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WILK Co-Founder Joseph Larasha leading a GMC training session with the Namelok/Risa Inchakata area groups.

Planning for Pasture: Helping Maasai Avoid Livestock Loss During Drought

Through our Livestock as a Business (LAB) and Hope for Widows programs, we've developed highly successful curricula and teaching methods specifically adapted for Maasai communities. Now we're expanding that focus to include pasture conservation, which will prepare Maasai to withstand the devastating effects of prolonged drought. Let's look at how…

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Water is Life Kenya livestock farmer group
A women livestock farmer groups meets after a training session in fall 2023.

The Year Ahead: WILK’s Goals for 2024

In 2024, we aim to build up resilience and the adaptive capacity that's part of our human nature. Let's look at what we have planned to help our Maasai friends in Kenya this year.

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Women from the new group in our Hope for Widows programs at the Goats and Grants ceremony.
Women from the new group in our Hope for Widows programs at the Goats and Grants ceremony.

Goats and Grants, Round 2

We learned so much from the cohort groups from our Hope for Widows Program, and the new groups will benefit from the boost that the grants will provide for their businesses.

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WILK team members (back row) with the first round of Hope for Widows participants as they receive their second round of grants last week.

Widows Update: Hope, Part II

We have a lot of information to pass along about how the widows have been using their training to build their businesses, feed their families, and pay for school fees. Let's look at some of the ways Maasai women in Kenya are learning to support themselves through our Hope for Widows Program.

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