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content/about/index.md

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 ### Planet. People. Authenticity.
 
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 These values are engrained into all that we do. Mother Earth is our home and we must protect her. Beyond that, we believe in people and the power of community and we aim to support the people around us. A healthy community starts with authenticity and the opportunity to be our authentic selves. We want people to experience peaceful free time with detail for art, nature, silence, food, and healing. We want to show people the beauty of our world – which is a real paradise – and help them find themselves again in this hectic world. We want to preserve unique locations and create awareness on why this is so important. And finally we aim to educate around planet regeneration and sustainability, awareness improvement, sovereignty, and more.
 
-<button>[See Our Vision](/vision)</button>
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+ <br>
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+{% end %}
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+{% row(bgColor="#F2F2F2" margin="moderate" padding="both" id="ruins") %}
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+![Ruins](img/mbweniruins3.jpeg#large)
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+### Who We Are
+
+<p>We are an international group of believers in a better world who choose to act to make whatever difference we can. We are dreamers and doers. Our core “ownership” group is focused on building out a decentralized Internet owned by the people – a safe, fair, and equal Internet offering private and secure digital tools and experiences. It is a big journey, and a journey we are deeply devoted to.</p>
+
+<p>Africa is a continent which has been exploited for centuries, robbed of its culture and its resources. We came to Zanzibar and Tanzania to bring our technology here, to help reverse the story of this country and the wider continent.</p>
+
+<p>Together with local people of Zanzibar and Tanzania and foreigners alike, we are creating a safe space for us all, while protecting our mother earth.</p>
+
+<p>If you’d like to learn more about our efforts and who we are, please get in touch with us.</p>
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+{% end %}
+
+{% row(bgColor="#FFFFFF" margin="moderate" padding="both" id="botanical") %}
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+### Our Manifesto
+
+<p>Jungle Paradise is a home for all of us. A laid-back no frills environment that allows us to slow down, get back in touch with mother nature, and with ourselves. Jungle Paradise is a raw and safe space for collaboration and co-creation, for imagination and celebration.</p>
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+- We say hello (jambo) to each other and offer a warm smile
+- We treat each other with kindness and do not discriminate
+- We choose love over fear, and we act out of love
+- We respect nature and we leave no trace
+- We consume fresh and healthy food, local when possible
+- We share experiences and stories
+- We do not enter rooms without shoes on
+
+<p>This list is incomplete and a work in progress. :)</p>
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+![Mbweni](img/mbweniprotection4.jpg#large)
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+<br>
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+![Mbweni](img/mbweniprotection1.jpeg#large)
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+{% end %}
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+{% row(bgColor="#F2F2F2" margin="moderate" padding="both" id="mangrove") %}
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+![Mbweni Mangrove Beach](img/mangrove_beach.png#large)
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+### Mbweni Mangrove Beach
+
+​<p>​5,200 Seedlings of Mangroves Replanted at Mbweni.</p>
+
+<p>This effort helps the Wanawake Mazingira Group and a number of partners in assuring the desired goal of 10,000 Mangroves for 100 years of carbon offset.</p>
+
+<p>Mbweni Mangrove forest is a vital periurban forest just at the edge of Dar es Salaam and Coastal region, and there is a degraded area as a result of El Nino of the late 1990s, where a lot of waterlogged at the mangroves and nearly 2 acres died.</p>
+
+<p>We are restoring the degraded part of Mbweni mangrove forest with 10,000 Mangrove seedlings through community-based restoration, since March 2018 and up to the moment we have restored 5,200 seedlings.</p>
+
+<br>
 
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content/home/index.md

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-{% row(style="center narrow" margin="header" bgPath="img/new_home.jpg" bgStyle="full") %}
+{% row(style="center narrow" margin="header" bgPath="img/new_home.png" bgStyle="full") %}
 
  ## Welcome to OurParadise
  
  ### Jungle Paradise Beach Resort & Spa @ Mbweni Ruins, Zanzibar
 
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  On the west coast of Zanzibar, just ten minutes from Stone Town and the international airport, sits a beautiful and historical destination point for eco-tourism, and a community space for like-minded people to gather.
 
