The Old Boma is now a hotel offering first class accommodation. There were two main charitable objectives behind turning the derelict Boma into a hotel:
Not only to Mikindani but also to southern Tanzania, a region that very few tourists ever see.
By encouraging tourists we hope to help improve the local economy and provide more employment for the local people. The hotel is the only one of its kind in Southern Tanzania, offering a level of accommodation that was previously unavailable in the region.
Further information on travelling to Mikindani and The Old Boma Hotel.
The Old Boma gives training for the complete range of jobs that are found in the hospitality industry. Training is given for catering, reception work, bursary, staff management, restaurant and housekeeping roles, maintenance and gardening.
Over
the years Trade Aid has provided Hotel Training for scores of local
men and women, many of whom have gone on to work in and manage
similar establishments in larger towns and cities and even overseas.
Competition to work at The Old Boma is fierce and successful candidates
are proud to wear the Uniform and they work hard to achieve the
very high standards that are insisted upon.
The Trade Aid team works with local businesses and helps to identify, encourage and educate potential entrepreneurs and groups.
Trade
Aid volunteers are highly qualified in a variety of specialisms
and this expertise is invaluable to local traders, who have not
had the same educational opportunities. Volunteer and businessman
work together, and between them develop business plans and evolve
successful and profit making ventures.
We are able to provide basic business training, covering such areas as accounts and record keeping, marketing and market research and we help to develop realistic business plans. This is coupled with on going business mentoring and loans from our micro credit facility.
Trade Aid would like to thank AVIVA for the financial support that has allowed the micro credit facility to be established in Mikindani. We currently have a revolving loan pool of 35,000,000 TSH.
To date, through providing loans and business advice, we have helped over one hundred groups covering a wide range of employment activities in Mikindani - fishing, basic agriculture, catering, shop keeping, furniture making etc.
Exciting new ideas can, with Trade Aid’s help and support, become realities.
Trade Aid volunteers have the benefit of having worked in highly developed countries and are often able to identify business potential that is sometimes unexplored by residents.
