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COVERBackground image: View of Lake Victoria from NzenzeIsland; Top left: Taxi boat near Rusinga Island, LakeVictoria, Top right: Painted concentric circles at a rockart site, Mfangano; Bottom left: The recently constructedAbasuba Community Peace Museum on Mfangano. Inthe distance is Rusinga Island; Bottom right: MfanganoIsland Camp;This page: Museum thatching in progress.List of AcronymsACPM - Abasuba Community Peace MuseumEU - European UnionNMK - National Museums of KenyaTARA - <strong>Trust</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>African</strong> <strong>Rock</strong> <strong>Art</strong>TTF - Tourism <strong>Trust</strong> FundContentsAcknowledgements ..................................................................... 2About TARA ................................................................................. 3Introduction by Terry Little ........................................................... 5Foreword by Alain Godonou ........................................................ 6The Place .................................................................................... 7The People ................................................................................ 12The Case: TARA and Abasuba Community Peace Museum ..... 13Promotion of <strong>Rock</strong> <strong>Art</strong> Tourism in Kenya ................................... 18Project objectives and scope ..................................................... 19The TARA Engaging Model ....................................................... 20Conservation of the Heritage ..................................................... 22Marketing and Promotion of the Heritage .................................. 22International Workshop – ‘Innovative Museum Marketing’ .. 27Infrastructures (Museum, Piers, Signage, Boats) ........................... 28Site Visit Stories ........................................................................ 34The Signage Adventure - G. K. Borona............................. 34Visit to the ‘New Site’ that Never Was: G. K. Borona .......... 37Construction of the Abasuba Community Peace Museum ...40Construction Site Meetings: G. Nyasuna-Wanga ............... 42Baptism by Fire: G. Nyasuna-Wanga ............................... 43Official Opening: Abasuba Community Peace Museum ............ 45Improved Livelihoods – Community Perspectives ..................... 48Moving Ahead ............................................................................ 51Challenges ................................................................................. 52Four Other TARA Community Projects ...................................... 53Managing Community Projects .................................................. 56Critical Ingredients/Key Factors ................................................. 57Real Community Involvement .................................................... 57Capacity Building ....................................................................... 59Impact Assessments .................................................................. 61Monitoring and Evaluation ......................................................... 63Tourism in Suba ......................................................................... 651
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