Maasai woman and goats
A Maasai woman walks with her goats in Kenya.

From Home to Homeless: Displaced Maasai in Crisis

Last week, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Stephanie McCrummen published a story in The Atlantic about the current land problems Maasai face in Tanzania. The details of her investigation are, at the very least, troubling, and her work has brought further awareness of land grabs in Tanzania and Kenya that Maasai have…

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Field officer Nelson Tinayo at the Olasiti Community Meeting.

How to Affect Lasting Changes: People-Centered Work in Kenya

It takes a village to make positive, lasting changes in the semi-arid region of southern Kenya. Water is Life Kenya (WILK) is no stranger to those challenges. For 17 years, we've gotten to know the proud Maasai people who live there and have listened to their struggles and concerns. From…

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Water is Life Kenya livestock farmer group
A women livestock farmer groups meets after a training session in fall 2023.

The Year Ahead: WILK’s Goals for 2024

The drought is over, and it’s time for recovery and growth. In 2024, we aim to build up resilience and the adaptive capacity that's part of our human nature. Let's look at what we at Water is Life Kenya (WILK) have planned to help our Maasai friends in Kenya this…

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A Maasai woman leads her cow home from the market.

Cows and Goats: Gifts of Hope

In April and May, we sponsored the Restock & Restore Campaign to help those who'd lost everything in a 3-year-long drought. 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.…

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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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