Research Program Award Announced

June 29 – 30, 2009:  The Protected Areas and Poverty Reduction Research Alliance awarded an International Community University Research Alliance [ICURA] grant in Ottawa by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council [SSHRC] and the International Development Research Agency [IDRC].

Members of the Protected Areas and Poverty Reduction Research Alliance led by Vancouver Island University attended a workshop in Ottawa where the award winners were being announced. The workshop was also an opportunity to benefit from the reflection and discussion among members from the other winning projects. Staff from the sponsoring agencies, SSHRC and IDRC, also provided background to the thinking and experience that has gone into the development of the ICURA as a way of helping the new grantees to plan and begin to implement their work. The Kesho Trust is a member of the Protected Areas and Poverty Reduction Research Alliance and Bruce Downie, Director, who attended the workshop, will be leading our participation in Tanzania.

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Study Tour in Tanzania and Ghana

August 14 – 28, 2009:  Protected Areas and Poverty Reduction Research Alliance [PAPR] team tours study sites in Tanzania and Ghana

PAPR team members traveled to both Ghana and Tanzania to visit our study sites and to work through operational plans for the first year of the research program.  Kesho Trust Director Bruce Downie reached agreement with the other Tanzanian partners [Abiud Kasamwila, University of Dodoma, and Ladislaus Kahana, College of African Wildlife Management] on the roles and responsibilities of each of the team members in Tanzania. The primary role of the Kesho Trust will be to facilitate community liaison and knowledge mobilization in the communities of the study sites.

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New Partnership on CIDA Project

September 10, 2009: Partnership with the International Centre for Sustainable Cities awarded CIDA funding

The Kesho Trust is a local partner in Tanzania for the second phase of the CIDA funded Cities project led by the ICSC. This is a three year project that will work to build capacity in planning and sustainable economic development for key sectors of the local economy including working with marginalized groups in the three municipalities of Dar es Salaam.

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