Born of Maasai Community Members, ELAND is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. ELAND has staff located in both Seattle, Washington, USA and in Maasai Land, Kenya.

ELAND develops vital projects for Maasai communities and their neighbors to meet the urgent educational, health, and economic needs facing them in Kenya today.

Vision of ELAND

ELAND envisions a just, progressive and self-sustaining community for the Maasai people.

Primary Objective - Education

Education transforms lives. Education raises children out of poverty, and creates a future of men and women who can thrive in the modern world, even if clothed in the traditions of the ancients. Education, then, is ELAND's most urgent priority for the people of the Maasai.

With education as a priority, ELAND:

• Finds and organizes financial support for primary and high school level students to help grow the new generation of Maasai leaders. Out of poverty, into proud men and women.



• Builds college funds for students to help them continue their journey, and the journey of all the Maasai, toward productive modern life in Kenya. Out of the forgotten lands, into a place of equal standing and voice.



• Creates a positive, hopeful, and joyful awareness of the benefits of education to the Maasai people. When understanding changes, people change.