Empower Maasai Girls in Kenya

Thanks to your support, we have reached 1,700 Maasai girls, boys, women and men through our Community Education Programs in 2013 alone! Here are just a few of the highlights from an incredible year in Kenya:

Empowering a generation of Maasai women
In August, 30 Maasai women completed an intensive 3-day business training, resulting in the launch of 10 new businesses. For 6 months, these women-led businesses will receive monitoring and support sessions from a skilled training facilitor. They will follow in the footsteps of our first business training cohort, a group of 30 women who successfully completed their 4th and final support session in early October. MGEF is so proud of these amazing and inspiring entrepreneurs!

Our team of Life Skills Workshop facilitators has grown!
We are excited to announce that Caroline Kashinin, a recent nursing school graduate, and fellow alumna, Simantoi Kilama, are two of our newest Life Skills Workshop facilitators (see photos). Like Caroline, Simantoi brings to the table a wealth of experience as an HIV counselor at Jomo Kenyatta University. Both MGEF alumnae share a deep passion for educating and empowering girls by giving them the knowledge and tools they need to prevent teen pregnancy, early marriage, and female genital mutilation (FGM). Click here to learn more about MGEF's Life Skills Workshop curriculum.

Next up
Between now and the end of December, MGEF will hold a total of 10 more Community Education Programs (2 Life Skills Workshops and 8 Elders and Mothers Workshops) and reach an estimated 1,000 additional Maasai people. Without your help, our work would not be possible, and we thank you again for believing in the MGEF mission. We look forward to bringing you updates in the New Year, and wish you a very happy holiday season!