Dear friends, MCV team is excited to inform you that in just 6 weeks we opened the first and only community-led Maasai Heritage Museum on the outskirts of Amboseli National Park! It has been an amazing unparalleled initiative that is empowering the local Maasai people to benefit from a community center to safeguard and [...]
MCV was honored to once again participate in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Rights, April 22 - May 3rd, 2019 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. It was empowering to unite with over a thousand indigenous leaders, organizations, and member states to strengthen Indigenous people’s collective rights. Indigenous peoples [...]
Event Sponsors MCV is seeking generous sponsors. Your sponsorship will support Maasai peoples rights and advocacy for land and culture. Sponsorship is one of the best ways to brand your company and promote your commitment to advancing our mission to empower Maasai people. As a sponsor, you’ll receive: Logo on [...]
The Maasai are on the frontline of a new crisis: Climate Change. The climate in Kenya is getting hotter and drier year after year, and the Maasai communities are being pushed to the edge of starvation for their families and livestock. As a result, the land they have been living on for [...]
MCV thanks our donors, partners & corporate sponsors! Special thanks to the following companies and organizations who have contributed to make MCV humanitarian work possible: MCV thanks Rotary for their continued generous support to provide clean water and sanitation to the Maasai people in Kenya through various clubs. Visit [...]
MCV attended an international expert group meeting on “Conservation and the rights of indigenous peoples” in January 2019 at the UN Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. As guardians of the land, indigenous people play a crucial role in conservation; however, their custodianship of the environment and their rights to their land and natural resources [...]
MCV Translated the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) into the Maasai Language The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is a comprehensive statement addressing the human rights of indigenous peoples. It was drafted and formally debated for over twenty years prior to being adopted [...]
Small change creates a big impact! MCV’s Change for Water Campaign allows students to participate in a coin drive to raise funds towards providing clean water for Maasai communities in East Africa. By participating in this coin drive, students will have the opportunity to make a global change. Currently, women and girls are [...]
MCV is honored to host a Maasai Tour in San Diego. Ole Sankale is MCV's Maasai cultural ambassador, musician, performer, and engaging lecturer. Sankale hosted a Maasai radio show in Kenya for 5 years. He was a media specialist for the 2017 Kenya election encouraging the Maasai to vote. Sankale is a highly [...]
MCV Clean Water Success Report Read below to learn about what comes next for MCV water programs! MCV thanks all our donors and volunteers for making clean water possible for the Oldule village, a traditional Maasai community in Amboseli, Kenya. On July 7, 2017, MCV successfully [...]