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Sustainability

construction of the sercurity wall

2022 is shaping up to be a big year!

March 29, 2022 ecoVillage, Journal Entries, Sustainability

Elisante and I have been keeping busy with the wall construction, adding new staff members and planning for future projects here at MGRC....

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Environmental sustainability roots MGRC

March 7, 2022 ecoFarm, ecoVillage, Sustainability

Living in one of the world’s most scenic places, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the natural beauty....

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social sustainability

Social sustainability starts with well-being

February 18, 2022 Guest Posts, Maasai Culture, Sustainability, 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....

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sayuni at the fabric shop

Stitching our way toward economic sustainability  

February 6, 2022 ecoVillage, Education, Maasai Culture, Sustainability, Volunteering

Sayuni came to Maasai Girls Rescue Center three years ago when she was 10. Her mother brought her, saying she could no longer support her child. Then the mother left and hasn’t been back. ...

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2021: A year of miraculous transformation for MGRC

January 18, 2022 ecoFarm, ecoVillage, Education, Sustainability

A year ago this month, we began a seven-hour journey from our old home in Longido to our new home near Karatu....

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A Grassroots Alternative to Failed African Aid

December 11, 2021 ecoFarm, ecoVillage, Maasai Culture, Sustainability

Generous people around the world (with the US being the largest donor) provide billions in aid to countries and causes in Sub-Saharan Africa....

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Giving and receiving: the importance of community

November 12, 2021 Education, MGRC Outreach, Sustainability, Volunteering

A crucial part of our work at MGRC is connecting with our local community. Since our move to Karatu earlier this year, we have been building relationships with community members and government officials....

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ecofarming

Meanwhile… back on the farm

October 8, 2021 ecoFarm, Journal Entries, Sustainability

While I was in the States, the farm moved even closer to completion. Since we broke ground in March, we have cleared the land, planted crops, built homes for farm staff, built barns, and installed a boiler for pasteurizing milk....

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Why support MGRC’s ecovillage?

September 1, 2021 ecoVillage, 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....

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Rabbits, pigs, chickens and cows, oh my!

July 27, 2021 ecoFarm, 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....

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