Maasai Center for Regenerative Pastoralism

Program

1. Addressing the devastating effects of climate change through (a) education and adaptation(b)partnerships with local and international organizations other climate movements to enhance collaborations, sharing,demonstrate knowledge on nature based solutions and (d) preservation of indigenous knowledge and traditions.

2. Promote food security and sovereignty by(a) Agroecolgical practices such as permaculture, no-till, introducing crop rotations, so allowing yields to grow but without costly fertilizers, (b) reducing rural-urban drift to get more youth involved in agriculture and regenerative pastoralism so that they may provide labor and ease unemployment and including more independent youth and women in food production by formation of kitchen and community gardens and introducing new crops using traditional knowledge.

3. Access to safe, clean and sustainable water and management of water resources to reduce distraction caused to women and girls when they go to long distances looking for water, water will help in increasing school enrolment rates, help in drought mitigation, food security by helping families to plant kitchen gardens which they can easily irrigate, it will help to promote health by fighting waterborne diseases and also contribute to economic development and sustainable pastoralism by providing water for livestock which is a greater component to livestock rearing. The Maasai will use traditional methods to manage water resources. Water will be provided by (a). Digging water pans, (b). Drilling borehole or wells, (c). Restoration and conservation of swamps, streams and seasonal rivers.

4. Promote regenerative land and livestock management practices and pastoralism by introducing holistic planned grazing to address degrading grazing, introduction of productive indigenous breeds to improve feed conservation efficiency, disease resistance and market potential. This will help in reduction of tensions between pastoralists and permanent farmers, therefore fostering peace and sustainable development, as well as making pastoralism a gainful and profitable and hence making a viable and sustainable enterprise.

5. Women and Youth empowerment through viable enterprises. We are empowering woment through milk production, goat farming and Maasai craft of beedwork