Maasai Culture

Support & Experience Maasai Heritage at the Maasai Culture Center

March 20, 2025 Community and Culture, ecoVillage, Maasai Culture

At MGRC, we have always looked for ways to create sustainable change—not just for the girls we support, but for the broader Maasai community. With that vision in mind, we launched the Maasai Culture Center (MCC), located within our ecoLodge in Karatu, Tanzania. The center officially opened its doors in…...

portrait of Coco, MGRC cultural center guide

Preserving tradition: Welcoming our new Maasai Cultural Guide

November 15, 2024 Community and Culture, ecoVillage, Maasai Culture

We’re excited to announce a special addition to our community: a talented Maasai bead maker and cultural language teacher! Affectionately known as “Coco,” or grandmother, will play an important role in our newly established Maasai Cultural Center, a significant addition to our ecoLodge. This exciting project is designed to provide…...

Upendo’s Journey: From Hiding to Hope

November 13, 2024 Maasai Culture, Education, Education and Sustainability

How one girl overcame fear, disability, and deep-rooted stigma to claim her right to learn. When we first met Upendo, she had never been more than 10 feet from her family’s boma. Born with albinism in rural Tanzania, she had spent her entire childhood in hiding. In this region, deep-rooted…...

Growing and Learning: Recent Activities at MGRC

September 19, 2024 Maasai Culture, Education, Growth and Reflection, Journal Entries

Soccer Success and Community Engagement MGRC recently hosted two exciting soccer matches, where our girls competed against local children’s centers. The girls had a blast participating in the games, thanks to the coaching of our dedicated employees, Ernest and Diana. Beyond soccer, they also enjoy other sports like netball and…...

Suzana and Esupat practicing for a cultural event.

Bridging Maasai tradition and tomorrow

August 3, 2024 Maasai Girls, Community and Culture, ecoVillage, Maasai Culture

The mission of MGRC is to rescue and transform the lives of at-risk Maasai girls. There are real problems for girls in Maasai communities such as forced marriage, FGM and extreme poverty. But there are beautiful and important aspects of our girls’ heritage that we don’t want them to lose…...

Neema’s story – A holiday reflection

December 20, 2023 Maasai Girls, Community and Culture, Maasai Culture

As Christmas approaches, we find ourselves reflecting on stories that remind us of the power of love, compassion, and the incredible impact a single act of kindness can have on someone’s life. One such story is that of Neema, an 18-year-old girl who came to MGRC in 2021. Neema’s history…...

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....