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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...