Adapting to Climate Change with the Nature Conservancy The grasslands of Africa, especially those in the East Africa plains, including Tanzania, are a great resource. It is widely understood that they could be healthier, support more livestock and wildlife, and hold more carbon through strong, abundant grass. Mitigation of climate…

We welcome The Nature Conservancy! The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is an international organization active in Tanzania helping Rift Valley cattlemen make the necessary adaptations to the changing climate conditions. They have joined in our work at the ICSEE Manyara Feedlot. The Nature Conservancy is funding the expansion of facilities for…

We’re delighted to announce that the Cypress Hill Institute is now ready for its new phase as an active Community Center. As you know, from the time ICSEE established Cypress Hill in 2017, we mounted popular training workshops. Here are just a few sample topics: Innovation in secondary school physics…

The need for collaboration for a better life never lessens. In the United States we have taken the COVID-19 pandemic as the central concern in our lives. In Tanzania, life continues more normally. Why the difference? We aren’t predicting outcomes, but we observe Tanzania has a very youthful population. It…

In the United States we grapple with ideas of essential and non-essential activities in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. These distinctions vary worldwide based on local conditions. Most importantly, the present and the future have to be considered simultaneously, and that is a challenge. As we confront the current…

Bringing stoves to the Ngorongoro Highlands is a new action for the conservation authorities.  The Ngorongoro Crater is one of Tanzania’s most renowned  wildlife conservation area. The agencies involved in conservation and wildlife support have come to realize that it’s crucial to also provide life-improving resources for the people living…

Sometimes the people need more than a stove and a single light. Hyenas attacked Nangai’s goat corral and killed four goats in the village of Esilalei. Nangai had seen a grid providing light for all the houses and the corrals at his friend Lomnyak’s boma. He surmised that a greater…

Local mission-focused Tanzanian agencies are realizing that collaboration with ICSEE means effective action, productivity, and success. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) governs an area with more than 20,000 Maasai households. This group has the dual responsibility of improving lives of the Maasai while expanding the tourist utilization of this…