The needs that we are faced with, both materially and spiritually, are almost overwhelming, but we tackle the two together
Revd David Kereto founder of Maasai Evangelistic Association
In 2012
You will be working with the Maasai Evangelistic Association to build a centre in the Narok area, around 70 miles west of Nairobi. This will be a place of refuge for the young women who want to escape their designated future of female circumcision and forced marriage.
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Mission Direct gives ordinary people the chance to do extraordinary things around the world. In two weeks you will change the lives of some of the world’s poorest people. You can help to build a house, classroom or clinic. We discover people and groups doing remarkable things in their own countries. Then we provide them the people and resources that they need. We do this by enabling people like you, with two or more weeks to join our life-altering trips.
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Girl Power!
The semi-nomadic Maasai people of Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania have remained distinct in their dress, customs and way of life through centuries of change around them.
However, one custom they adhere to in spite of Kenya’s laws is female circumcision or female genital mutilation (FGM). 90% of girls still undergo the rite of passage. Following this they are often forced into an early marriage, effectively ending their education. Their health and even their lives are risked by the operation, which is the most brutal form of FGM.
You will be building an alternative life for those girls who choose to flee from FGM. And you will also demonstrating to a proud people, many of whom are Christian, that their young women deserve more.
Contribution: £1,495/£1,595
Call Jackie Johnston in the Luton office
8.30am - 5.30pm
Mon - Fri
to apply or find out more.
t: 01582 72 00 56