We Maasai women aren’t waiting!
Partnering with the International Collaborative, we are working hard for a better life now. Welcome to our Maasai Stoves & Solar Project.
Empowerment is at the core of every aspect of the work of the International Collaborative.
Perhaps you are already aware of the danger of smoke in the homes of pastoral people in the developing world, caused by indoor cooking with open fires. This is a profound international health issue that affects millions. In response, the Maasai Stoves & Solar Project designs and installs clean-burning and efficient wood-burning stoves and solar panel-based electrical systems in the homes of the people. It also enables the installation of settlement-wide solar panel-based micro-grid electrical systems.
Since 2009 the International Collaborative (ICSEE) has focused on the Maasai Stoves & Solar Project.
The work also includes exploration of new livestock practices at the Project’s Manyara feedlot, in response to increasing drought. Safe water is a key focus, through economical, reliable programs. And the Cypress Hill Institute is the International Collaborative’s research and training center, home to experimentation, learning, and community-wide participation.
We Maasai women aren’t waiting! Partnering with the International Collaborative, we are working hard for a better life now.
Nothing helps lift a community from poverty like having electric light at night. Can there be light so far off the national grid? Yes!
Can our stoves save lives? Absolutely! Indoor smoke is a profound international health issue that affects millions in the developing world.
35 children out of 1000 die before the age of five from waterborne disease. We’re working on bringing clean water to the people.
Maasai traditional herding practices are world-famous, but are no longer succeeding in the face of environmental and social changes.
Here in rural sub-Saharan Africa, global warming brings increasingly frequent and severe drought. Read how we work with climate change adaptation in a rain-based economy.
Dear Debra, Greetings from Tanzania! Sometimes development work follows a set plan. But other times, opportunities appear when we become aware of a new hardship or challenge the people are experiencing. It is then a creative response can arise. And there is a wish to take action. This is possible
Dear Debra, In the Maasai community, the people hear the call for collaboration loud and clear. Together, we take a creative, flexible approach to making life better. If homes are healthier with stoves and solar, why not make the water safer too? If herders can adapt to diminishing rainfall, why
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