New partnership

The Kesho Trust has just reached a new partnership agreement with the Elephant Earth Initiative [EEI].  As a mechanism for supporting elephant conservation globally, the EEI complements our community based conservation efforts and will expand the network of...

Participating in a global research network

The Kesho Trust has been invited to be an affiliate member of the Community Conservation Research Network led by St. Mary’s University in Nova Scotia, Canada.  This network links 11 different study sites around the world comparing mechanisms of governance and...

A new research program

The Institutional Canopy of Conservation in East Africa [ICC] This seven year research initiative led by McGill University [Montreal, Canada] and the Africa Conservation Centre [Nairobi, Kenya] has recently been awarded funding through the Social Sciences and...

Congratulations Agnes!

Agnes Sirima, one of our Tanzania board members is currently doing her doctorate at Clemson University in South Carolina, USA.  She will be conducting research over the next few months for her thesis in conjunction with our partner organization, PALISEP in...

Emergency Request!

In 2012/13 EMAYO supported their community of Elerai to construct a charcoal dam to collect the rainwater for domestic use as well as watering livestock.  The cost of constructing the dam was estimated to be $ 56,250 and in 2013 the community managed to raise the...