Building Fences to Build Connections
Kasisa Village is a rural village in the East African country of Tanzania. This project is designed to improve the quality of life of its residents. Clara Ford, founder of Kijiji Innovative Sustainable Solutions (KISS), has directed her efforts toward building a community center with goals of reducing cyclical poverty and empowering the local people with technical skills. The locals of Kasisa Village are stakeholders in the planned center, which will function as a testing ground for social impact implementation in their community. This partnership for community development is a core value for Ford, the KISS Board of Directors, and the Hunt Institute.
Kasisa Village is a rural village in the East African country of Tanzania. This project is designed to improve the quality of life of its residents. Clara Ford, founder of Kijiji Innovative Sustainable Solutions (KISS), has directed her efforts toward building a community center with goals of reducing cyclical poverty and empowering the local people with technical skills. The locals of Kasisa Village are stakeholders in the planned center, which will function as a testing ground for social impact implementation in their community. This partnership for community development is a core value for Ford, the KISS Board of Directors, and the Hunt Institute.
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Building Fences to Build Connections
Figure 1: Kasisa Village stakeholders
Introduction
The Hunt Institute’s Global Development Lab partnered with Jessie Zarazaga,
PhD, Director of the Master of Arts in Sustainability and Development from Lyle School
of Engineering, to work with Clara Ford, Founder, President, and CEO of Kijiji Innovative
Sustainable Solutions (KISS) and MASD alumni on what we call the Kijiji Project.
Born in Kasisa Village, a rural village in the East African country of Tanzania, Ford
is especially motivated to improve the quality of life of its residents. Ford has directed her
efforts toward building a community center with goals of reducing cyclical poverty and
empowering the local people with technical skills. The locals of Kasisa Village are
stakeholders in the planned center, which will function as a testing ground for social
impact implementation in their community. This partnership for community development
is a core value for Ford, the KISS Board of Directors, and the Hunt Institute.
Zarazaga explains the importance of this project, saying, “The energy and focus
invested in the Kijiji project is valuable for the village of Kasisa, Tanzania, but it is equally
valuable for the skills of my students, as future sustainability professionals. It is not
Izzah Zaheer, Hunt Institute Undergraduate Research Analyst Page 4
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