MANDO Projects

We are working with MANDO (Matonyok Nomads Development Organization), located in Karen, Kenya, that works in the southern Rift Valley. MANDO is a young, rapidly growing nonprofit NGO addressing local challenges. Its nomadic, pastoral Maasai people face such a severe drought that they are forced to become more agriculturally based. This means reliable water sources must be close to evolving communities. MANDO is looking to help with this adjustment and help overcome root causes of poverty, introduce sustainable methods of subsistence, improve education and gender equality. Its highly effective approach is based on encouraging and enabling the people in planning and decision making. Its Board is comprised of community members who volunteer time and effort. MANDO maintains openness and accountability.

MANDO Project 3: Support the SafeHouse & School Farm Project

MANDO is building a SafeHouse for girls escaping FGM, which is connected with local schools for the girls to attend. They have a plan to create a sustainable means of supporting the costs of housing the girl, as well as sending them to school. The Farm Project aims to be a special income generating activity for the SafeHouse and Enkoireroi school. Their project consists of planting trees and crops for food, and starting a small farm of goats and chickens. You can support this project by sponsoring some of these supplies.
Traditionally the Maasai have been cow herders. However, current living and climatic conditions in Kenya make this difficult to do. The rationale behind goat farming is that it has been adopted in many parts of pastoralist communities in Kenya as a viable income and food source, enhancing community resilience. Goats require fewer resources to maintain than cattle and provide higher returns. Increasing pressure on land and water resources, volatile economic and climatic conditions and the high cost of livestock present formidable challenges for developing countries like Kenya. Intensification of milk yield using more productive livestock has been advocated as a means of improving livelihoods. Due to individual and small scale nature of participants, it is relatively easy to introduce goat production as a viable alternative to cow's milk. 
They are also planning other avenues for sustainable food production and income generation besides just goats. They are planning to manage chickens, and plant trees and crops for food as well. 

Support this project in the following ways: ​​
​General Donation:  
Make a donation of any amount you want to contribute, and it will be applied to the project.
​Plants/Trees: $15.00
Donate to buy trees and plants for the SafeHouse farm. Fruit and banana trees, watermelons and avocado are growing well. Tomatoes and sukuma wiki have already been harvested.
​Chickens: $30.00
Includes four chickens and wire transfer fee.
​Watering Troughs: $30.00
Includes 5 water troughs and wire transfer fee.
​Goat:  $55.00 
Includes one goat and wire transfer fee.
​Chicken Feed: $250.00
Includes 3 months of chicken feed, and wire transfer fee.
​Chicken House: $500.00
Includes one chicken house to protect 50 chickens from wildlife (It is Kenya after all!)