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 #### **Jungle Paradise** @ Mbweni Ruins
 
-Historical ruins surrounded by beautiful lush gardens featuring a variety of native and exotic plants.
+A beachfront hotel that sits beside historical ruins, all surrounded by beautiful lush gardens featuring a wide variety of native and exotic plants.
 
- <button>[Info](/locations/mbweni)</button>
+ <button>[Info](/location/mbweni)</button>
 
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 #### **Chumbe Island**
 
-An award-winning private nature reserve, home to one of the world's most pristine coral reef sanctuary.
+An award-winning private nature reserve, home to one of the world's most pristine coral reef sanctuaries. Day trips leave to Chumbe every day from our property.
 
-<button>[Info](/locations/chumbe)</button>
+<button>[Info](/location/chumbe)</button>
 
 {% end %}
 
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 ### Experience
 
-Experience an authentic paradise through relaxation, swimming, and botanical garden explorations. Later in 2023, we are planning deep sea explorations and the creation of an Ayurvedic Center & Advanced Healing Clinic.
+Experience an authentic paradise through relaxation, swimming, and garden explorations. Escape into a place where time slows down. Here, you are family.
 
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 ### On the Water
 
-Q1 2023 | Take day or overnight trips on one of our two sailing boats – one an eco-friendly Turkish Gulet and the other a simple and fun catamaran.
+Q1 2023 | Take a trip to a sand bank or a nearby island on one of our two sailing boats – one, a solar-equipped Turkish Gulet, and the other, a simple and fun catamaran.
 
 {% end %}

content/location/index.md

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 ## Our Location
 
-### Discover Places Where You Can Make a Change 
+### Discover Authentic Paradise in East Africa 
+
+Jungle Paradise is located on the west coast of Zanzibar, sitting beside historic ruins, lush botanical gardens, and a mangrove forest. Nearby, the world-renowned Chumbe island awaits.
 
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-OurParadise consists of numerous beautiful eco-friendly destinations – starting in Zanzibar & Tanzania – places where you are invited to learn about local cultures, conservational programs, and contribute to and support the betterment of society.
 
 {% end %}
 
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-# Mbweni Ruins & Gardens and Jungle Paradise
+# Jungle Paradise at Mbweni Ruins
 
-Historical ruins surrounded by beautiful lush botanical gardens featuring a variety of native and exotic plants.
+A beachfront hotel that sits beside historical ruins and lush botanical gardens.
 
-<button>[Read More](/locations/mbweni)</button>
+<button>[Read More](/location/mbweni)</button>
 
 {% end %}
 
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 # Chumbe Island
 
-An award-winning private nature reserve, <br>
+An award-winning private nature reserve, home to one of the world's most pristine coral reef sanctuary.
-home to one of the world's most pristine coral reef sanctuary.
 
-<button>[Read More](/locations/chumbe)</button>
+<button>[Read More](/location/chumbe)</button>
 
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content/protection/index.md

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 ### A Regenerative Planet and People First Approach
 
-By creating our own paradise we have a responsibility to the planet.
+By creating our own paradise we have a responsibility to the planet. Most of these programs have not yet kicked off, but will begin in 2023.
 
