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Solar-powered micro-grid installation video View a two-minute video of the installation of a solar-powered micro-grid, bringing electricity to Maasai people who live far off the grid in Tanzania. Expert Maasai women provide the installation services as part of the Maasai… Read More →

Adela completed seventh grade and wanted to continue learning. But because her father was already planning her marriage, she could not go further. But Adela loved to sew. But she managed to escape the marriage and ran away to Arusha… Read More →

  Finding innovative water treatment for clean water, especially for the rural poor, is not the challenge in front of us. Instead, we’re exploring ways to adapt very inexpensive and effective water sanitation methods used all over the world. We… Read More →

Observing off-the-grid electrification Tanzania’s recently retired Vice President, Dr. Bilal, came to see our off-the-grid electrification of Maasai bomas. He visited a boma on a rainy night to see just how much difference lighting makes for the people. Two days… Read More →

New stove design updates In a typical Maasai household, the ICSEE stove models distributed from April of 2011 through August, 2015 use approximately 40 kilograms of wood a week. We are now installing our newest design. It is well worth introducing… Read More →

Training now in progress We are excited to bring our Project to the village of Alailelai. Located north of the Ngorongoro crater on the escarpment west of the Rift Valley, Alailelai’s remote location presents challenges. But it is a natural… Read More →