Kasiisi Project Updates
Kasiisi Project and Broodminders – Every Hive Counts
The Kasiisi Project is the first and currently only program in Africa (that bee in the middle of the map is us!) to join Broodminders – the Citizen Science Project that seeks to monitor hive conditions all over the world. … Continue reading
Harvard Alumni Group Build Beehives at Kasiisi
Kasiisi Project board members Elizabeth Ross and Zarin Machanda led a Harvard Alumni trip to Uganda in June. The group spent a morning with the Kasiisi Project visiting the farm and Kasiisi Primary School and having lunch with teachers and … Continue reading
First Sustainable Water from Boreholes
Thanks to generous contributions from the Waterloo Foundation (UK) , Dry Creek Charity , and First Parish Church, Weston, Kiko Primary Schools’ children have a long future of plentiful, all year round, clean water from their own borehole. Currently schools … Continue reading
Kasiisi Project Awarded Disney Conservation Grant
We are delighted to announce that we have received another grant from the Disney Conservation Fund to extend and improve our school conservation education projects. This year our Wildlife Clubs members are “Climate Change Champions” focusing on all aspects of … Continue reading
Kasiisi Project Celebrates Earth Day, World Malaria Day and New Partnerships
Earth Day 350 students from all 14 Kasiisi Project/Kibale Forest Schools Program schools gathered together at Nyabweya Primary School to celebrate Earth Day. The students showcased their Wildlife Club Activities to each other, about 150 parents and representatives of local … Continue reading
Do you talk about the impact of climate change?
With the Trump administration apparently dismantling renewable energy programs you may be interested in the NY Times article on which of us are concerned about climate change – and it does not fall out along party lines. Not hard to … Continue reading
Kasiisi Scholar in new program using dogs to search for ivory at Entebbe Airport
Kasiisi Scholar Imelda Imetur, is working at Entebbe Airport as one of two dog handlers (both women) searching for illegal ivory in bags leaving Uganda. Click here to see the movie! Imelda, who foll0wed high school with a spell in … Continue reading
Holiday Greetings and Thank You
HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND BEST WISHES FOR A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR The Kasiisi Project and the Kibale Forest Schools’ Program thank everyone who supported us in 2016. Special thanks go to our major funders: The Disney Conservation Fund, Columbus Zoo, Cleveland … Continue reading
Kasiisi Sponsored Termite Mound at Ngamba Island Sanctuary
Thanks to generous funding from Columbus Zoo a new, Kasiisi Project/Kibale Forest Schools Program sponsored “Termite Mound”, has been built at Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Lake Victoria. The tubes in the mound are filled with honey and … Continue reading
Kasiisi Primary School at the Uganda National Spelling Bee
Kasiiisi Primary School competing against 19 other schools nationwide, reached the final 8 in the Uganda National Spelling Bee competition. The students traveled to Kampala with their parents and with Kasiisi Project/Kibale Forest Schools Program personnel. Thanks to Barbara Stevens, … Continue reading
