By Kasia Mychajlowycz

Last Friday, Maasai Women Development Organization (MWEDO) celebrates its tenth anniversary. MWEDO are our local partners in Tanzania, and will be responsible for the administration and running of the Maasai Women Secondary School which ROTH is building.

None of this would be possible without Mrs. Ndinini Kimesera; as a young woman, Ndinini struggled to receive a higher education herself, but finally convinced her parents and her own community that her education was of value not only to herself, but to the whole community. Ndinini says that it was her father who inspired, supported and motivated her to give back to the Maasai community, prompting her to found MWEDO in 2000.

Since then, Ndinini’s tireless work has set up several programmes benefiting the Maasai community, creating financial independence and a future for Maasai women and their children. MWEDO has funded the education of almost 300 girls to date, and the Maasai Women Secondary School will ensure this programme’s expansion and sustainability.

Ndini fights as hard for the education of these girls as she did her own. We hope to come back for MWEDO’s twentieth anniversary and beyond.