Nature Child Reunion – 10th Anniversary
The 10th anniversary even of our Nature Child Reunion initiative was held recently in Victoria, BC. Richard Louv who participated in our initial events back in 2007 and 2009 was the keynote speaker and Lieutenant Governor of BC, The Honourable Judith Guichon, also...
Arrived in Tanzania
Our two Coop students from the University of Victoria, Alex Papp [left] and Justine Cowitz [left centre], have now arrived in Dar es Salaam and met up with our volunteers Penina Mairo [right centre] and Vaileth Mashauri [right]. There are logistics to work out but...
PECC story posted with CCRN
Our community story for the Saadani area has now been posted on the CCRN website. Similar stories highlighting the work of researchers and local organizations in the various study areas of the network from around the world are posted there. Fostering Long Term...
PECC review article
Director Bruce Downie has published an article in the IUCN journal Policy Matters which reviews our PECC case study. Follow the link below to the journal. His articel is Chapter 7 - pages 66-80. Policy Matters - Issue 20; September 2016
Population and Environment
The Kesho Trust was invited to attend a recent information workshop regarding research on the links between population and the environment. A local volunteer with Kesho Trust, Beatrice Simon, who has worked with us in Saadani [in photo] and in Kiteto District attended...
Trip Report: Bruce K. Downie, Director
As the Canadian representative to the Tanzanian Board of Directors, I have taken a fairly prominent role in the development of the Kesho Trust program in Tanzania. I attempt to visit regularly and this recent visit had a fairly extensive agenda of activities. I have...
A new Masters of Resource Management
CONGRATULATIONS to one of our volunteers Beatrice Simon who has recently completed her Masters degree at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway! Beatrice volunteered with the Kesho Trust first doing a community profile report for our...
PECC case study video release
The Kesho Trust is very pleased to announce the release of a video that documents the process involved in the assessment of the PECC project as a case study of good practice by IUCN. The video has been viewed by our participating committees in the villages of the...
Practical experience in Saadani
I was fortunate to volunteer with the Kesho Trust during some recent workshops in villages adjacent to Saadani National Park related to community based tourism initiatives. I was very interested to participate in these activities since my passion is to cooperate with...
Pros and cons of village life – a youth perspective
I recently participated in activities related to the PECC project of the Kesho Trust [May 23-30, 2016]. During my trip I took the opportunity to speak with some of the youth about their lives in Saadani village including topics such as their spare time activities, the...
Partnership with Linking Tourism & Conservation
A further outcome of the PECC review by IUCN has been to connect us with the organization Linking Tourism & Conservation [LTC]. LTC is a global network that promotes sustainable tourism for the benefit of conservation. Representatives are attending an upcoming...
Our latest volunteer – Lindsay Staples
In November Lindsay traveled to Loliondo to work with the Enguserosambu Forest Trust [EFT]. This was our first major engagement with the EFT and it proved highly successful thanks to both Lindsay and the key local contacts working with the EFT – Samwel Nangiria and...