The Kesho Trust has just reached a new partnership agreement with the Elephant Earth Initiative [EEI]. As a mechanism for supporting elephant conservation globally, the EEI complements our community based conservation efforts and will expand the network of...
The Kesho Trust has been invited to be an affiliate member of the Community Conservation Research Network led by St. Mary's University in Nova Scotia, Canada. This network links 11 different study sites around the world comparing mechanisms of governance and linkages...
The Institutional Canopy of Conservation in East Africa [ICC] This seven year research initiative led by McGill University [Montreal, Canada] and the Africa Conservation Centre [Nairobi, Kenya] has recently been awarded funding through the Social Sciences and...
Agnes Sirima, one of our Tanzania board members is currently doing her doctorate at Clemson University in South Carolina, USA. She will be conducting research over the next few months for her thesis in conjunction with our partner organization, PALISEP in...
In 2012/13 EMAYO supported their community of Elerai to construct a charcoal dam to collect the rainwater for domestic use as well as watering livestock. The cost of constructing the dam was estimated to be $ 56,250 and in 2013 the community managed to raise the...
The Kesho Trust is pleased to receive and publicize the annual report of our partner organization EMAYO for 2013. This has been an active year again for EMAYO and they continue to demonstrate commitment and generosity to their community. EMAYO's 2013 Annual Report...
The Kesho Trust is very pleased to report on the revitalization of our partnership with the West Lunga Trust [WLT] in Zambia. Recent changes in the WLT have energized the organization. They have just produced a newsletter [WLT News March 2014] and you can sign up to...
The Kesho Trust has long been a promoter of youth engagement with nature, beginning back in 2007 especially through the efforts of Bob Peart [former Director and currently KT Advisor] who developed and promoted our Nature Child Reunion initiative. That work...
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...
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...