Feb 12, 2014
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...
Feb 5, 2014
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...
Feb 5, 2014
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...
Dec 5, 2013
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...
Dec 3, 2013
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...
