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A Grassroots Alternative to Failed African Aid

December 11, 2021 ecoVillage, Community and Culture, ecoFarm, Maasai Culture, Sustainability

Generous people around the world (with the US being the largest donor) provide billions in aid to countries and causes in Sub-Saharan Africa....

Giving and receiving: the importance of community

November 12, 2021 MGRC Outreach, Community and Culture, Education, Sustainability

A crucial part of our work at MGRC is connecting with our local community. Since our move to Karatu earlier this year, we have been building relationships with community members and government officials....

Moving beyond survival: Namelock’s story

November 10, 2021 Community and Culture, Education, Maasai Culture

In 2014, before MGRC was founded, the village chief of where I was living asked me to help a girl with skeletal fluorosis, a condition that caused deformation of her legs....

Kindness, Life, Hope

November 1, 2021 Journal Entries, Community and Culture, ecoFarm, ecoVillage, Maasai Culture

It’s been a few weeks since I returned from the states and wrote a journal entry. Karatu continues to be good to MGRC....

Why support MGRC’s ecovillage?

September 1, 2021 ecoVillage, Community and Culture, Maasai Culture, Sustainability

The 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....

Africa captured my heart

July 7, 2021 Guest Posts, Community and Culture, Maasai Culture, Volunteering

In the fall of 2019 Africa captured my heart. My Dad and I were fortunate enough to travel to Rwanda, Tanzania and Kenya, a trip we had been dreaming of for more than a decade....

MGRC Girls, Sustainable Food Projects, Outreach

July 1, 2021 Journal Entries, Community and Culture, ecoFarm, Education, Education and Sustainability, Sustainability, Volunteering

Our MGRC volunteers from the States are on Safari in the Serengeti National Park and have been sending me messages about their experience....

Volunteers Help MGRC Girls

June 25, 2021 Community and Culture, Education, Guest Posts, Volunteering

Volunteers help MGRC girls learn new talents, build their self-confidence, and set goals for their future...

Volunteers at MGRC, Chickens, ecoFarm Updates

June 23, 2021 ecoFarm, Community and Culture, ecoVillage, Journal Entries, Sustainability, Volunteering

It has been a very busy time here at MGRC. The girls are on school break, and we have four recent high school graduates from the States visiting....

Scottsdale man, 71, hikes Grand Canyon in one day to benefit girls in Africa

June 21, 2021 Community and Culture, ecoVillage, Volunteering

Hugh Illsley goes the extra mile for others – hiking the 24-mile Grand Canyon rim-to-rim in one day to raise upwards of $25,000 for Maasai Girls Rescue Center, a nonprofit that cares for vulnerable girls in Tanzania, Africa....

Community and Culture

A Grassroots Alternative to Failed African Aid

Giving and receiving: the importance of community

Moving beyond survival: Namelock’s story

Kindness, Life, Hope

Why support MGRC’s ecovillage?

Africa captured my heart

MGRC Girls, Sustainable Food Projects, Outreach

Volunteers Help MGRC Girls

Volunteers at MGRC, Chickens, ecoFarm Updates

Scottsdale man, 71, hikes Grand Canyon in one day to benefit girls in Africa

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Scottsdale man, 71, hikes Grand Canyon in one day to benefit girls in Africa