Finally underway

Our Promoting Environmental Conservation and Cooperation [PECC] project had been suffering some substantial delays in the start up funding availability from the donor – the Foundation for Civil Society.  However, it seems the obstacles have been overcome and...

ICAAD Update

Increasing the Profile of Disability Rights – ICAAD Gets Underway A lot has been happening in our four project districts since we began implementing the Improving Community Awareness and Advocacy on Disability project four months ago. In fact, activities didn’t...

Tofino – PAPR Workshop

The Protected Areas and Poverty Reduction Research Alliance [PAPR] is into it s final year now.  The project has supported considerable research into the relationships between protected area conservation and the challenges of neighbouring communities under the four...

Perspective on Poverty – A response

Bruce’s recent jouranl entry raises some very significant observations around poverty which I would like to build on. As I think you rightly highlight, poverty is multi-dimensional and often subjective which is why coming up with generalised definitions and...

WEC Conceptual Design Report Released

Our volunteer Brent Liddle, who traveled to Tanzania at the end of last year, has completed the conceptual design report for the World Elephant Centre initiative.  It is an important step forward in this major undertaking and we appreciate Brent’s significant...