volunteer Archives | Maasai Girls Rescue Center

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…...

Hugh and his wife visiting MGRC in Tanzania

God’s Invisible Hand at Work

March 14, 2024 ecoVillage, Community and Culture, ecoFarm, Maasai Girls

Written by: Mary Flieller Hugh IIlsley, former business executive and founder of Identity Sports is a generous and long-time supporter of Maasai Girls Rescue Center. Identity Sports is a Christian Outreach Ministry dedicated to impacting lives by sharing inspirational stories from professional athletes who have found their true identities in…...

Our Incredible Experience at MGRC

December 1, 2023 Guest Posts, Community and Culture, ecoVillage, Maasai Girls

Guest post by: Judy and Dave Clouse Recently, we had the incredible opportunity to visit Maasai Girls Rescue Center in Tanzania, an organization we have been supporting for over four years. We’re originally from Wisconsin but retired to Arizona where one of our passions is actively volunteering at our church.…...

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…...

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....

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...

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....

From Aspen to Africa: A time for exploration

May 20, 2021 Volunteering, Community and Culture, Guest Posts

Guest post by Hunter Love After a year and a half of pandemic restrictions, I’m taking a gap year to have the time to tour the top art schools that I have been interested in attending since I was in preschool, and see as much of the world as I can.  I graduate…...

Why volunteering is important to the girls of MGRC

April 3, 2021 Volunteering, Community and Culture, Journal Entries

Volunteering is a chance for you to give back to the world. When you volunteer for the rescued girls at the Maasai Girls Rescue Center, you open an entirely new world to them. You will have a huge impact on the girls’ attitudes and their future. When volunteering at the…...

Threads of Hope – Dresses for the Girls at MGRC

February 18, 2021 Volunteering, Community and Culture, Guest Posts

If you regularly check out the MGRC Facebook page and the MGRC website, you’ve undoubtly noticed pictures of the girls wearing colorful dresses. Recently, a photograph of Susan from MGRC was featured on a Facebook post wearing a beautiful dress with an embroidered pocket. The dress was made by Mary, one of the…...

How volunteering at MGRC impacted my daily life

October 15, 2019 Volunteering, Community and Culture, Guest Posts, Maasai Culture

MGRC’s founder, Rick Morro’s 16 year old granddaughter spent two unforgettable weeks volunteering at MGRC. These are her words on how the experience has changed her life. Now that I am home in Arizona and back to my usual routine of living a blessed life, I cannot stop thinking about…...