Read more about the article Toilets, Trees, and Baked Goods: How Michael and Nathan are Helping their Fellow Kenyans Bloom
Dad Michael and Joyce on the left, and mom Charity with her sons Nathan and Michael on the right.

Toilets, Trees, and Baked Goods: How Michael and Nathan are Helping their Fellow Kenyans Bloom

A few months ago, our friend Charity, who is from Kenya and lives in Delaware, shared how she wanted to get her two boys involved in a Kenyan service project. After approaching our team, our Co-Founder Joyce designed a project for Charity's sons, Michael and Nathan, to be completed at…

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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

Our projects aren’t far from Amboseli National Park, known by many as the “Home of the African Elephant.” Elephants affect nearly every aspect of life for the Maasai communities we serve. But this isn’t new—all across the region, the human-elephant conflict has been ongoing since the dawn of man. The…

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Read more about the article CoroAllegro Offers a Musical Journey Around the World with Aim to Bring Us Together
CoroAllegro guest soloist Joyce Tannian with friends in Kenya. Tannian is co-founder and executive director of Water is Life Kenya (WILK), a Newark-based nonprofit focused on getting water access for the indigenous and drought-stricken Maasai people. Provided by CoroAllegro.

CoroAllegro Offers a Musical Journey Around the World with Aim to Bring Us Together

Written by Carl Burnam; originally published on Delaware Online. It’s a Small World, the saying goes — so small, in fact, that CoroAllegro hopes to take you “Around the World in Eighty Minutes” at its choral concert later this week.  This amazingly diverse and intense collection of folk and local…

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Read more about the article The Nooriro Borehole: A Gush of Hope
The land in Nooriro used to be lush and beautiful—before the current drought.

The Nooriro Borehole: A Gush of Hope

Under normal conditions, Nooriro was paradise for the Maasai, with plenty of rain, grass, and healthy cows. Like most Maasai communities, it doesn’t exist on a conventional map. It’s located in a valley between two mountains which, after the rainy season, turns into a reservoir. However, these are not ideal…

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In Maasailand, the indigenous population has been evicted from their lands. Picture © Beckwith & Fisher.

Losing Land, Losing Culture: Land Ownership in Maasailand and its Impact

In an opportunity to better understand Maasai culture and people, we’ve been discussing important facets of Maasai life in Kenya. The Maasai are considered livestock keepers, but the ownership of Maasailand has been under threat for over 100 years. A critical debate remains: who owns Maasailand? A Maasai man herds…

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