For thousands of years, the Maasai people have been nomads on the vast Serengeti plain of Kenya, herding their animals in the sparse foliage and happily living like tumbleweeds. Global climate change now demands that they take root, a task being accomplished with the help of the International Children’s Fund’s missionary partners.

The agent of change is a devastating long-term Serengeti drought. The missing rainfall killed off the livestock, turned their ancestral lands into a desert, and brought them to the brink of starvation. After years of Christian ministry on the outskirts of Nairobi, Peter Kiio knows the Maasai well. His Faith Revival Fellowship is helping a group of them learn the techniques of farming, giving them a means of survival and potential growth for years to come.

Seeds of hope

The first order of business is establishing a farmstead, which is already halfway accomplished with ICF help. Pastor Kiio’s ministry has purchased a plot of land outside Nairobi, fencing it and protecting it from interlopers. They are now at work installing a well that will help the arid land burst into bloom. Soon the planting of seeds… provided by ICF donors… will begin in earnest, followed by the joys of the first harvest. At every step, the ICF’s Kenyan partners will be there for instruction, support and spiritual encouragement.

This small farm will do more than feed a few families. Its fields will be used as a school for other tribesmen, who will receive their own land and teach their children agricultural skills. Help Us >

Breaking ground for freedom

A generation from now, we hope the Maasai will be proudly self-sustaining again. Pastor Kiio and his fellow Faith Revival Fellowship workers will need to stay closely involved while the Maasai learn, an involvement made possible by the continuing financial support of ICF’s American donors.

Will you help them break ground for a new tomorrow? Help now with a tax deductible donation to the International Children’s Fund.