Stone Town Conservation and Development Authority: Information on the meaning of World Heritage Children’s photographic competition: ‘Get to know my street’ Street drama on the life of Princess Salme

  13. Zanzibar Stone Town Heritage Society participate both in regional and international meetings concerning world heritage and urban development ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY • NETWORKING Participants at INTO Conference Canada 2011

  14. NETWORKING ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY • INTERNATIONAL: • World Urban Forum, Barcelona – 2004 • Organisation for World Heritage Cities (OWHC) – 2005 • World Urban Forum, Vancouver – 2006 • Europa Nostra Conference, Stockholm-2007 • INTO Conference, Victoria Canada - 2011 Europa Nostra Conference 2007 Stockholm

  15. Visit to Mombasa, Kenya ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY REGIONAL: East Africa Regional Network for OWHC • Lamu, Kenya – 2004 • IlhaMocambique – 2005 • Mombasa, Kenya - 2011 Visit to ruins in Lamu

  16. LOCAL • Stone Town Conservation and Development Authority • Ministry of Constructions, Energy, Water, Lands and Environment • Municipality • Department of Museums and Archives • Zanzibar Film Festival • Dhow Countries Music Academy • And others ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY

  17. PARTNERSHIP ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY The Swedish Association for Building Preservation (SBF) Restoration Camps in Sweden and Zanzibar Exchange at Annual General Meetings Workshops on Lime and on Timber (see Technical Training)

  18. PUBLIC TALK ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY • Comparison of Sustainable Cities Programme (July 2003) • Solidarity Day of the OWHC (Sept 2004) • Mosques within Stone Town and its importance for cultural heritage (Jan 2005)

  19. SEMINARS ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY ZSTHS provide different seminars concerning how to renovate the Stone town building in order to conserve and preserve the Stone town environment and its habitants.

  20. STUDIES AND RESEARCH ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY • Inventory of Stone Town trees and marking of all trees with a diameter wider than 1 metre. • Open space survey; protection of old tombs etc. Banyan tree (FicusReligiosa) Tippu Tip tomb Historical buildings in Stone Town Forodhani Park

  21. ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY • STUDIES AND RESEARCH

  22. TECHNICAL TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY • Workshops: Conservation of Mosques, Lime, Wood Preservation • Restoration Camps: Women’s Mosque & surrounding wall at Forodhani. Wall & fence outside Palace Museum

  23. TECHNICAL TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY

  24. TECHNICAL TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING ZANZIBAR STONE TOWN HERITAGE SOCIETY

  25. Zanzibar Stone Town Heritage Society [ZSTHS] P.O. Box 3892, Zanzibar, Tanzania. Email: info@zanzibarstonetown.org Website: www.zanzibarstonetown.org

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