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Mammas carrying 20L (20kg)
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Bathing in a basin
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On the path to water collection
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Mamma carrying 20kg and a baby
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Teenage girls sunday washing program
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child collecting water
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Mamma walking to collect water (4 containers)
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Water collection point
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Mammas carrying & rolling water
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Young girls taking a wash
| Summary: | The Maasai Mammas Project is a community-led Rotary initiative in Amboseli, Kenya, delivering reliable, consistent access to clean water for over 1,500 people, 1,000 livestock, and local wildlife. Led by the Rotary Club of Batemans Bay, this first stage focuses on drilling and installing a 100-metre solar-powered borehole and shared water trough. By reducing long daily walks for water and improving community safety, the project empowers Maasai women, strengthens livelihoods, and supports a more resilient, sustainable future. |
| Challenge: | In Amboseli's dry plains, unreliable access to water shapes every part of daily life. The few existing boreholes are privately owned, with limited hours and unpredictable closures that force families to walk even further to find water. Women and children spend up to three hours each day collecting it in intense heat, often facing encounters with elephants along the way. This exhausting routine limits education, health, and livelihoodsespecially for women who carry the daily burden of water collection. |
| Solution: | We'll drill a 100-metre community borehole and install a solar-powered pump and storage system to deliver reliable water directly into four manyattas and to a shared livestock and wildlife trough. Protective fencing and overhead covers will keep the infrastructure safe from wildlife. The system will be managed by a local Borehole Management Committee, ensuring community ownership and long-term sustainability.
How the funds will be used:
Borehole drilling A$ 7,827
Pump & plumbing system A$ 37,109
Protective fencing & wildlife covers A$ 14,279
Solar pumping system A$ 19,373
VAT (16%) A$ 12,573
Contigency - $8,000
Total: A$ 99,161
Every dollar raised brings the Maasai Mammas closer to reliable water, safety, and self-reliance. |
| Long term impact: | Reliable water will transform daily life for more than 1,500 people and 1,000 animals. Women and children will reclaim hours each day for education, enterprise, and rest. Health, hygiene, and nutrition will improve through steady access to clean water. The community will gain a self-managed, renewable system that reduces humanwildlife conflict and strengthens resilience against drought.
This first stage lays the foundation for a thriving futureone where women lead new enterprises, organic gardens and tree nurseries grow, and the environment regenerates through care and collaboration. But first, we must bring the waterbecause where water flows, opportunity grows. |
| Sponsored by: | Rotary Club of Batemans Bay, District 9705 |