ELAND Programs
ELAND's educational goals extend beyond school sponsoship to a number of other educational and awareness-building programs. In addition to our educational programs, ELAND is involved in poverty reduction and economic empowerment programs. Click here to read about our economic development programs which emphasize opportunities for women and youth.

Educational awareness and sponsorship programs seek to:

• Support primary school and high school sponsorship
• Create college funds for those who qualify
• Create awareness of the importance of basic education for all

Child rescue and retention programs seek to:

• Rescue girls from female genital mutilation and early forced marriages
• Rescue boys and girls from the child labor force
• Rescue orphans and child parents at risk of being abused

Health care and health education programs seek to:

• Increase understanding of transmission, prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS and other STIs among the Maasai people
• Create awareness of the prevention and treatment of communicable diseases
• Build and improve health facilities in Maasai rural areas, facilitating the training and equipment of health personnel among the Maasai
• Increase the knowledge and benefits of family planning
• Raise awareness and sensitize the community regarding the health risk of female genital mutilation

Our program to conserve and preserve the Maasai indigenous knowledge/culture and improve natural resource management seeks to:

• Educate the Maasai youth and the world on the importance of the Maasai indigenous knowledge and heritage (through documentation, story telling, cultural festivals, and cultural exchange programs)
• Educate the Maasai people, the pastoralist, and the rest of the world on the importance of sound environmental conservation
• Create awareness of the threat facing wildlife and support the conservation of the same through international volunteering and documenting the endangered species of the savanna grassland
• Advocate for culturally sensitive development projects and to influence policy development in the local and regional levels of leadership