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...
EMAYO Annual Report
The Kesho Trust is pleased to receive and publicize the annual report of our partner organization EMAYO for 2013. This has been an active year again for EMAYO and they continue to demonstrate commitment and generosity to their community. EMAYO's 2013 Annual Report...
West Lunga Trust Update
The Kesho Trust is very pleased to report on the revitalization of our partnership with the West Lunga Trust [WLT] in Zambia. Recent changes in the WLT have energized the organization. They have just produced a newsletter [WLT News March 2014] and you can sign up to...
Youth and Nature
The Kesho Trust has long been a promoter of youth engagement with nature, beginning back in 2007 especially through the efforts of Bob Peart [former Director and currently KT Advisor] who developed and promoted our Nature Child Reunion initiative. That work...
KT and Help Every Day partner on new project
Following the community-based work of the Protected Areas and Poverty Reduction (PAPR) Alliance, research committees in Mkwaja, Saadani, and Matipwili continue to respond to community priorities. Mkwaja, a traditional fishing village on the coast of the Indian Ocean...
Planning with PALISEP
The Kesho Trust and PALISEP representatives met in Arusha [Feb. 1, 2014] to discuss plans for collaboration both with respect to planned upcoming research activities and future initiatives. Lorraine Wapling [Advisor] and Bruce Downie [Director] represented the Kesho...
Catching up with ICAAD
Back in Tanzania again and catching up with our ICAAD groups in Hai, and Moshi. Bruce, Davis and I had a great couple of days meeting with the committees to talk about what they had experienced over the past year. I haven’t been with them for a while now so they were...
Community action reduces tension
Matatu Mngumi Shehe is 37 and has lived in Mkwaja all her life. She is married with five children, two boys and three girls. Her coastal village is located at the northern end of Saadani National Park and contains around 215 households. Most people earn at least part...
Saadani Trails 2
On our recent visit to Saadani, Peter, Bruce and I had the opportunity to sit and talk with representatives from the newly established PECC committees. We visited with each of the committees in the villages of Gongo, Saadani, Mkwaja, Buyuni, Matapwili and Mkange to...
Kihembe video
We are please to announce the posting of our new Kihembe promotional video which has just been added to our website. Many thanks go to James Banks who produced the video for us and to others in the Kesho Trust and our partners SANA for their contributions. The video...
Saadani Trails
The PECC project is just nearing the end of its first quarter and lots of important foundation level activities have been taking place. Progress is also happening around establishing the land in Mkange, for the Kihembe education centre. From 18th to 21st November...