#maasai — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #maasai, aggregated by home.social.
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Meet the #IndigenousWomen restoring #Kenya’ s #MauForest — and reshaping gender roles
Juliet Akoth Ojwang
11 Aug 2026Exceprt: "Restoring forests, rebuilding livelihoods
For Nancy Letina, chairperson of Namaiyana Women’s Group within the Paran network, joining the collective in 2021 transformed not only how she viewed conservation but also her family’s economic future.
" 'Previously, as #Maasai women, we depended on our husbands for everything, even household items like salt,' Letina said. But in 2019, that changed after her husband died, leaving her as the breadwinner with the responsibility to provide for her four children.
"The first two years after losing her husband were difficult. Together with a handful of women facing similar hardships from Olomaiayana-Iltirben village in Melelo ward, Letina formed a self-help group that supported members during times of need. Their fortunes began to change when the group joined Paran and received training in #sustainable livelihood activities.
" 'We gained knowledge that showed us that every woman can also fend for herself. Today, women have their own income. We can pay school fee arrears when our children are sent home and respond to emergencies without waiting for assistance.'
"Her group currently manages a 0.2-hectare (half-acre) #TreeNursery where they grow indigenous species such as the African olive (Olea europaea subsp. africana), valued in forest restoration for supporting #biodiversity and also widely used in traditional medicine, which they periodically supply to Paran. Letina’s group has sold 10,600 indigenous tree seedlings to the organization since joining. One seedling goes for 20 shillings ($0.15). The proceeds support both members and group activities."
Learn more:
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/meet-the-indigenous-women-restoring-kenyas-mau-forest-and-reshaping-gender-roles/#SolarPunkSunday #ProtectTheForest #ForestRestoration #NativeTrees #TreePlanting #TraditionalMedicine #CulturalPreservation #Africa #EastAfrica #BuildingCommunity #Resiliency
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#Fundraiser - Sustainable Education for girls in #Maasai community
"Hello family,friends across the globe.
My name is Maryann Namayiana the founder of Masai jewelery community based organization from loita Narok, Kenya.
I am writing to share a critical opportunity to support education within the Maasai community in #loita .While the Maasai people possess a rich cultural heritage, access to quality education remains limited. Children face severe challenges, including walking over 10 kilometers daily to reach the nearest school, a lack of clean sanitation facilities, and limited learning materials. For girls, these barriers are often compounded by early cultural expectations.We believe that education is the most effective tool to empower the next generation while preserving the community's core values.
To address these gaps, we are currently prioritizing, school fees for the needy girls:
- providing sanitary towels.
- supplying textbooks.
- personal items.Contribution would directly help us keep 150 girls in school this term. The target is $20,000.
I would welcome the opportunity to discuss our current project plan and budget with you in more detail. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely
Maryann Namayiana"https://www.gofundme.com/f/57rch9-support-human-rights-campaign?lang=en_US
#MutualAid #Fundraisers #HumanRights #CulturalPreservation #SolarPunkSunday #EastAfrica #Africa
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@RadicalAnthro Um, what about all traditional peoples who consumed milk (the #Maasai)? Or those who consumed fermented milk and milk products (which I believe goes back to 8,000 BCE)? I don't doubt the US Government was racist, but folks have been consuming milk even with intolerances long before the USA was formed.
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..But now the government is more determined than ever. #Maasai elders are calling for our support because they simply don't have the money for expensive legal battles, and time is running out.
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#Avaaz: The #Tanzanian government has been on the attack for years -- burning homes and trying to evict entire Maasai communities to clear the way for elephant hunting and luxury tourism.
Now two presidential commissions are openly pushing for mass evictions, and thousands of families could lose access to water, medical care, and grazing rights in weeks.
The Maasai don't just live in #Ngorongoro -- their entire way of life is deeply woven into the grasslands, rivers, and open plains. They've successfully protected these lands for generations, so it's no wonder that wildlife is abundant or that elephants give birth here. And that's exactly why the government wants these lands for trophy hunting.
We cannot let it happen.
Avaaz members provided ALL the funding for a critical court case that previously blocked mass evictions. But now the government is more determined than ever. #Maasai elders are calling for our support because they simply don't have the money for expensive legal battles, and time is running out.
https://secure.avaaz.org/campaigns/launch_maasai_support_rb_loc/?
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Maasai warriors, East Africa (Andrew Howat)
https://piefed.social/c/historyart/p/2113927/maasai-warriors-east-africa-andrew-howat
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Photographer Leaves Camera Trap in Remote Maasai Mara and Discovers Hidden Wildlife Highway https://petapixel.com/2026/04/21/photographer-leaves-camera-trap-in-remote-maasai-mara-and-discovers-hidden-wildlife-highway/ #willburrardlucas #remotecamera #cameratrap #maasaimara #Spotlight #Features #wildlife #africa #maasai
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'Viererreihe' #FotoVorschlag
(four in a row) #Kenya #Maasai -
Neu im Comenius-Antiquariat 30.7.2025.
https://buchantiquariat.com/de/neue-artikel
#antiquariat #buchantiquariat #books #comenius_antiquariat #Anarchismus #Faksimiledruck #Reprint #Politik #Helvetica #Schweiz #Bernensia #Bern #Bellmund #Seeland #Ethnologie #Voelkerkunde #Afrika #Film #Kino #Maasai #Geschlechterverhaeltnis -
"The government of #Tanzania evict #Maasai communities from supposed #conservation areas. It's ethnic cleansing for #safari business.
