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Volunteering

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From Poverty and Despair to Hope and Independance

December 23, 2022 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…...

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Have Tractor Will Travel

December 6, 2022 ecoVillage, Guest Posts, 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....

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young girl holding a chritmas present

Hunting for Christmas

December 5, 2022 Guest Posts, 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....

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young girl sitting on a couch holding her baby sister on her lap

Baby or bike?

November 22, 2022 Guest Posts, 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!...

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Inaugural Maasai Girls Rescue Center Raleigh Hub

May 3, 2022 ecoVillage, Volunteering

Nearly 40 people came together April 26th for the inaugural Maasai Girls Rescue Center Raleigh Hub....

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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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First Annual Community Thanks Celebration

December 29, 2021 ecoVillage, Journal Entries, MGRC Outreach, Volunteering

On December 18, Maasai Girls Rescue Center hosted our first annual Community Thanks celebration. Over 200 people gathered on the land that will become our ecoVillage....

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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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My Stateside Visit: Food, Fundraisers, Family and Friends

September 30, 2021 Journal Entries, Volunteering

Well, after two years and a global pandemic, I finally made it back to visit my family and friends. I did not realize how much I missed while living in Tanzania....

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