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WILK team members (back row) with the first round of Hope for Widows participants as they receive their second round of grants last week.

Widows Update: Hope, Part II

We have a lot of information to pass along about how the widows have been using their training to build their businesses, feed their families, and pay for school fees. Let's look at some of the ways Maasai women in Kenya are learning to support themselves through our Hope for Widows Program.

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Read more about the article International Widows Day: A Universal Call to Uplift Others
The Amboseli Widows meeting in the shade with the silhouette of Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background.

International Widows Day: A Universal Call to Uplift Others

Though the cultural circumstances of Maasai widows create unique situations, like widows across the globe they suffer from poverty, violence, and health problems. Let's look at the difficulties these widows face along with ways we're helping them overcome those challenges.

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Read more about the article All About Elephants
With Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background, a family of elephants marches through Amboseli National Park.

All About Elephants

The human-elephant conflict arises in our work because elephants love fresh, cold borehole water, freshly grown crops, and new toys (such as plastic water tanks). Therefore, elephants are critical in our project design, development, and implementation. Here, we’ll explain how these majestic creatures impact our projects.

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Maasai Culture: Cattle, Ritual, and Change

It helps to learn about the people we serve in Kenya, so we’re taking a moment to highlight aspects of Maasai culture that are unique to this group. In doing so, we hope to show why it’s important to help the Maasai maintain their unique lifestyle in an ever-changing modern…

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