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What we do Capacity Building Promoting formal education Ilkerin Loita Integral Development Programme (ILIDP) identified formal education as a major, long-term strategy for addressing the continued marginalization of the Loita community and a means of redressing their under-representation in various sectors of the government. more Community Mobilization In the early days, community training – or as it was popularly known, the School of Wazee – was a way of both building leadership capacity and sending elders or adults to school. Over the years the community has been motivated and mobilized to, first, take interest in being involved in and committed to the running and managing of its own affairs. This was achieved through community meetings and other sessions attended by all and sundry. more Women's training and development Maasai women are an important channel for perpetuating the culture and identity of the Maasai. Yet the same culture discriminates against them and tends to relegate them to the periphery of essential institutions and forums that are supposed to determine the future of the whole community. As in other pastoralist communities, they are largely sidelined by their male-dominated culture and livelihood. more Youth training and development In our activities to train the local youth, we mobilized junior elders and young morans to form youth groups. These groups engaged themselves in acquiring all sorts of functional skills through practical training and awareness raising. Some managed to become masons, carpenters, drivers, tour guides and the like and are continuing to offer their services to the local community.
more Leadership training and civic education Local leaders do not always have access to the necessary information on possible options that would enable them to make informed decisions. This programme component targets all local leaders – traditional and administrative. more Community awareness creation The purpose of this component is to “politicize” the Loita community. The idea is to increase community access to information to enable them to make informed decisions. |
