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

To achieve is mission, the organization is committed to educating a generation of Maasai girls. Through this effort, the next generation of Maasai women will have an opportunity for economic independence, which will enable them to educate subsequent generations themselves.

MGEF provides scholarships for girls who would otherwise never go to school and those who would have to end their education early for cultural or economic reasons. MGEF is committed to the complete education of each student, whether through secondary school, vocational school, or college.

MGEF also sponsors:

• life skills workshops for students,
• practical skills workshops for rural Maasai women, and
• HIV/AIDS education workshops for the community.

These workshops are fundamental to the success of MGEF's mission to educate a generation of Maasai women.

The Maasai Girls Education Fund is currently supporting the education of more than 50 Maasai girls from the Kajiado District of Kenya from primary school to college. MGEF is proud to recognize the 16 students who maintained an A average for the 2004 school year.

The MGEF model works because it was built in partnership with the community, and incorporates the social structure of the Maasai culture.

Travel through our Web site to learn more about our goals and accomplishments and to read profiles of the Maasai girls who have attended school through the support of the Fund.