Maasai Rising

Why we do what we do :)

Maasai RIsing is proud to fund another worthy project in Maasailand. We are supplying 104 girls with sanitary napkins for one year so that they do not have to miss school during their period!

Big Congratulations to our very first scholarship recipient, and our very first high school graduate!! We are so proud of you Joylyn!

Our 2014 Pit Latrine project is complete!!

Rise in Female Ge***al Mutilation, Inspectors Find Entire School Classes Victims School health services in the small Swedish city of Norrköping have found 60 cases of female ge***al mutilation (FGM) among schoolgirls since March, with evidence of mutilation found in all 30 girls in one class, 28 of the most severe form

Madison Hess really enjoyed getting to know Cecilia at the jewelry and crafts fundraising event Friday night!

Marisa and Vesna were proud to represent Maasai Rising at a special viewing of the documentary "Girl Rising" yesterday.

Great article, and great ceremony. Let's hope that this practice spreads through Maasailand!

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/world/maasai-women-end-traditional-female-circumcision-299742.html

Marisa and Vesna will be part of a discussion panel representing Maasai Rising after a viewing of the documentary "Girl Rising" in Bryn Mawr Saturday March 8, hosted by the Hamels Foundation. Tickets are $15. See the trailer, and inbox us for more details!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkEkVXjX_-c

Girl Rising -- Official Trailer 2013 -- Regal Movies [HD] Get Movie Tickets & Showtimes: http://regmovi.es/XFut4N Genre: Documentary Director: Richard E. Robbins Plot: From the award-winning producers of The Documen...

Celebrate International Women's Day with the Hamels Foundation and Maasai Rising on March 8th for a screening of Girl Rising, followed by a panel discussion about education in developing nations.

Check out the link!

http://www.thehamelsfoundation.org/events

How exciting that one of CNN's top ten heroes of 2013 is a Maasai woman! To learn more about Kakenya and her mission to empower young girls, check out her organization's website: http://www.kakenyasdream.org

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/2013.heroes/kakenya.ntaiya.html

Top 10 CNN Hero: Kakenya Ntaiya Kakenya Ntaiya was honored as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2013. The yearlong campaign recognizes everyday people changing the world.