Empowering Maasai Girls to achieve their full potential
Maasai Girls Rescue Center mission, to transform the lives of the most vulnerable, at-risk Maasai girls in Tanzania.
Maasai Girls Rescue Center mission, to transform the lives of the most vulnerable, at-risk Maasai girls in Tanzania.
CHANGING LIVES, ONE GIRL AT A TIME
Maasai Girls Rescue Center (MGRC) began with one man rescuing one girl. To date, MGRC has saved the lives of over 50 Maasai girls who were malnourished, diseased or injured.
HOW TO HELP
MGRC ecoVillage
It takes a village...
Maasai Girls Rescue Center’s ecoVillage is founded on the premise that the only lasting way to help people is to teach them how to help themselves.
Maasai girls who come to the Center are alone, struggling for survival, suffering physical and emotional trauma from endemic poverty and cultural mores.
Visitor & Volunteer Program
Visit Us in Karatu, Tanzania
MGRC visitors are an integral part of our organization, and help in a variety of ways to contribute to our mission. Experience a barbecue, listen to the girls sing, talk with them about their daily lives. The cultural connections that are formed could change your life and theirs.
Child Sponsorship Program
Sponsor a Girl
Each week, MGRC is forced to turn away girls who are in desperate need due to limited resources. There are no safety nets for Maasai girls, they find their way to MGRC because they have no other place to go.
The direct costs for taking care of one girl is about $2,160 a year. Sponsors are asked to cover the direct costs of the girl(s) until the age of 18.
OUR STORIES
My husband and I went on a 12 day safari in Tanzania at the end of October/beginning of November. While there we drove through Maasai lands and learned about the Maasai culture. This experience compelled me to come home and look for a way to help Maasai females. I found your website. The direct care and education you provide for the girls is exactly the type of help I want to support. Thank you so much for your work.
We first learned of MGRC from my friend, Joyce. We were really moved by the story of Rick’s efforts. We started by sponsoring a girl last year, and are now going to sponsor an additional girl this year. Rick, we are in awe of all you have done and all of the girls lives you are changing for the better!
Joyce and I are the proud sponsors of multiple girls. Rick is truly making a difference in these girls lives that would otherwise suffer or die. When considering all the costs of responsibly raising a girl with an education, Rick has done an outstanding job with very little resources. I have known Rick for years and trust that 100 percent of the money I donate will be put towards raising these girls.
These girls are so very blessed to have Maasai Girls Rescue Center as their home.
After hearing about this project first-hand at a recent presentation by Rick, I understand how important this is for MGRC and the future for Maasai girls.