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Welcome To MaaChild.

ABOUT MAACHILD

Since 2005 during regular research fieldtrips to Southern Kenya, I worked closely with the Maasai people and their children. In the following years I witnessed the rapid development of Kenya and how the subsequent changes, have become a fact, resulting in new opportunities and challenges for this Maasai community. Education was seen by the Maasai elders with suspicion and questioned as being an imposition, so it was important to the children and the Maasai communities that any support given is sustainable and prepares young people to cope with and assist their community with the inevitable changes they are experiencing in their culture. So, the seed was planted and the MaaChild charity was born (Maa being the language of the Maasai).

Transition is inevitable and, as the years pass, a more favourable and progressive view has been adopted. Those who have received an education are providing an example of the optimistic role of education within the community.

It is undeniable that certain traditional practices are changing for the better, yet the community values, their symbiotic relationship with their environment, and their unique history must be celebrated, and their memory protected.

It is education which will give a voice to the Maasai in a modernizing world: a world which previously had little significance or relevance to the Maasai people, and it is vital that these children are not disadvantaged further through lack of access to secondary education.

On behalf of all the Maasai children receiving support I wish to extend a heartfelt thank you to all trustees and volunteers for your wonderful support and kindness over the years.

Asante Sana, Ashe Oleng

Therese Green

MaaChild Founder

The MaaChild roots are flourishing in the Kenyan soil, and this will now give strength to the Maasai children to grow, develop and endure the changes afoot over the coming years.

Contact

Email: info@maachild.com

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