EMAYO’s school food program

Another term and this time no food! Last term the 300 Maasai children attending the Elerai elementary school had a nutritious meal every school day thanks to EMAYO. Attendance was up 10% and the students performed better in class. However, funding for the program is...

Progress in Local Engagement

Working in local Tanzanian communities is challenging for a research focused initiative such as the PAPR. Rural communities in our Saadani study area struggle with the conservation agenda of the adjacent national park which impacts their livelihoods as well as with...

Environmental Education Centre update

Bruce Downie [Kesho Trust] and Ally Abdallah [SANA] attended a village meeting in Mkange, Tanzania to explain our concept and answer questions about the application to the village for the granting of land on which to develop the environmental education centre that is...

Volunteering in the Saadani National Park, Tanzania

I decided to volunteer for the Kesho Trust for several reasons. First and foremost, I had recently finished a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Development and was slowly realizing just how useful a BA really is (not very useful at all, as it turns out). Then...

PAPR – international workshop and field visits – Ghana

Davis Lumala [Kesho Trust (Tz)] and Ally Abdallah [SANA] attended as part of the Tanzania team. Participants from Canada and Tanzania joined the host Ghanaians in Accra to present and discuss work that has been going on each of their country programs. It was also an...