'"I unpacked the ways in which the Tanzanian authorities, in collaboration with global conservation and tourism actors, have implemented policies forcing Maasai communities to abandon their ancestral lands. This was done through conservation management plans that undermine the interests of local communities and traditional livelihoods. The ability of the Maasai to meet their needs was also limited, for instance through restricting their access to social services.
"'As a result, nearly all the 100,000 Maasai living within the Ngorongoro conservation area face extreme poverty.'"
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Tanzania's Maasai Are Being Forced Off Their Ancestral Land - the Tactics the Government Uses https://allafrica.com/stories/202501170007.html #Maasai #Tanzania
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Women of the Maasai tribe are responsible for securing food, water and fuel. The pastoralist communities are under strain as the climate crisis makes these resources scarcer.
Photograph: Abdulrahman Andrew Abel Pallango/Andalou Getty Images
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[Short film] #Enchukunoto (The Return)
Laissa Malih with John Ole Tingoi (#Maasai)
"As the first female Maasai filmmaker, Laissa Malih initially set out to document the land-based practices of her forefathers and ways in which climate change is reshaping Maasai communities. In returning to the IL-Laikipiak Maasai village that her parents left when she was a child, Malih experiences an epiphany: her own life is a reflection of the myriad challenges between Maasai youth and elders, women and men, ancestral ways of passing down essential knowledge and modern methods of education.
"In ENCHUKUNOTO (The Return), Malih’s singular perspective also challenges ways in which the Maasai peoples have long been seen and documented by tourists and other outsiders. 'Many tourists come to our Maa lands to film the lions, the gazelles,' she observes. 'The camera takes and takes. I wonder what my camera can give my people in return?'
"Interweaving verite with Malih’s insights, Malih offers a heretofore unseen perspective as an insider and an outsider, a woman among men, a filmmaker carrying on sacred Maasai traditions of storytelling in an era defined by uncertainty."
https://www.reciprocity.org/films/enchukunoto
#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #ProtectNature #CulturalPreservation #IndigenousAfricans #MassaiPeople #WomenDirectedFilms #DCEFF #IndigenousStorytellers
#IndigenousFilms #LandDefenders #ReciprocityProject #Reciprocity #IndigenousFilmMakers #IndigenousWisdom #IndigenousKnowledge #Reciprocity #FilmVerite -
Tanzania Govt: Stop auctioning Maasai land to carbon traders and trophy hunters #Tanzania #Maasai #environment #carbon #AnimalRights #TrophyHunting https://pages.greenpeaceafrica.org/tanzania-govt-stop-auctioning-maasai-land-to-carbon-traders-and-trophy-hunters
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Thousands of Indigenous Maasai have been forced from their land to make way for wealthy tourists & now they're being wiped from voter rolls in a government attempt to get the remaining brave few to leave
The Tanzanian president is successfully keeping this quiet so it won’t impact international funding
Let's change that
https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/maasai_voting_rights_loc/?copy
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The #Indigenous #Maasai in #Tanzania have been forcibly displaced by the government - now they are being erased from #VoterRolls.
✍️🏻Help stop it here:
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#HRW to #Tanzania: Stop forcing #indigenous tribes off #ancestral lands
Voice of America
01 Aug 2024, 04:05 GMT+10Nairobi - "#HumanRightsWatch is accusing Tanzania of forcing indigenous tribes from their ancestral land in the #Ngorongoro Conservation Area. In a report released Wednesday, the rights group documents a Tanzanian government program to move 82,000 people off their land to use it for wildlife conservation, #tourism and hunting.
"The Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northern Tanzania is a U.N. #WorldHeritageSite managed by the Tanzanian government. For centuries, the #Maasai tribe has lived in the area side by side with wild animals.
"In 2022, the government of Tanzania launched a program to encourage the voluntary relocation of the Maasai tribe from the conservation area to Msomera, a town about 600 kilometers (370 miles) away.
"However, what the government called a voluntary relocation plan was far from voluntary, Human Rights Watch says.
"Allan Ngari, the group's Africa advocacy director, said the forced movement of the people is against the Tanzanian constitution and international law.
"'There are clear violations, including the Maasai people's rights to consultation, including prior to planning and execution of the #relocation, the prohibition of #ForcedEvictions, which is happening even for #Msomera residents. And then their culture and development has been inhibited,' Ngari said. "So, there's just a general disregard of the obligations by the government that raises serious concerns about the prospects of any accountability, justice."
#IndigenousPeople #IndigenousPeoplesDay #IndigenousAfricans #Africa
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Blog: #IndigenousPeoples are the custodians and protectors of our earth
09 August 2024
By Akil Crichlow, et al.
"Over 3.3 billion people are highly vulnerable to climate change, with socioeconomic factors like gender, class, race, clanship, and ethnicity exacerbating this, particularly for women, children in low-income households, and #IndigenousPeoples.
"Therefore, it is critical that an all-of-society approach is strengthened so that we mitigate and adapt to the impacts of a changing climate, recover lost #biodiversity and degraded land, and deploy an #ecosystem-based adaptation model."
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"Across the Atlantic, to #Tanzania in #EastAfrica, pastoralists are another of the Commonwealth’s Indigenous peoples. They include the #Barabaig and the #Maasai, as well as #huntergatherers like the #Hadzabe, #Akiye and #Sandawe.
"These groups lead diverse livelihoods but share a profound connection to the land. However, they face significant challenges regarding land tenure security. Despite the challenges, hope is not lost."
Full article:
https://thecommonwealth.org/news/blog-indigenous-peoples-are-custodians-and-protectors-our-earth#IndigenousAfricans #Guyana #Africa #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousPeoplesDay #SaveTheForest #IndigenousKnowledge #EnvironmentalCustodians #EarthProtectors #SolarPunkSunday #ProtectingNature