12 experiences · one living system

Explore the Living PEACE Village.

Move through built environment, living systems, knowledge, heritage and community opportunity. Every experience connects to the wider PEACE framework.

Before you explore

Orient yourself in the village.

Take a short orientation through Assalam Campus, then continue into the places, systems and stories that make up the Living PEACE Village.

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Choose where to begin.

The sequence is intentional: each row brings related practices together, while the labels show how every experience contributes to PEACE.

Participants looking through hand-shaped openings in an Earth House wall01

Built environment

Earth House

Where earth-based materials, reused glass and a Makuti canopy turn a working office into a lesson in regenerative architecture.

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A Makuti building shaped around a mature tree at Assalam02

Built environment

Makuti Architecture

Traditional coconut-palm roofing becomes a practical lesson in shade, airflow, craft, maintenance and coastal identity.

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Solar panels mounted on a Makuti roof at the Living PEACE Village03

Built environment

Renewable Energy

A visible transition toward solar power - modest in its current footprint and clear about the work still ahead.

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Blue rainwater gutter and downpipe fixed beneath a Makuti roof04

Living systems

Rainwater Harvesting

Roofs, gutters and storage make the movement of rain visible - and turn water infrastructure into a practical climate lesson.

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Hand-painted Ubuntu Food Forest sign at Assalam05

Living systems

Food Forest

A layered growing system connecting soil restoration, biodiversity, school learning, food and heritage-based enterprise.

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Students learning together beneath a Makuti pavilion at Assalam06

Living systems

School Gardens

Gardens turn soil, food, science and environmental care into a classroom that changes with every season.

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Animal shelters within Assalam's permaculture landscape07

Living systems

Animal Shelters

Shelters designed around animal wellbeing, responsible waste cycles and the surrounding living system.

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Seeds and seedlings cared for within Assalam's permaculture programme08

Living systems

Seed Bank

A living collection of locally adapted seeds supporting biodiversity, food security and resilient community growing.

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Sawa Ensemble musicians posing together with their instruments09

Knowledge and heritage

Sawa Ensemble

A collective of musicians and performers carrying Zanzibar's Sufi traditions into a living, contemporary stage language.

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A painted cultural space and community member at Assalam10

Community and opportunity

Journey Theatre

A guided encounter with stories, memory and the living heritage of the Swahili coast.

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Interior view of Assalam's circular Makuti-roofed Amphitheatre11

Community and opportunity

Amphitheatre

A shared stage where performance, celebration, learning and community care can take public form.

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A woman developing practical woodworking skills at Assalam12

Community and opportunity

Women's Workshop

A working space where women learn, make, mentor and connect practical skill with greater economic agency.

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