Volunteering

Seeing Hope in Action: My Life-Changing Visit to Maasai Girls Rescue Center

January 4, 2026 Community and Culture, Volunteering

Author: Mary Katherine DeVane, MGRC volunteer I arrived at Maasai Girls Rescue Center with my head full of stories and photos from afar, but nothing could have prepared me for what it felt like to walk the grounds and meet the girls in person. For years I’d followed MGRC’s mission…...

Young volunteer touring the ecoFarm with two Maasai girls

A Day in the Life of a Volunteer

September 6, 2025 Community and Culture, Volunteering

Ever wondered what it’s really like to volunteer with MGRC? Follow Sarah, a recent volunteer, through a day in the life of a volunteer at our center in Tanzania and discover the joys, challenges, and profound rewards of hands-on service. Life of a volunteer 6:00 AM — Morning Preparations Sarah wakes…...

Maasai ecoVillage visitors meeting local Maasai tribal leaders

7 Ways Our Volunteers Drive Success

May 14, 2025 Community and Culture, Volunteering

Our volunteers drive success and are the heartbeat of MGRC. They bring skills, love, and global perspectives that transform not just our girls’ educational experience, but their entire outlook on life. Since our founding, volunteers have been essential to our mission of rescuing and empowering vulnerable Maasai girls. Here’s how…...

Maasai girls ready for MGRC's Christmas Celebration

The Heart of Rescue

July 21, 2024 Guest Posts, Community and Culture, Maasai Girls, Volunteering

Guest post written by Christy Bowersox Today a photo stopped me in my tracks. In my work with MGRC, I look at hundreds of photos. Most depict happy children enjoying their lives at the center. But there was something about this photo that stood out to me. This photo was…...

group shot of the mgrc girls and volunteers

From Poverty and Despair to Hope and Independance

December 23, 2022 Community and Culture, Guest Posts, Volunteering

One of our volunteers and long-time supporters, Cammy West, has just returned from the her 10th trip to Africa, and her 3rd visit to the Center in Tanzania. When Cammy isn't working at her day job as a sales representative in the golf industry, she is focused on volunteering and…...

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!...

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....

Social sustainability starts with well-being

February 18, 2022 Sustainability, Education and Sustainability, Guest Posts, Maasai Culture, Volunteering

I met Mary and her older sister Momoi in an impoverished area near the Kenyan border, where their grandmother was raising them because their parents were too poor to care for them....

Volunteering

Seeing Hope in Action: My Life-Changing Visit to Maasai Girls Rescue Center

A Day in the Life of a Volunteer

7 Ways Our Volunteers Drive Success

The Heart of Rescue

From Poverty and Despair to Hope and Independance

Have Tractor Will Travel

Hunting for Christmas

Baby or bike?

Inaugural Maasai Girls Rescue Center Raleigh Hub

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