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About Us

Our idea was to create an innovative and sustainable model to relieve poverty and protect the environment. The result was Guludo Beach Lodge and its associated charity, Nema Foundation.

Donating 5% of its income to the charity, the lodge maximises the benefits to the local area whilst the charity, Nema Foundation implements a wide array of community and conservation projects. Although in its infancy, this model has since become an award-winning and internationally applauded strategy for addressing extreme rural poverty and environmental degradation.

Guludo is part of a larger model set up to relieve poverty and protect the environment.



The Power of a Dream

Guludo was set up by Amy and Neal Carter-James, a young English couple who passionately believed that a quality tourism product could be a powerful tool to enable poor, rural communities to work their way out of poverty. Mozambique was the chosen as the location, despite neither of them having previously been, simply because of it's fantastic tourism potential alongside extreme rural poverty; a place they believe they could have maximum impact and bring most benefits. The dream started to be realised in late 2002 during a moonlit community meeting in Guludo village, when their response to our question "would you like to work with us to realise this dream" was a resounding "yes, when can you start?"

Now, the dream really has been realised, although there is still plenty of work to be done.

The journey so far certainly has been eventful to say the least. If you're ever in Guludo with Neal and Amy you may hear some of the unbelievable adventures that have led to the success of Guludo Beach Lodge.

The Future
Inspired by the people living in the Guludo area, Guludo Beach Lodge is just the beginning. Like many entrepreneurs, ideas are always abound and you never quite know what's just around the corner in their quest of using business to relieve poverty... watch this space!


Neal and Amy also founded Bespoke Experience which owns Guludo Beach Lodge.

See also

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Awards

2010 was an incredible year for Guludo and we were deeply honoured to collect 5 international awards. Here are a few of them...
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Design Principles

With help from Cullum & Nightingale Architects, Guludo has been designed according to principles, which will minimise the impact on the environment and ecology while maximising benefits
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Environmental Policy

This is a working policy which changes and evolves as the lodge matures and learns more about the surrounding area.  The aims of the policy are;
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Fair Trade in Tourism

The very core reason Guludo Beach Lodge exists is to be a catalyst that enables poor communities to work their way out of poverty while protecting the environment.
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Nema Foundation

Nema Foundation was established by the owners of Guludo Beach Lodge to work in the areas around the lodge to achieve their charitable goals.