Promoting Environmental Conservation and Cooperation [PECC] is our new 2 year project in the Saadani area made possible through the support of the Tanzania Foundation for Civil Society. The goal is to work with 6 communities adjacent to the park to promote greater...
News & Announcements
Children in Nature – Expert Perspectives
The Winter edition of Leaf Litter focuses on the issue of reconnecting children with nature. Giving Children the Gift of Nature is an interesting series of interviews with Bob Peart, Richard Louv and Stephen Kellert --- each important contributors to the nature...
New Tanzania Board Member – Agnes Sirima
At the November meeting of the Board of Directors of Kesho Trust (Tz) the directors agreed to invite Agnes Sirima to the become a member of the board. Agnes has since accepted the offer and we are delighted to welcome her to work with the Kesho Trust. Agnes is...
Good Hope Update – 2012
Rosemary O'Shaughnessy has sent her annual update for 2012 after her recent visit to Good Hope earlier this month. Catch up on all the progress and great work being done by reading Rosemary's update - click here.
Dar Office Move
With the changes in our office space needs resulting from the completion of SCINAP, the Kesho Trust has moved to independent office space - smaller and cost efficient. We are now on Morogoro Road but it is always best to contact Hamidah...
A Big Thank You
Our project partnership With Sustainable Cities International [SCI] is wrapping up. For the past three years we have worked together on a CIDA funded project promoting responsible urban planning with a focus on urban agriculture, waste management and local...
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...
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...