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Can you give a special Christmas gift this year that will help community members build water tanks in Kibirashi, Tanzania?

Your donation this year would continue to make a huge difference to the Maasai of Kibirashi. You can donate directly and securely on this website on our donations page. If you wish to donate as gift in the name of someone else, please also send us the name and address [click here to send the information]. We will send a special Kesho Trust certificate acknowledging your gift.

Construction of water tanks has begun now thanks to the contributions of many of you and support that has been awarded to our partner organization, Ereto Maasai Youth [EMAYO] by the United Nations Development Program.

What you supported in 2008

Please accept our heartfelt thanks for the generous support we received over the past year.  Your contributions have made possible the following activities in 2008 as the Kesho Trust has been making good progress in Tanzania.

• a community meeting in Kibirashi to discuss and plan the water project
• planning of a research program in partnership with Canadian, Tanzanian and Ghanaian institutions
• training workshop for EMAYO members on project management and implementation
• study tour to Kenya for EMAYO members, community leaders and the District Water Engineer who are all working together in the implementation of the project. A similar project in Kenya was identified and is linked with our project in Kibirashi through contacts between the Kesho Trust and Rotary International.
• building of new partnership with Sana Trust – a community development oriented organization like ours seeking to strengthen community capacity and services in the area of Saadani National Park north of Dar es Salaam. You will hear more about this over the next year.

Monica Karumbe, pictured above, is a member of the Ereto Maasai Youth and is a Community Outreach staff member for the water project in Kibirashi.  This picture was taken at the project planning workshop in June, 2008
 

Support for work in Zambia

Your donations have also supported us sending a volunteer [Brent Liddle] to work with our partner, the West Lunga Trust in Zambia. We are working to support ecotourism development and training for the local people there as an expansion to the economic base of their communities.  Brent retuned from Zambia a couple of weeks ago and is keen to follow up on future stages of the work.  We introduced Brent to you in our last newsletter [click here] and we will continue to update you on our efforts in this initiative in newsletters to follow.  Brent's photo above is of Headman David Sakafumba Luapula and his family.

Thank you!!

We will continue to keep you up to date on our activities as the year unfolds.

Thanks for your ongoing support and very best wishes for 2009.
 

Bruce Downie

Director, Africa Programs