Marine Conservation:
faculty-led & study abroad program
Bring your students to Zanzibar for marine conservation fieldwork they won’t get in a lecture hall. Since 2007, our marine conservation base in Jambiani has worked inside the Menai Bay Conservation Area, and the scientific program is supported by Dr. Narriman Jiddawi, a marine biologist and Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation. We bring more than two decades of experience running structured group programs across Africa, and we build each one around your faculty’s specific goals, whether that’s a short faculty-led field course or a longer study abroad placement.
Learning Components
From first conversation to Livingstone
1 Start with your faculty goals
2 Shape the program together
We work with faculty and local partners to develop a responsible structure around medical, community, and reflective learning.
3 Prepare for Livingstone
A program designed
around your course
We design an integrated international program alongside your faculty, connecting medical and community learning in Zambia with your syllabus, intended outcomes, and cohort needs.
Program priorities are developed through conversation with your academic team.
Activities are shaped with local healthcare and community partners.
Students consider health beyond a single setting, including the wider factors that influence care.
Faculty can connect the Livingstone experience back to course themes and learning goals.
Our team supports practical planning and delivery on the ground.
An illustrative weekly rhythm
The pattern below shows how a week might balance different modes of learning. It is illustrative, not a fixed schedule: the final plan is shaped with faculty and local partners.
Explore healthcare delivery through locally guided observation, conversation, and community-based learning.
Bring together faculty teaching, local expertise, and the questions students encounter on the ground.
Create space for facilitated discussion, academic reflection, and connection back to the cohort’s course of study.
A Typical Week
Days start early and on the water. Mornings are spent out of Kizimkazi monitoring dolphin pods and recording data on behavior, movement, and interactions with tourist boats, with coral reef and fish market observation worked in through the week. Afternoons shift to data entry and analysis, community and conservation education sessions, and ethical tourism outreach with local boat operators. Evenings and weekends leave room for cultural exchange, from a Jambiani village tour to a Maasai culture presentation to free time exploring the island.
Focus areas
Marine Biology
Environmental Science
Conservation Policy
Responsible Tourism
Bring your faculty goals to Zanzibar
Share your course context, cohort needs, and learning priorities. We can begin the conversation around a responsible, locally informed program.
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