The Path to Water: Bringing a Borehole to Lositeti
This is the story of how we’re bringing water to Lositeti.
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February 26, 2024
Animals enjoying fresh water during test pumping in Lositeti.
Field officer Nelson Tinayo at the Olasiti Community Meeting.
How to Affect Lasting Changes: People-Centered Work in Kenya
In honor of World Day of Social Justice, let's take a look at how our focus on people has enabled us to continue supporting Maasai as they overcome life in the unforgiving, beautiful land they call home.
February 20, 2024
Larasha, Lorna, David, Samy, and Jessica meeting in Kenya.
Partnership Announcement: Global Linkages
We'd like to introduce you to Global Linkages as well as tell you more about our goals for this project in Olmoti.
January 29, 2024
The hydrogeological team evaluates a possible location for a borehole in Lositeti.
How Much Does a Borehole Cost in Kenya?
Drilling a borehole that will help a community long-term is not simple. Let’s talk about the methods, timeframe, and costs of building durable boreholes.
January 10, 2024
A Maasai woman leads her cow home from the market.
Cows and Goats: Gifts of Hope
Now that it's rained in some areas of Kajiado County, we distributed cows and goats to families hit the hardest so they can start to build back their lives. Read more to learn about how much has improved just from this simple gift.
December 19, 2023
Hope for Widows Spotlight: One Woman’s Journey as a Businesswoman
We began our Hope for Widows program because widowed Kenyan women face immense odds due to disenfranchisement and gender inequality. We'd like to highlight one woman's success within her first year of participation.
November 16, 2023
Livestock as a Business: Fall 2023 Update
Since parts of Kajiado County received rain earlier this year and more rains are expected, we've restarted training three new groups of livestock farmers this summer and fall.
October 25, 2023
Our Water is Life Kenya team standing with our volunteer engineers and the Imurtot Primary School leaders. Imurtot has been the site of our engineering crew’s rainwater harvesting system.
Partnership Spotlight: WILK-TEC
After 7 years together, Engineers Without Borders Delaware will now be known as WILK-TEC, “TEC” standing for “Technical Engineering Committee.”
October 16, 2023
Women from the new group in our Hope for Widows programs at the Goats and Grants ceremony.
Goats and Grants, Round 2
We learned so much from the cohort groups from our Hope for Widows Program, and the new groups will benefit from the boost that the grants will provide for their businesses.
September 18, 2023
Cows at Empalakai can drink from the trough at the borehole that was completed earlier this year.
How our Livestock as a Business Program Upholds Maasai Tradition
To coincide with the Great Migration, officials from Kenya and Tanzania have created the first annual Maasai Culture Week in Narok, which is just outside of Maasai Mara. However, you can learn more about how Maasai pastoralists interact with local animals without having to leave your home.
August 21, 2023