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MEWG

Maasai Emayian Women’s Group

Our Mission

Maasai Emayian Women’s Group is a registered community-based organization started by Maasai women near Kiserian, Kenya. MEWG’s mission is to empower Maasai women, educate children and improve living standards within their community.

We Need Your Help

Mostly illiterate and uneducated, MEWG’s members raise their families on an average of $40 per month. To raise funds for their campaigns, the women craft traditional beaded jewelry and artifacts.

MEWG works in a low-margin, high-competition market.

MEWG is currently searching for a sustainable market or distribution channel for their products.

Record of Success

1. Worked to stop gender-based violence
   

2. Increased HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention
   

3. Sponsored 35 girls to secondary school
   

4. Created a trust to aid members with health care
   

5. Developed 4 kitchen gardens
   

6. Purchased 5 water tanks
   

7. Raised five female goats for milk production and bought 20 steer
   

8. Planted 1000 indigenous trees

MEWG has chosen their next group of girls to sponsor through secondary school. One year of school can cost over $100.

Maasai women learn beadwork early in life. They create colorful necklaces, earrings and bracelets for themselves, their children and husbands.

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