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MGRC girls sitting outside their new home with their house mothers

ecoVillage update: Maasai girls settle into their new homes

October 14, 2023 Journal Entries, ecoVillage, Growth and Reflection, Maasai Girls

The girls have now moved into their new homes! The journey hasn’t been easy, but the joy of the girls makes it all worth it. Back in July 2022, we were informed that we had to leave the hotel we were occupying by January 2023, which was a much shorter…...

six girls sitting in front of their birthday cakes

The importance of birthdays at MGRC

July 15, 2023 Maasai Girls, ecoVillage, Growth and Reflection, Journal Entries

Most of the girls who come to Maasai Girls Rescue Center have no knowledge of their birth dates. They don’t have birth certificates and have never had the chance to celebrate their birthdays. A lot of them were born in their bomas, enduring the tough conditions in which they entered…...

Saying goodbye to water shortages with new clean water system

July 1, 2023 Sustainability, ecoFarm, ecoVillage, Education and Sustainability

Having access to water is something we all take for granted. You turn on the tap and you expect water to come out: cold water, hot water, clean water....

Press Release: Rescuing, Empowering, and Building a Sustainable Future for Abused and Abandoned Girls

June 10, 2023 Sustainability, ecoVillage, Education and Sustainability

The Maasai Girls Rescue Center is proud to share its remarkable achievements in rescuing and developing over 60 abused and abandoned girls from the Maasai community....

Happy Spring!

April 8, 2023 Journal Entries, ecoVillage, Growth and Reflection

It is a season of change, and here at MGRC we are seeing great change, as well. Though we are not yet where we want to be, we are better than where we were. Life here is rarely linear, but often a series of two steps forward and one step…...

2022 in review

March 16, 2023 ecoVillage, ecoFarm, Growth and Reflection, Sustainability

The girls’ health and well-being is the best measure of our success at Maasai Girls Rescue Center. And by this standard, we had an awesome in year! The girls continue to thrive and surprise us in wonderful ways. That said, we faced several unanticipated challenges and disappointments in 2022; but with…...

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year

January 2, 2023 Journal Entries, ecoVillage, Growth and Reflection

The girls had a great Christmas and are enjoying their winter break! We hosted a Christmas celebration that was attended by the local government officials, neighbors, our staff and, of course, our girls....

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....

Life in Tanzania is never dull

November 18, 2022 ecoFarm, ecoVillage, Growth and Reflection, Journal Entries, Sustainability

Life in Tanzania is never dull, but some times are harder than others. Currently Northern Tanzania is in a serious drought. Our electricity comes from a hydro dam and the water level has been very low this year....

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....

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ecoVillage update: Maasai girls settle into their new homes

The importance of birthdays at MGRC

Saying goodbye to water shortages with new clean water system

Press Release: Rescuing, Empowering, and Building a Sustainable Future for Abused and Abandoned Girls

Happy Spring!

2022 in review

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year

Have Tractor Will Travel

Life in Tanzania is never dull

Catching up with the MGRC girls

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