Terrawatu is registered as a charitable, non-governmental organization (NGO) with the Registrar of Societies in The United Republic of Tanzania (So. No. 11220).

The board, program leadership, and international advisory council of Terrawatu are a unique group of people representing both the cultural foundations that define indigenous and modern worlds and the bridge that connects these lands.

The board and Tanzanian membership are comprised of people who have maintained strong ties to their indigenous roots and are critical of some of the changes that have come to their communities as a result of various downsides of development. They all seek to share their indigenous knowledge with people in modern societies in exchange for learning how to develop in ways that are less destructive to their natural and social environments.

Staff and Board of Directors

Lekoko Ole Sululu - National Director
Dr. Tanya Pergola - International Relations Officer
Meagan Carmody – Program Officer
Angelah Marcely - Project Coordinator
Abraham Lengai - Board Member
Onesmo Ole Kishapuy - Board Member
Lilian Titos - Board Member
Lodi Larashi - Board Member

Staff

Tanya Pergola, PhD., is the founder of Terrawatu and is its International Relations Officer. She has worked in the environmental and complimentary health fields for over 17 years. Dr. Pergola has taught courses in Research Methods, Environmental Sociology and Social Change at the University of Washington in Seattle and has served as a Project Director for the US National Park Service. Under her guidance, Terrawatu has been receiving support from USAID, World Bank and numerous individuals and organizations around the world. She has presented the work of Terrawatu at the University of Washington, the University of Rabat, Morocco, the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg and Oxford University. Dr. Pergola divides her time between her homes in Africa and the United States translating Maasai healing methods into modern techniques through her work as a yoga instructor.

Lekoko Ole Sululu is the National Director of Terrawatu. Born and raised in a Maasai village in Northern Tanzania, he worked as a safari guide for more than fifteen years throughout Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and the Congo. He is fluent in Maa, Swahili and English and can converse in six other indigenous African languages. He has extensive knowledge of Maasai medicinal plants; has given lectures on Maasai culture to schoolchildren in Tanzania and the United States; and has guided visiting students and prominent international visitors to Maasai and Hadzabe villages. He is expert in negotiating the on-the-ground logistics of implementing projects in Tanzania.

International Advisory Council

The Advisory Council represents a network of colleagues who share the commitments and vision of Terrawatu. They contribute in very important ways to the development of the strategies that inform Terrawatu's work.

Eze Anamelechi
Gemma Burford
James Corey
Sara Curran, PhD
Jessica Erdtsieck, PhD
Kathy Fowells
Stephanie Gailing
Darryll Johnson
Anna Lappé
April Linton, PhD
Kakuta Ole Maimai
Alex Murgo
Stephen Ndegwa, PhD
Clark Pickett
Ann Vogel, PhD