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 town. There she worked as a housemaid. When her employer
We are very excited about the progress the ICSEE has made in our effort to help local communities access safer drinking water, in spite of the terrible pollution in the surface ponds they use. Our work in developing the first three water project sites has given us a good view
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 are demonstrating the effecteffectiveness of these approaches to clean water
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 later he visited a large boma in the Rift Valley.
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 for new features adding to its durability and function. To
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 and perfect place to expand. The Maasai there need to
“I saw first hand the impact of your Stoves in the mountains above Monduli–what a blessing your technology is for Africa–MURAKOZE! ” — Getting the smoke out of the house is not just about lung health. The women are glad their chronic eye irritation is gone too. We are very
The women of the Maasai Stoves & Solar Project are deeply committed. They love the work and the feelings of new power and freedom that comes from their participation. To determine and achieve their own goals as Maasai women, they formed a new group last spring. Called the Maasai Pastoralist
New stoves in new villages Brimming with energy as the area’s newly-trained stove experts, thirty women of Mbuyuni and Meserani villages are installing stoves.Their efforts keep our manufacturing staff busy fabricating fireboxes and delivering bricks and building materials. Our new stove model will soon be in 255 Maasai homes in
Saturday will be the big flour-grinding day at the second mill of our Project. It will be in Emairete, a village of Moduli Juu, well located at the site of the big Saturday Maasai market up there. Focusing on organizing and empowering women, the Maasai Stoves & Solar Project has
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