Community and Culture Stories

Have Tractor Will Travel

December 6, 2022 Guest Posts, Community and Culture, ecoVillage, Volunteering

One of my earliest memories of Christmas was the year my big sister and I received a pedal tractor. In my mind, receiving a pedal tractor was THE best gift ever! It was a shiny red and it looked just like my Dad’s Farmall....

Hunting for Christmas

December 5, 2022 Guest Posts, Community and Culture, Volunteering

When I think about Christmas I have so many wonderful family memories. We always hosted a Christmas party for our extended family. And the highlight of that party was when Santa would visit....

young girl sitting on a couch holding her baby sister on her lap

Baby or bike?

November 22, 2022 Guest Posts, Community and Culture, Volunteering

One of my favorite Christmas memories is the year our second daughter was born…exactly one week before Christmas. Our oldest daughter loved “her” early Christmas gift of a baby sister!...

Catching up with the MGRC girls

September 9, 2022 Community and Culture, ecoVillage, Guest Posts, Maasai Culture

Time is moving quickly in Tanzania, and somehow two months have passed since my last journal entry! But so many great things are happening here that I'm excited to tell you about....

An entrepreneurial approach transforming African aid

July 2, 2022 ecoVillage, Community and Culture, ecoFarm, Maasai Culture, Sustainability

Generous people around the world (with the U.S. being the largest donor) provide billions in aid to countries and causes in Sub-Saharan Africa. Much of that aid fails to effectively address long-term problems, and in many cases creates negative unintended consequences....

Baby Nosim

June 29, 2022 Journal Entries, Community and Culture, Maasai Culture

Recently, I received a call from a local social worker about a mother who had died in childbirth. He asked if we could help because the father was unable to care for the baby....

Momoi (center holding microphone) was able to use her language skills to translate her friends' testimonies at the Community Celebration. She speaks Maa, Swahili and English.

New career center expands options for MGRC girls’ future

June 15, 2022 ecoVillage, Community and Culture, Education, Education and Sustainability, Maasai Culture, Sustainability

If you ever wondered how much a life can be transformed with loving intervention by caring strangers, consider the remarkable journey of Momoi....

Inaugural Maasai Girls Rescue Center Raleigh Hub

May 3, 2022 Community and Culture, ecoVillage, Volunteering

Nearly 40 people came together April 26th for the inaugural Maasai Girls Rescue Center Raleigh Hub....

Stitching our way toward economic sustainability

February 6, 2022 Sustainability, Community and Culture, ecoVillage, Education, Maasai Culture, Volunteering

Sayuni came to Maasai Girls Rescue Center three years ago when she was 10. Her mother brought her, saying she could no longer support her child. Then the mother left and hasn’t been back. ...

First Annual Community Thanks Celebration

December 29, 2021 MGRC Outreach, Community and Culture, ecoVillage, Journal Entries

On December 18, Maasai Girls Rescue Center hosted our first annual Community Thanks celebration. Over 200 people gathered on the land that will become our ecoVillage....

Community and Culture

Have Tractor Will Travel

Hunting for Christmas

Baby or bike?

Catching up with the MGRC girls

An entrepreneurial approach transforming African aid

Baby Nosim

New career center expands options for MGRC girls’ future

Inaugural Maasai Girls Rescue Center Raleigh Hub

Stitching our way toward economic sustainability

First Annual Community Thanks Celebration

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First Annual Community Thanks Celebration