2021: A year of miraculous transformation for MGRC A year ago this month, we began a seven-hour journey from our old home in Longido to our new home near Karatu. More than 50 girls, 14 adults, six cows, 70 mattresses and 30 bunkbeds travelled rutted, muddy roads and steep mountain passes to temporary quarters in
A Grassroots Alternative to Failed African Aid Published by Maasai Girls Rescue Center, MGRC ecoVillage Generous people around the world (with the US 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
Meanwhile… back on the farm 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. The bricks for the buildings were even made on site!
Why support MGRC’s ecoVillage? 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. Girls who come to the Center are alone, struggling for survival, suffering physical and emotional trauma from endemic poverty and cultural mores. Though female
Journal entry: Rabbits, pigs, chickens and cows, oh my! 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. He requested the meeting as he said he had heard many good things about the work
Journal Entry: MGRC girls, sustainable food projects, outreach Our MGRC volunteers from the States are on Safari in the Serengeti National Park and have been sending me messages about their experience. They have committed to writing their own blog posts detailing their experience and what this trip means to them. Also, as part of their
Journal Entry: Volunteers at MGRC, Chickens, ecoFarm Updates 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. My granddaughter is here for her second visit in two years along with three friends. All are enjoying the
Journal Entry: MGRC Visitor, Happy Cows, ecoFarm Updates 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
2020 Year in Review 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 years
How MGRC helps to curb starvation for the Maasai girls on $1.43/day 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