by Skye Ganbaatar
From the Oldarpoi Mara Camp website:
Oldarpoi Mara Community Camp pursues transformational development, socially and economically among the local Maasai communities, helping them become self-reliant and self-sustaining communities through profitable eco-tourism activities.
Oldarpoi Mara Community Camp is affiliated to I See Maasa Development Initiative (ISMDI). This is an organizationn whose missiion is to empower the Maasai economicallby advocating for education and by leading a campaign to eradicate such practices as female genital mutilation (FGM).
Oldarpoi and ISMDI are committed to pursuing holistic development projects, where jobs are created and local income generated; healthcare and education programs are initiated; environment is preserved; harmful traditional practices are discouraged; and clean water is made available to all.
ISMDI on the other hand, handles the accruing profits, by plowing it into sustainable development projects in the community.
Stay tuned for more on this project!
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| Jeremiah and Ruth Koshal |
Our colleague in Kenya, Dr Jeremiah Koshal, emailed Saturday. He and his wife are living in Nairobi, Kenya. One of the projects Jeremiah is now focusing on is a small tended camp that he and his brother-in-law started, called Oldarpoi Mara Community Camp.
Here's the link: http://oldarpoimaracamp.com/. They've been featured in the New York Times, and are affiliated with the I See Maasai Development Initiative (ISMDI).
From the Oldarpoi Mara Camp website:
Oldarpoi Mara Community Camp pursues transformational development, socially and economically among the local Maasai communities, helping them become self-reliant and self-sustaining communities through profitable eco-tourism activities.
Oldarpoi Mara Community Camp is affiliated to I See Maasa Development Initiative (ISMDI). This is an organizationn whose missiion is to empower the Maasai economicallby advocating for education and by leading a campaign to eradicate such practices as female genital mutilation (FGM).
Oldarpoi and ISMDI are committed to pursuing holistic development projects, where jobs are created and local income generated; healthcare and education programs are initiated; environment is preserved; harmful traditional practices are discouraged; and clean water is made available to all.
ISMDI on the other hand, handles the accruing profits, by plowing it into sustainable development projects in the community.
Stay tuned for more on this project!
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