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...

Funded MA position at UVic

Interested in joining our recently funded SSHRC partnership project ‘Indigenous Knowledge Bridging of Land and Water Governance in Tanzania and Canada?  Or know someone who might be?  We have a two year funded position for the appropriate candidate...

Recognizing Our Yukon Volunteers

We are very pleased to be able to highlight the work of the Yukon volunteers who have supported us over the years.  The Northern Council for Global Cooperation (NCGC) invited us to provide background information for a storymap initiative (storymaps) that they have...

Maasai Traditional Knowledge Mapping

One of the primary activities identified in the initial planning of the Kesho Trust’s collaboration with and support of the Enguserosambu Forest Trust was to undertake traditional knowledge mapping of the cultural characteristics and use of their homeland.  The...

UVic students’ Fundraising for KT

Reminder:  Students at UVic who had participated in our field school in Tanzania last year had been developing a fundraising event for the Kesho Trust as part of their Global Development Studies course. With the spread of COVID-19 they have had to cancel the event and...