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The Maasai Girls Education Fund was created to improve the literacy, health and economic well-being of Maasai women in Kenya and their families through education of girls and their communities.

MGEF provides scholarships from primary school through university to girls who have never enrolled in school, or who would be forced to drop out of school for cultural or economic reasons, and we are committed to each student until they have the knowledge and skills needed to enter the workforce in Kenya.  With economic empowerment, this new generation of Maasai women will end early marriages and circumcision of girls and bring greater literacy, health, and economic well being to future generations.

MGEF also organizes community workshops to address the social customs and cultural beliefs that prevent girls from getting an education.

MGEF works in partnership with the Maasai community, including local area chiefs and women advocates for education of girls, to achieve its mission.

Why MGEF Is Important

Only 48 percent of Maasai girls in Kenya enroll in school, and only 5 percent of those who enroll reach secondary school level.

Read more about the need for MGEF in Kenya.

How MGEF is Making a Difference

MGEF provides scholarships to girls who otherwise would not be able to go to school and community workshops to address social customs and cultural beliefs that prevent girls from getting an education.

Read more about what we do.

How You Can Help

A donation will buy uniforms or books for students, help fund a workshop or pay tuition for a needy girl to go to school.

Learn more about how you can help.