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Hey there! I’m reaching out to share an important cause: we’re helping a brave young woman named Janet from the Maasai Tribe, who is fighting against traditional expectations to pursue her education. Every donation, no matter how small, makes a real difference in her journey to become a hairdresser and live her dreams. I’d love for you to click the link below to donate or share it with others who might want to help. Thank you!

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Janet is a Maasai girl who after completing form four was forced by her father to be circumcised so that she could get married but Janet refused to be circumcised and married because she wants to continue studying to achieve her dreams. She sought us out and came to stay with me so that we could help her. Janet wants to study hair dresser and she is supposed to start college next week. I ask that you help her and donate to her so that she can go to college. Education is important for Maasai girls and currently Janet is with me. The things she needs are mattresses, school uniforms, bags, notebooks, pads, school fees, and food while she is in school. For anyone who can sponsor or donate to Janet to go to college, we have wolrdremit +255745857969 Leah Lazaro lukumay
or PayPal account [email protected] or western

Thank you very much Kelly for supporting the food for the children, the children are enjoying it but we do not have a stove and cooking wood and we need 15 additional plates and one pot. I also ask that anyone who would like to continue supporting the food for the children and pay the teacher can donate using PayPal [email protected] or worldremit +255745857969

Marriage in Maasai culture is one of our most important traditional activities. A man has to be married as soon as he undergoes the circumcision ceremony. A Maasai murran is not able to choose whom he is going to marry. If a moran father has a good friend with a daughter, then the fathers will negotiate among themselves and decide on a date to marry off their son and daughter, without consulting them first.

A week before the celebration a meeting is held known in Maasai as “aadung inkishu“, which literally means the splitting of cows. This is where both parties agree on the number of livestock that will be paid by the family of the moran, to that of the daughter. This amount differs from person to person. If it is an arrangement between friends it may be 4 or 5 cows, or it may be as high as 14 to 15 cows
A Maasai moran does not see his bride before the marriage, and in most cases they have never met before the ceremony. Some days before the marriage a moran picks his best man and they travel together to the bride’s home to pick her up, taking with them the dowry they are paying to the family.

If her home is far away, they have to count how many days it will take them to walk to the bride’s home and back to make sure they get back in time for the marriage! The bridegroom and best man must walk all the way there by themselves. Then they will pick up the bride from her boma, and they will walk all the way back to his boma. No members of her family are permitted to attend the marriage ceremony. She is no longer part of their family.
One may wonder why Maasai men have to pay the bride’s family livestock when they marry. This is so that the family will be able to remember their daughter who is no longer part of the family.

Volunteers they can volunteering teach about the harmful effects of child marriage( early marriage) the harmful effects of female ge***al mutilation(FGM) as well as children aged 3 to 5 how to count, write, play and speak English but also visit villages to teach women girls person hygiene and other skills volunteers have but also volunteer can benefit to learn about our culture (Maasai culture)

This is Maasai ceremony that allow one of age system to qualify to be a position of elder

Hello everyone, I would like to inform you today that the children of the Maasai community have closed school and will be going on holiday for Christmas. Please share this inoder they can get a gift of hope and compassion with vulnerable children by donating clothes, shoes, toys and food. Your Donations will help bring joy and warmth this Christmas season. Any donations will appreciate you can support via PayPal account "[email protected]" or through our mobile number +255745857969

Thank you Anne and your husband for supporting the Masai community

Hello how are you all I like to take this opportunity to thank you all that you support women by bought solar panels of one village here were one of the village that we planned to distribute so we success to give 25 solar panels for 25 women so our goal was to distribute each villages so we need support for getting other solar panels for others villages
Can you support women via PayPal account " [email protected] and worldremit+255745857969 you can get more info for our website" https://tecodeo.or.tz/"