Interesting fact learned from this week’s Cool Saturday Maasai guests: A lion will not kill a woman or child. In fact Benedict shared the story of when a lion protected his brother who was lost in the bush for over two weeks. During the day the lion would sit at a distance from the boy; in the night it would move closer, chasing away any animals threaten him. (read more to learn more interesting facts).
Interesting fact learned from this week’s Cool Saturday Maasai guests: A lion will not kill a woman or child. In fact Benedict shared the story of when a lion protected his brother who was lost in the bush for over two weeks. During the day the lion would sit at a distance from the boy; in the night it would move closer, chasing away any animals threaten him. (read more to learn more interesting facts).
Historically Maasai children who were given the opportunity to study in boarding schools were required to put aside their traditional dress and hairstyles, and miss out on many Maasai cultural activities because the schools would not accommodate their unique cultural needs
On the opening day of school we invited all the students and their families to a celebration.
In Maasai culture meat consumption is the norm, and the best part, the head, is saved for an elder.
Sometimes planting the seed is enough if that is all you can do. I learned this last month I revisited the Maasai community in which ADEA helped to found two primary schools in Rombo, Kenya – on the eastern face of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
The smartphone has brought the impact of world fashion to this remote corner of Africa.
In 2007 ADEA partnered with the Pillar of Maasai Development (PMD) Community Based Organization (CBO) in Rombo, Kenya to bring primary school education to Maasai children whose families needed future hope due to devastating loss of land and cattle. In this blog I’ll share dimensions of ADEA’s work with the Maasai: our efforts, successes and challenges. Also, the culture I have experienced and friends I have made.