Project Report
| Apr 13, 2026
STOP CHILDHOOD MARRIAGE IN MAASAILAND
By Patricia Allenby | Project Leader
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PEO presentation
Osotuwa Foundation is currently supporting 112 girls in school - keeping them away from forced marriage. We would like to help more girls, but presently our goal is to keep these girls in school. We are struggling to meet that goal each year. 28 girls need sponsorships to assure that they can continue school in 2027. For that we need $16,800.
We are planning dinner events for fundraising as well as forming a walking group (WALK FOR THE GIRLS) for interested supporters to hang out with Isaya. We are also going to sell calendar books and t-shirts. Isaya just did a presentation at a PEO chapter and we are looking into meeting with other groups.
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Dec 16, 2025
Project Report
By Tricia Allenby | Project Leader
Osotuwa Foundation is growing each year in the number of Tanzanian Maasai girls that come to us for help to escape forced childhood marriage and be able to attend school instead. We have not been able to fund many new girls in the past two years after a large group started to be supported in 2024. We struggle to keep those 80+ girls in school. In all Osotuwa Foundation helps 115 girls in secondary school. Our founder ran in the Columbus Marathon to raise funds for the girls. He successfully completed the Marathon and raised approximately $4000. As we go into 2026, our plan is to post frequent updates on social media and encouraging people, especially current supporters, to share with friends and family. We will schedule more presentations to groups by our founder.
Aug 15, 2025
STOP CHILDHOOD MARRIAGE IN MAASAILAND Apr-Jul 2025
By Patricia A Allenby | Osotuwa Foundation Project Leader
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In 2025, Osotuwa Foundation is working hard to find more and larger donors or grants to fund the increasing number of Maasai girls in Tanzania who are desiring to escape early forced marriage and and instead attend school. We have 8-year sponsorships for approximately 80 of our girls which ensures that they have preparation for a career or vocation. Right now, though, we are struggling to find funds to keep 54 existing girls in school ($600/year needed for each girl) as well as helping 180 girls (first photo) who came to us for help in 2026. Our founder, Isaya Oleporuo, will be running the Columbus Marathon in Ocotober, 2025 as a fundraiser for these girls (second photo and see website).
The fact that so many parents are bringing their daughters to Osotuwa Foundation for support shows that the mindset of the Maasai elders is changing, but we need to keep the momentum going in the very rural village of Eluai and beyond for the Tanzanian Maasai.
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