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As followers of Friends of the Maasai may know we have a 10 years agreement with two villages in Kajiado (Kenya) to support them to become self sufficient and futureproof in an eco friendly way in 2033. We've already posted good news from the community of Tikoishi before.

Eight local Maasai projects were supported by Friends of the Maasai in 2024. In its annual activity and impact report these projects and their impact on two local Maasai communities in Kenya are explained in detail. A total amount of € 17,000 was involved.

To make Maasai more self sufficient in an eco friendly way Friends of the Maasai works together with two community based organisations in Kajiado (South Kenya).

The Maasai community in Tikoishi welcomed two important moments in July. 

As a sign of great appreciation for what Faith Supeet, founder and chairwoman of the local Maasai CBO Becul, is doing for her community the board of directors of Friends of the Maasai called her a real SDG leader in a special meeting during her stay in the Netherlands in May.

Faith Supeet, leader of the community based organisation BeCul in Maasailand, visited the Netherlands in the 2nd half of May. She spent a few days of her stay talking with the board of Friends of the Maasai and visiting projects that can inspire the Maasai community she is leading.

Faith Supeet, founder of a Maasai CBO in South Kenya, visited two organic farms in the Netherlands to learn more about sustainable and community supported agriculture during a two weeks stay in our country.

Reinier Gerrits is in april 2025 toegetreden tot het bestuur van de stichting Friends of the Maasai. Reinier heeft vanuit zijn vakgebied een brede ervaring op het gebied van energie, klimaat en landbouw.

Van Tikoishi/Orpirikata, naar Nairobi, Laikipia, Lemek, Emarti, Nkoilale en weer Nairobi.

A holistic approach

Maasai people react with a holistic approach to big issues such as climate change, persisting droughtsand many other problems they have to deal with. People, livestock and wildlife belong to the same system in their view on life. You cannot bring solutions to one of them without taking into account the other parts of the system.

Friends of the Maasai collaborates with organizations like Embassy of the Earth. Both organizations follow a "community-driven" approach. Embassy of the Earth was the initiator to build a large Maasai community comprising members from Kenya and Tanzania, known as the "White Mountain Movement."

Friends of the Maasai has established a strong relationship with the residents of the villages of Tikoishi and Orpirikata, located approximately one hour west of Kajiado. Responding to the request of two highly motivated young Maasai women, Faith Supeet and Purity Ntanin Meikan, the organization initiated the construction of two permaculture community gardens in September/October 2022.