Programs
and Projects
Community
members' involvement and participation is central in the design
and implementation of our programs and projects.
Goals
for 2008 and beyond
PROGRAMS
Dormitory
Building Project for Girls
To
make education more attainable for Maasai girls we have a wish
to build a dormitory facility at the Maasai High School. The
new dormitory facility will make it possible for us to accommodate
60 new students from the greater Maasai region. The new students
would otherwise not have the chance to attend high school. We
hope to have the project completed by January 2009 when the
students report to the school. Click
to give Maasai girls a chance for a high
school education.
Goats
and Cows Program for Food Security and School Fees
The
Maasai people depend on goats and cows for a living. To a Maasai,
having a goat is like having money or a bank account for an
American. The goats and cows provide families with milk, cheese,
and school fees for their children. Without cows or goats a
Maasai child will not have the opportunity to attend school.
As a result, the Maasai Association has started Goats and Cows
program to help fight hunger and send Maasai children to school.
Click here
to find out more about this worthwhile program or Click
to donate a cow or goat.
Maasai
Children Education Fund (MCEF)
Interested
sponsors can now fund education for a child, boy, girl ,or either,
in the Merrueshi Primary School. For $120 you can put a child
through school for one year. Your contribution of any amount
is welcomed, as everything counts. Your support will make education
more attainable to a Maasai child, who otherwise would have
not attended school.
Click
to send a Maasai child to school today.
PROJECTS
Maasai
Secondary School Project
We
are delighted to announce that Merrueshi Maasai High School
classrooms have been completed! Although the funding has allowed
us to build FOUR classrooms, administration building, and teachers
houses we continue to need further assistance for the following
facilities: science lab, small library, school supplies, and
a dormitory for girls.
Click
to make a donation for this project.
Natural
Waterholes & Dams Restoration Project
The
Maasai Association is the driving force behind the Natural Dams
& Waterholes Restoration Project in areas of southeastern
Kenya. This project is aimed at renovating and restoring natural
dams and waterholes that were originally made by elephants.
The waterholes and dams have been there and been used by wildlife
and people for decades. The water catchments have play a vital
role in the savanna, and are in desperate need of restoration.
Click
to find out more about this project
or to support the project.
Oloikarere
Well Project
As
in the case throughout the Maasailand, clean and adequate water
supply is a critical need in Oloikarere community. The villagers
have no means of drilling a well in their community. Currently,
the people, livestock, and wildlife have to travel 8 miles to
the Merrueshi community for drinking water. In the rainy
season residents of Oloikarere community depend on groundwater,
which is not safe for drinking or washing with. The absence
of a clean and adequate water supply imposes an enormous threat
to the health of the entire Oloikarere community. Click
to find out more about this project or Click
to support
this project.
