IKG Project Tour 2022 Report
An illustrated report on the IKG project tour last year was prepared by Erik Val who participated in the tour and stayed on in Elerai to continue his work traditional knowledge mapping work with the support of the community researchers. The report provides excellent...
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 looking...
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...
Monica Kurumbe – Our Youth Champion Candidate
In cooperation with the Northern Council for Global Cooperation (NCGC), the Kesho Trust has been successful in our application to the Youth Champions component of the Spur Change program. Monica Kurumbe, from our partner organization EMAYO, was our proposed applicant...
Tanzania Field School 2020
Together with UVic, the Kesho Trust is preparing for the 2020 version of the Tanzania field school that was so successful last August. There will be some changes this year in the agenda, including some time spent exploring the landscape, successes and issues of the...
Tanzania Field School – International Development Week
Youth and Students in Global Development: Experiences Beyond the Classroom This event took place on February 4th, 2020, during International Development Week, at the University of Victoria, and was co-sponsored by the UVic Department of Global Development Studies...
Tanzania Field School 2019
The students of this year's field school have shared their photos for this photo story of the experience. Check it out! Field School 2019 Another program is planned for 2020. Information can be found on the UVic Geography website: Tanzania Field School...
What an experience!!!
The field school run by the Kesho Trust and the University of Victoria recently wrapped up in Arusha after almost a month of awe inspiring travel and study. Nineteen students led by Dr. Phil Dearden, Dr. Bruce Downie and Teaching Assistant, Emmanuel ole Kileli began...