Break the cycle of poverty and oppression. The Maasai tribe face starvation and desperation on a daily basis, this extreme poverty has led to an oppressive cultural norm for females - of all ages - in the tribe. These young girls are married off to much older men, who have multiple wives, in exchange for a one time payment. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) make the girls more "valuable” while education does not. These child brides are forced to birth as many children as possible, regardless of their ability to care for them.

Maasai Girls Rescue Center provides a safe and nurturing environment for the most at-risk Maasai girls who are orphaned and/or living in abusive conditions in the Longido District of Tanzania. MGRC adopts the girls and provides housing, food, education, and full access to medical care. They receive housing and critical life skills that can radically alter the course of their lives and the future culture of their tribe.

Maasai Girls Rescue Center is a grassroots organization dedicated to helping the disadvantaged Maasai girls of northern Tanzania. Rick Morro, Founder, has been living alongside the Maasai people since 2013. His goal is to help in a meanful and sustaining way that positively impacts the region. He strongly believes that education will create an empowering effect to potentially change deeply engrained oppressive cultural views.

Empower a girl, transform a community! Please consider sponsoring a girl, donating to our projects, or volunteering in person. 100% of your donation provides each girl at MGRC a safe haven (housing, food, clothes, medical care, school supplies, education), mentoring, family counseling, business and technology training. Maasai Girls Rescue Center is a registered Non-Government Organization (NGO) in Tanzania and a 501(c)(3) nonprofit registered in the U.S.