What We Do

MGEF is working to educate Maasai women and the members of the community in which they live.  Scholarships to Maasai girls are continuous until they have the knowledge and skills to enter the workforce in Kenya.  This is a long-term commitment to improve the literacy, health, and economic well-being of Maasai women, their families, and their communities. 

At the same time, MGEF organizes workshops to address the social customs and cultural beliefs that prevent girls from getting an education, sustain illiteracy, contribute to the spread of HIV, and perpetuate poverty among the Maasai.  Life Skills Workshops for boys and girls are tailored to their gender and focus on respect for women, teen pregnancy, early marriage, FGM, and HIV/AIDS prevention.  Workshops for women focus on practical skills that will improve their economic well-being and health. 

Workshops for men address the benefits, especially economic, of educating girls as well as boys, and factors contributing to the spread of HIV. In addition, MGEF is helping to build an independent organization in Kajiado by offering governance training for the Kajiado Board of Directors and staff training to improve management skills. 

Finally, MGEF holds a reception every year for all MGEF students, to provide role models to encourage them in their academic work.  Speakers at these workshops include professional Maasai women, MGEF college students and college graduates.

MGEF has an holistic approach to achieving its mission. To have a significant impact, the education of girls must go hand-in-hand with the education of the community in which they live. Accordingly, MGEF works in partnership with the community, including local area chiefs and women advocates for education of girls, to achieve its goals.  MGEF also sponsors life skills workshops for girls and boys, and Maasai chiefs and elders, and practical skills workshops for rural Maasai women, and HIV/AIDS education workshops for the community. These outreach efforts are fundamental to the success of MGEF's mission to educate a generation of girls.