Gorongosa News, Updates and Insights
The Gorongosa Restoration Project announces the creation of the Marc Stalmans Fellowship for Science.
Tuesday, February 10th, 2026 Portrait of Marc Stalmans by Piotr Naskrecki In order to honor and perpetuate the legacy of scientific excellence, evidence-based conservation, and human inspiration left by the late Director of Science of Gorongosa National Park, Dr. Marc...
Conservation Meets Care: Gorongosa’s Health Vision in the Global Spotlight
We are proud to share recent international attention on Gorongosa’s expanding health work, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Mozambique’s Ministry of Health and the Gorongosa Restoration Project. This milestone comes as global...
Gorongosa Project and Minister of Health of Mozambique work together to secure funding for Regional Hospital and Research Center in Gorongosa
Friday, January 23rd, 2026 The Gorongosa Project welcomes the mission led by His Excellency, the Minister of Health of Mozambique, Ussene Isse, to strengthen international partnerships for the development of the Gorongosa Regional Hospital and research initiatives....
UNICEF and Gorongosa National Park Workshop
Article by Samo Jossefa Samo; Photo Joao Fernandes Mozambique continues to face a series of socioeconomic challenges, natural shocks and public health emergencies that intensify the inequalities already present in the country’s growth pattern. In Sofala Province,...
Bringing added value closer to home with Gorongosa’s new coffee factory.
The investment by Kingdom of the Netherlands, Resilience and Right to Play will help local farmers increase productivity. Article by Samo Jossefa Samo The Gorongosa Restoration Project’s new coffee factory represents a crucial step forward in strengthening the coffee...
Gorongosa Restoration Project, UN-Habitat recognize OIKOS for community engagement work.
Text/fotos - UN Habitat Mozambique The Gorongosa Restoration Project and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) certify that the non-governmental organization OIKOS has been recognized for its excellence, performance and commitment to the best...
Mixed-material schools: An alterntive to conventional buildings in remote locations
(Abridged version of an article published in the newspaper Notícias, published in Maputo, December 3, 2025 edition) More than 15,000 children in six districts of Sofala province, surrounding Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique, are leaving behind classes...
Mobile brigades transform access to health care for the communities near Gorongosa National Park
Text/Photos - Samo Jossefa Samo The mobile brigades, promoted by Gorongosa National Park, play a key role in providing health care to communities living around the Park's conservation area. These actions are carried out in close coordination with the District Health,...
From simple producer to coffee entrepreneur
A true story of transformation, hope, and agroforestry in the heart of the Gorongosa Mountains Text - Larissa Sousa; Photos - Samo Jossefa In 2019, Mr. Manuel Isaías Manejo, a coffee producer from the community of Dungama, in the district of Gorongosa, Sofala, took a...
PEACE project provincial meeting
Text/photos - Janado Nazare Cher On November 24, 2025, in the city of Beira, Sofala province, the provincial meeting of the PEACE (Peace through Economic Action and Community Empowerment) project took place. The project is funded by the Canadian High Commission and...