Environmental Education in Saadani
Yukon, Canada to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania is a long, long way .... but the opportunity to work with the Kesho Trust on an environmental education centre near Saadani National Park made it all worthwhile – what an experience! I was traveling with Bruce Downie, Kesho...
Reflections on Children and Nature
Bob Peart, a Kesho Trust Director and senior associate of the Children and Nature Network in the USA, offered some reflections on the children and nature movement in the context of his recent attendance at the World Conservation Congress in Korea. His article is...
Another Yukon volunteer heads to Tanzania
Brent Liddle of Haines Junction leaves on October 10th on a 2 month assignment to Tanzania. He is taking his expertise in environment and parks interpretation to apply it to two of the Kesho Trust's projects - an environmental education centre adjacent to Saadani...
Food for Thought
KIAC hosted the first Dawson Master Chef Cook-Off on Friday September 14, 2012. Five pairs of Dawson 'Chefs' competed for the coveted prize of 2 Golden Chef's Hats. Their purpose was to raise money for school lunches for the Maasai children of Elerai Tanzania. Kath...
Thank you Yukon!
Trucks do not often travel up the sandy track to the Maasai village of Elerai in Tanzania. The road is narrow and rutted. Traffic generally takes the form of donkeys, bicycles and motorbikes all over-laden with goods and passengers. So when a large transport truck...
Fundraiser in Dawson City Yukon
Special Announcement!!! There is an upcoming fundraiser happening in Dawson City Yukon on September 14th. If you are in the region it promises to be a very special event and worth taking in. IT will support the school food program and water project implemented by...
EMAYO’s school food program
Another term and this time no food! Last term the 300 Maasai children attending the Elerai elementary school had a nutritious meal every school day thanks to EMAYO. Attendance was up 10% and the students performed better in class. However, funding for the program is...
Progress in Local Engagement
Working in local Tanzanian communities is challenging for a research focused initiative such as the PAPR. Rural communities in our Saadani study area struggle with the conservation agenda of the adjacent national park which impacts their livelihoods as well as with...
Environmental Education Centre update
Bruce Downie [Kesho Trust] and Ally Abdallah [SANA] attended a village meeting in Mkange, Tanzania to explain our concept and answer questions about the application to the village for the granting of land on which to develop the environmental education centre that is...
Volunteering in the Saadani National Park, Tanzania
I decided to volunteer for the Kesho Trust for several reasons. First and foremost, I had recently finished a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Development and was slowly realizing just how useful a BA really is (not very useful at all, as it turns out). Then...
PAPR – international workshop and field visits – Ghana
Davis Lumala [Kesho Trust (Tz)] and Ally Abdallah [SANA] attended as part of the Tanzania team. Participants from Canada and Tanzania joined the host Ghanaians in Accra to present and discuss work that has been going on each of their country programs. It was also an...
Help Every Day
The Kesho Trust has formed a new partnership with Help Every Day — a web-based organization that funds small international development projects through local partners.. The Kesho Trust solicited our partners in Tanzania for project ideas and the first one chosen for...