Maasai Mara Fundraising Event

5749 Bay La Launch Avenue,Orange Beach AL 36561

21 April, 2023

Description

This event will take place at OSO in Orange Beach, Alabama. The mission is to raise funds to help provide sustainable living skills to the people of the Maasai Mara region. You will receive a complimentary cocktail with purchase, also light appetizers will be served. There will be a presentation of the Maasai Mara village by Dr. Cindy Ross and guest speaker David Sasine, chief of the village via zoom. One of the daily challenges facing the Maasai people is the need for clean, sustainable drinking water. Every day they have to fetch water for their families and livestock from whatever source they can find. Usually, this responsibility falls upon the children. They may have to walk for hours to a watering hole that is shared by livestock and wild animals putting their health and safety at risk. It’s not uncommon for them to return empty-handed because of hyenas and other wild animals. It is our vision to supply these villages with clean, sustainable water sources such as wells and tanks. This makes a huge impact on the community and greatly aids in empowering these people to have a better quality of life. This region is a very impoverished area where resources are few. The people depend entirely upon their crops for food, income, and their children’s school fees. When they encounter agricultural problems such as disease or migration of wildebeest, it’s devastating and leaves them in desperate need. Our hope is to help build back electric fences powered by solar panels surrounding their crops, so these tribes can feed their people and send their children to school. T