This week COAM met with the Director of Seasons Honey company, one of the biggest honey producing companies in Afghanistan. Mr. Manzoor Ahmad learnt beekeeping from his father and grandfather and then seven years ago, combined this knowledge with his…
The Oxford Microfinance Initiative on COAM, marketing and beekeeping.
Oxford Microfinance Initiative is a student-run consultancy providing a link between microfinance institutions and the Oxford student population. As part of a small team working for COAM, we have been involved in conducting research and developing a marketing strategy over…
COAM in the Linda Norgrove Foundation annual newsletter
COAM has been generously supported by the Linda Norgrove Foundation for two years and we are very grateful to their ongoing support and encouragement. The Linda Norgrove Foundation is a grant-giving trust that funds education, health and childcare for women…
Biogas comes to Bamyan
Yesterday, COAM team accompanied by the Programme Manager of BORDA NGO visited the home of Mr. Sha Mohammed, the bio-gas inventor of Lala – Khil village in the Koh-e-Baba mountains, Bamyan. Mr. Sha Mohammed is a unique and inspiring man.…
COAM announces its new Conservation and Sustainable Development Fellowship
COAM is excited to announce the launch of its new Fellowship Programme for Conservation and Sustainable Development enthusiasts. For more information go to http://www.myafghanmountains.org/jobs/
Job opportunities with COAM
COAM is seeking new people to join our rapidly growing team in the Bamyan office. We currently have two vacancies Environmental Project Manager and Finance Assistant. For more information on our positions click here
Announcing COAM’s new Programme Manager
This week the COAM team welcomed our new Progamme Manager, Mr. Mustafa Najib. Mustifa was born in the Central Highlands of Afghanistan and has joined us all the way from Australia. Mustifa speaks perfect Hazaragi, Dari, Farsi and English…
COAM partners with the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS)
COAM team is delighted to be able to partner with the Afghan Red Crescent Societies (ARCS) to bring first aid training to the women of the communities in Bamyan vulnerable to disaster. As part of the Ecosystem Disaster Risk Reduction…
UNDP-GEF-SGP
On Wednesday the 2nd of October, COAM welcomed the UNDP-GEF-SGP team from Kabul for an inauguration ceremony of our Rangeland Conservation Project. It was a successful event, to which many other small local initiatives attended who, with the help of…
Request for Book Donations
COAM has been establishing an environmental center in Bamyan which is ever growing. As part of this center we are developing a library, which will contain books, journals, reports, policies, articles and any other educational material such as DVD’s, CD’s…