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+{% end %}
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+<!-- section 2 (Fun beach) -->
+
+{% row(bgColor="#F2F2F2" margin="moderate" padding="both" id="ruins") %}
+
+![Ruins](img/mbweniruins3.jpeg#large)
+
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+### Mbweni Ruins
+
+<p>The Historic Ruins of the Mbweni School for freed slaves founded in 1874, with associations with Sir John Kirk, Zanzibar’s first scientific botanist. Kirk (1832 – 1922) was also instrumental in the ending of the East African Slave Trade. He was resident in Zanzibar for 20 years from 1866-1886.</p>
+
+<p>Near Mbweni Ruins is St John's Anglican Church, another thought-provoking reminder of the colonial missionary era. The caretaker-guide is a direct descendant of a freed slave who became the UMCA's first African deacon (junior priest).</p>
+
+<p>Our aim is to restore the ruins to their old glory and revive it as an education center. We will also integrate the old church.</p>
+
+{% end %}
+
+{% row(bgColor="#FFFFFF" margin="moderate" padding="both" id="botanical") %}
+
+### Mbweni Botanical Garden & Restoration Project
+
+<p>The gardens around the Mbweni ruins are beautiful, and they are being revived to become even more majestic. The garden is mature, with a wide variety of fine tree specimens and other interesting plants, including coral rag forest on the cliff and mangroves on the shoreline. Its mature and jungle atmosphere is only found in a few other places in Zanzibar and Pemba.</p>
+
+<p>Some of our planned activities include general maintenance and cleaning of the gardens, creating a space for local flora and fauna, creating a space for quiet learning about the history of the garden and what is needed to be nature positive, creating a space for art, installations, and performances related to the history of the garden, and sharing knowledge of good plant care and management with other landowners and hotels.</p>
+
+<p>Together we will deliver research, design and planning, carrying out a comprehensive survey of plants in the garden to create an up-to-date plant list, training Mbweni gardeners in immediate garden recovery and the importance of key species, a garden map, vision and plan for the future, and more.</p>
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+![Mbweni](img/mbweniprotection4.jpg#large)
+
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+![Mbweni](img/mbweniprotection1.jpeg#large)
+
+{% end %}
+
+{% row(bgColor="#F2F2F2" margin="moderate" padding="both" id="mangrove") %}
+
+![Mbweni Mangrove Beach](img/mangrove_beach.png#large)
+
+|||
+
+### Mbweni Mangrove Beach
+
+​<p>​5,200 Seedlings of Mangroves Replanted at Mbweni.</p>
+
+<p>This effort helps the Wanawake Mazingira Group and a number of partners in assuring the desired goal of 10,000 Mangroves for 100 years of carbon offset.</p>
+
+<p>Mbweni Mangrove forest is a vital periurban forest just at the edge of Dar es Salaam and Coastal region, and there is a degraded area as a result of El Nino of the late 1990s, where a lot of waterlogged at the mangroves and nearly 2 acres died.</p>
+
+<p>We are restoring the degraded part of Mbweni mangrove forest with 10,000 Mangrove seedlings through community-based restoration, since March 2018 and up to the moment we have restored 5,200 seedlings.</p>
+
 <br>
 
 {% end %}
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 With OurParadise, we are initiating a series of conservation projects to preserve the marine and natural surroundings of Chumbe Island.
 </p>
 
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 <p>
 To protect the biodiversity of the East African marine region and the preservation of Chumbe’s important function as a fisheries nursery ground, we would first enforce a 55-hectare Coral Reef Sanctuary and a 17-hectare protected forest reserve, as well as strengthen marine and park authority patrols around the area to safeguard the wildlife from the prevailing risk of wildlife poaching. 
 </p>
 
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 <p>
 Zanzibari community members from neighboring fishing villages will also gain knowledge and practical insights in nature and wildlife conservation through Chumbe’s extensive environmental education program which will positively impact compliance to marine protected area regulations.
 </p>
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 ![Chumbe](img/chumbeprotection.png#large)
 
