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...