The Enguserosambu Forest Conservation and Development Trust is a registered, independent, non-partisan, voluntary community-based organization in Enguserosambu Village, Tanzania with an elected board of directors from the four villages that reside within the forest. Eleven board members, a coordinator and a community liaison officer are committed to implementing the Trust’s mandate on behalf of the Loita Maasai of Enguserosambu Ward.
The Trust’s vision is:
The Trust’s management goal is:
The mandate of The Enguserosambu Community Forest Trust is:
Administration
Our Board of Trustees is elected from the four villages. The current board has 10 members, six men and four women. They were elected by the village assemblies from their respective villages. This gives them representational role, while managing the forest. The Board is registered at the national level, and making it the first Board of Trustees established to manage a community forest in Tanzania.
The Board is responsible for management of the forest and report directly to the community. It also develop policies for effective community based conservation and has the capacity to enter into agreement with other partners, within and outside the country for the purposes of meeting the community goal of conserved forest.