 {% end %}
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-<!-- section 2 (Fun beach) -->
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-{% row(bgColor="#F2F2F2" margin="moderate" padding="bottom" id="ruins") %}
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-![Ruins](img/mbweniruins3.jpeg#large)
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-![Ruins](img/mbweniruins2.jpeg#large)
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-### Mbweni Ruins
-
-<p>The Historic Ruins of the Mbweni School for freed slaves founded in 1874, with associations with Sir John Kirk, Zanzibar’s first scientific botanist. Kirk (1832 – 1922) was also instrumental in the ending of the East African Slave Trade. He was resident in Zanzibar for 20 years from 1866-1886.</p>
-<br>
-<p>Near Mbweni Ruins is St John's Anglican Church, another thought-provoking reminder of the colonial missionary era. The caretaker-guide is a direct descendant of a freed slave who became the UMCA's first African deacon (junior priest).</p>
-<br>
-<p>Our aim is to restore the ruins to their old glory and revive it as an education center. We will also integrate the old church.</p>
-<br>
-{% end %}
-
-{% row(bgColor="#FFFFFF" margin="moderate" padding="bottom" id="botanical") %}
-
-### Mbweni Botanical Garden & Restoration Project
-
-<p>The gardens around the Mbweni ruins are beautiful, and they are being revived to become even more majestic. The garden is mature, with a wide variety of fine tree specimens and other interesting plants, including coral rag forest on the cliff and mangroves on the shoreline. Its mature and jungle atmosphere is only found in a few other places in Zanzibar and Pemba.</p>
-<br>
-<p>Some of our planned activities include general maintenance and cleaning of the gardens, creating a space for local flora and fauna, creating a space for quiet learning about the history of the garden and what is needed to be nature positive, creating a space for art, installations, and performances related to the history of the garden, and sharing knowledge of good plant care and management with other landowners and hotels.</p>
-<br>
-<p>Together we will deliver research, design and planning, carrying out a comprehensive survey of plants in the garden to create an up-to-date plant list, training Mbweni gardeners in immediate garden recovery and the importance of key species, a garden map, vision and plan for the future, and more.</p>
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-![Mbweni](img/mbweniprotection4.jpg#large)
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-![Mbweni](img/mbweniprotection1.jpeg#large)
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-![Mbweni](img/mbweniprotection5.jpg#large)
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-{% end %}
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-{% row(bgColor="#F2F2F2" margin="moderate" padding="top" id="mangrove") %}
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-![Mbweni Mangrove Beach](img/mangrove_beach.png#large)
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-![Mbweni Mangrove Beach](img/mbweni_mangrove.jpeg#large)
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-### Mbweni Mangrove Beach
-
-​<p>​5200 Seedlings of Mangroves Replanted at Mbweni.</p>
-<br>
-<p>This effort helps the Wanawake Mazingira Group and a number of partners in assuring the desired goal of 10,000 Mangroves for 100 years of carbon offset.</p>
-<br>
-<p>Mbweni Mangrove forest is a vital periurban forest just at the edge of Dar es Salaam and Coastal region, and there is a degraded area as a result of El Nino of the late 1990s, where a lot of waterlogged at the mangroves and nearly 2 acres died.</p>
-<br>
-<p>We are restoring the degraded part of Mbweni mangrove forest with 10,000 Mangrove seedlings through community-based restoration, since March 2018 and up to the moment we have restored 5200 seedlings.</p>
-
-<br>
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-{% end %}
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-{% row(style="center narrow") %}
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-<button>[Learn More](/education)</button>
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-{% end %}

content/visit/index.md

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 {% row(style="center narrow" margin="header" bgPath="img/join_header.png" bgStyle="full") %}
 
-## Take Action
+## Karibu Zanzibar
 
-### Be a Part of the Change
+### Join Us For a Visit
 
-Calling dreamers and doers. There are many ways to join in on the efforts to bring the OurParadise vision to life. Come to Zanzibar to collaborate in-person, buy EDEN (see below), or support from afar.
+Come one, come all. We'd be thrilled to have you. Join us as a guest, or contribute with your time and/or resources. 
-
-Please note **we are now primarily focused on raising $3M in order to fully acquire Mbweni Ruins and Jungle Paradise**. Today we are already operating from this location.
 
 <BUTTON><a href = "mailto: info@threefold.io">Send us an Email</a></BUTTON>