Sustainability

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....

Rabbits, pigs, chickens and cows, oh my!

July 27, 2021 ecoFarm, Education and Sustainability, Journal Entries, Sustainability

Well, another week has gone by, and I cannot believe how fast this year is moving. We met with the Regional Executive Commissioner in Arusha to introduce MGRC to him....

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 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....

Elisante Sitting at Desk donated by MGRC

School desk donation generates smiles, speeches and a goat!

June 2, 2021 MGRC Outreach, Community and Culture, Education, Sustainability

Maasai Girls Rescue Center recently donated 30 wooden desks to the local primary school our girls will attend when we move to our permanent site at the ecoVillage....

MGRC visitor, happy cows, ecoFarm updates

May 11, 2021 Journal Entries, Community and Culture, ecoFarm, Sustainability, Volunteering

It was a very good week for us at MGRC. One of our girl’s sponsors visited us during the week. It is always great to have the girls meet and spend time with the people who make it possible for them to live here. The sponsored girl is not the…...

MGRC ecoVillage teaches girls to “fish”

March 6, 2021 ecoVillage, Education and Sustainability, Sustainability

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. –Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher, 4th century, BC What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” ― Trevor Noah, Born a…...

2020 Year in Review

February 5, 2021 Journal Entries, Education, Growth and Reflection, Sustainability

2020 was a watershed year for MGRC After going through tremendous growth in 2019, we shifted our focus last year to sustainability. We did a lot of work behind-the-scenes putting processes in place to make us more efficient to ensure our high quality of care for the girls for many…...

How MGRC helps to curb starvation

November 13, 2019 Sustainability, Community and Culture, Education and Sustainability, Maasai Culture

Many of the new girls that we take in at MGRC are suffering from starvation. Our waiting list is so long that I can only take in the most at-risk girls, so each case is extreme. This creates a unique challenge, because in order to accomplish our main goals of…...

Returning from my Trip to the States

September 19, 2019 Journal Entries, Growth and Reflection, Guest Posts, Sustainability, Volunteering

I have been back in Longido, Tanzania for a couple weeks now. During my trip to the States, we received commitment to sponsor 8 more girls. We also raised some funds to cover our short-term care of the unsponsored girls. We still have 13 more sponsorships to cover, and have…...

Sustainability

Why support MGRC’s ecovillage?

Rabbits, pigs, chickens and cows, oh my!

MGRC Girls, Sustainable Food Projects, Outreach

Volunteers at MGRC, Chickens, ecoFarm Updates

School desk donation generates smiles, speeches and a goat!

MGRC visitor, happy cows, ecoFarm updates

MGRC ecoVillage teaches girls to “fish”

2020 Year in Review

How MGRC helps to curb starvation

Returning from my Trip to the States

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Returning from my Trip to the States