MCV Wishes You A Peaceful Holiday Season! At this joyous time of year, MCV extends our gratitude as we celebrate our accomplishments! We thank you for your generosity in saving lives and joining MCV to uplift Maasai communities. Thanks to you, MCV has made a tremendous impact in 2018. As we conclude 2018, MCV [...]
My Chosen Vessels (MCV) is committed to providing clean water to Maasai families suffering from prolonged droughts and water stressed areas. Since 2012 MCV has been assisting Maasai communities with the water crisis by providing borewells, water distribution systems, emergency drought relief, water filters, and food security. MCV implements all of our programs [...]
Parsanka's family proudly supports Melinda Gates' Campaign #VowForGirls with a family photograph showing their ring finger vowing to eliminate FGM & child marriages. ‘My decision not to marry a cut girl saved my wife from the cut,’ Revealed Parsanka Sayianka, MCV Program Coordinator on Indigenous Rights. Parsanka Sayianka was born in Elangatta Olkaputiei, [...]
For the Maasai, cattle are everything! Cattle provide almost everything they need for survival: food, milk, materials, wealth, status, and they are used in every cultural ceremony. This holiday season the Maasai women have requested to own their own milking cows and goats in order to become economically empowered and help their families. [...]
Water Crisis in Amboseli, Kenya The Maasai in Amboseli, Kenya are facing many challenges due to lack of clean water. Kenya's president declared this year's drought in 2017 a national disaster. Due to climate change and other factors, the droughts are increasing and it is severely affecting the Maasai community, and the [...]
Kenya is facing one of the most severe droughts in decades. Kenya's president has declared this year's drought, which has affected as much as half the country, a national disaster. My Chosen Vessels (MCV) returned from Kenya in March 2017 to assist the Maasai during this horrific drought. Currently, MCV has adopted 3 [...]
MCV Joins the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues My Chosen Vessels (MCV) was honored to participate in the United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues from April 24th to May 5th, 2017 at the UN Headquarters in New York City. More than 1,000 indigenous peoples’ representatives participated in the session. [...]