We’ve made Dr. Francis Tannian’s dream come true! After last year's fundraising efforts and much planning, WILK's new Youth Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) has been going strong. Let's take a look at the results of the pilot over the last several months. WILK Co-Founder Joseph Larasha speaking at an early youth…
Our Livestock as a Business Program (LAB) is entering its fifteenth year! Near the end of 2025, we distributed loans to eleven total groups that were trained in this program, which elevates traditional Maasai livestock-keeping practices so that people earn more from their cows. Let's take a look at how…
Women in our fourth Hope for Widows cohort have been busy since receiving their training last summer. Let's take a look at how what they've learned has impacted their businesses and contributed to their success. Group 4 widows at a training session last summer. Group 4 Widows Update Since their…
On July 21, we held the opening ceremony for a new borehole at Nalepo Kanan. Originally called Inkisanjani, the community changed the name to "Naleop Kanan," meanining “the Promised Land,” because of this gift of clean, accessible water. Our friends from St. Philip’s Lutheran Church from Wilmington, DE, sponsored the well…
Life for Maasai women has never been easy. Water is Life Kenya was founded to relieve the daily burden of carrying water far distances that women and their daughters endure, which takes an immense amount of time and energy. But the challenges don't stop there. According to Maasai tradition, women…
Cows are essential to Maasai culture, economy, and status. This is why Water is Life Kenya's (WILK) Livestock as a Business (LAB) program combines traditional livestock-raising techniques with modern business skills training to help Maasai herders get a better yield on their cattle. Let's take a look at what our…
We’ve entered the third year of our innovative Hope for Widows (HFW) Program. Begun in 2022, HFW came out of a response to help widowed Kenyan women who face immense odds due to disenfranchisement and gender inequality. Over the past two years, more than 100 women have been trained through…
Our newest partnership is bringing water to the Inkisanjani community later this year! Let's learn more about St. Philip's Lutheran Church, the Inkisanjani water project, and the progress that's already been made. A view from Inkisanjani in Kajiado County, Kenya. Where it All Began Our relationship with St. Philip's Lutheran Church is…
Planning for Pasture is already off to a strong start. Our ambitious goal is to support grazing management efforts around Amboseli National Park. We're doing this by working with local Grazing Management Committees (GMCs) to conserve grasslands at a scale that will benefit individual farmers. Now that we've trained community…
It’s been a long time coming for the Olmoti community. Because of their hard work, Global Linkages Ambassadors have raised over $60,000 of the $100,000 goal in the past few months. Now, we’re at perhaps the most exciting part of the borehole process: Drilling in Olmoti! Let's go over some…
