From mid-October to mid-November, Brent Liddle from Yukon, Canada, volunteered with the Kesho Trust Tanzania. During his one-month assignment, he helped train a group of local Maasai people from Elerai village in the preparation and delivery of interpretive programs,...
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Interpretive Planning and Training at Elerai Culture Camp
Brent Liddle, a Kesho Trust board member and consultant from Canada, recently arrived in Elerai to train local people on interpretive planning, building awareness, appreciation, and understanding of Maasai culture through training as interpretive guides. Upon his...
A new collaboration at Loolera
The recent consultative discussion with women from both Loolera (Kiteto District) and Elerai (Kilindi District) represents a further outreach for the Kesho Trust to another Maasai village where collaboration can develop. As a neighbour to Elerai, it is also along the...
Consultative Discussion in Elerai
Earlier this month, Dr. Miriam Matinda (Kesho Trust) and Monica Kurumbe (EMAYO) facilitated a joint consultative discussion in Elerai with 12 indigenous Maasai women from Loolera (Kiteto District) and Elerai (Kilindi District). The consultation addressed suggested...
Village Meetings in Elerai
This week in Elerai, the Kesho Trust hosted two village meetings to discuss key environmental issues. The first meeting focused on plastic waste management, while the second, addressed pasture and rangeland resources as well as invasive species control. Participants...
Formation of Environmental Conservation Clubs at Schools
On July 9, 2025, the Kesho Trust TZ facilitated a one-day training for environmental teachers from six schools in its SCMIKC project area, including Enguserosambu ward and Elerai village. The aim was to empower them with mechanisms to establish environmental clubs in...
Updates from the recent meeting of the Tz Board
On Friday, 4th July 2025, the Kesho Trust Tz board members, Peter Millanga, Emmanuel Ole Kileli, and Julius Daniel Paringo, met with visiting Canadian board member Bruce Downie, at the organisation’s office in Arusha to review recent activities. Discussion focussed on...
KT experience reported at climate change workshop
At a recent climate change workshop hosted by the Community Development Research and Services Organization (CORDS), Kesho Trust Director Peter Millanga Lumbambula presented our experience in facilitating village empowerment with respect to the impacts and...
A Message of Hope from One Indigenous Community to Another
When a group of Indigenous community members of the Carcross / Tagish First Nation from Yukon, Canada visited the Maasai of Ngorongoro and Elerai in Tanzania, everyone learned that their cultures are strikingly similar in the concepts, beliefs, and practices that...
Research Grant Available for Tanzanian Students
Are you currently enrolled in a post-secondary institution in Tanzania and looking for some support for your field research? Are you working in the area of land and water management and governance of natural resources within Maasai communities? Would you be interested...
