ABOUT US Ewang'an Nadede Advocacy Initiative (ENAI - Africa) is a community-based organization serving more than 3500 people living in Indigenous pastoral communities in Kajiado County, a remote rural region of the south rift in Kenya. ENAI was established by Maasai community member Dr. Lanoi Parmuat to advocate for, protect, enlighten and empower Indigenous women and girls, 78% of whom the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage remains a sad reality. Today our programs have grown to include: Education and Health Services Anti-FGM Advocacy and Response Food Security, Nutrition, and Livelihood Support * Natural Resource Management and Governance OUR URGENT NEED: WATER Kenya is currently facing its worst drought in 40 years. The drought has wiped out crops, livestock, and deepened a growing hunger crisis. Acute malnutrition in children under 5 is prevalent and recent outbreaks of cholera have been reported due to lack of access to clean water. Currently, the community that ENAI supports has only one drilled well which serves 3500+ people and livestock and requires a 2–5-mile walk each day to collect water. This manually operated well serving 200 children has run dry and needs to be replaced SOLUTION: Drill 4 Water Wells (Bore Holes) 1 well = $20k Having a sustainable water solution in the community will: Encourage children to return to and remain in school through a school and community feeding program thereby reducing the rates of early marriage, teen pregnancy and creating a healthier community for everyone. Enable the pastoral community to water their animals and to plant and maintain trees, vegetable and fruit gardens. Enhance the community's ability to respond and prevent waterborne diseases like cholera and improve general sanitation and health conditions. Establish sustainable food security practices in line with SDG-2 (Zero hunger) Your support is greatly appreciated. Ashe oleng - thank you! ENAI Africa is guided by the vision of a healthy, food secure, good governance and developed pastoral community in Africa.
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Project 40: Water for ENAI Africa
Ewang'an Nadede Advocacy Initiative (ENAI - Africa) (KE) For my 40 th birthday, I've chosen to fundraise for ENAI Africa , an incredible community-based organization in Kajiado County, a rural part of the south rift in Kenya, currently facing the worst drought in 40 years. They need water. I am raising $40k to make that happen. I was devastated to learn about the hardships many communities in East Africa are facing due to this drought. In my search for ways to support, I met Dr. Lanoi Parmuat, a Maasai community leader who founded and runs ENAI Africa in order to protect, enlighten and empower the young girls and women in her community that face early marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM). Sadly, this remains a reality for 78% of the young girls in ENAI's surrounding community. Through Dr. Lanoi's passion and leadership, ENAI Africa now also offers education and health services, livelihood support, food security programs, anti-FGM advocacy, and so much more. ENAI Africa is the only organization providing these essential services within a 5-village radius. However, the community ENAI serves is suffering because the drought has undermined already limited access to water for the community and its livestock. The community that ENAI supports has only one drilled water well, which serves 3500+ people and livestock and requires a 2–5-mile walk each day to collect water. Adding more wells will ensure schools, families livestock and clinics have better access water. Children – particularly girls - have been forced to drop out of school to help their families search for food and pasture. Livestock can't survive, and malnutrition rates are increasing. Please join me in funding 4 new water wells for ENAI Africa. Thank you! Selita http://www.enaiafrica.org/ @SelitaEbanks YOUR GIFTS ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE ENAI Africa is fiscally sponsored by the King Baudouin Foundation United States (KBFUS), a U.S. public charity within the meaning of Sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code. This means that donors are eligible for a U.S. income tax deduction for their contributions to the extent permitted by U.S. tax law.
- Raised
- $14,455
- Goal
- $40,000
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