Maasai Education Foundation

The Maasai Education Foundation's (Foundation) mission is to improve the educational, social and economic equality of members of the Maasai ethnic group in Tanzania by enhancing the education of Maasai youth through financial and technical support of rural schools serving Maasai youth and scholarships for individual Maasai youth. The Foundation is organized exclusively for educational purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to needy individuals and organizations that qualify as exempt organizations described under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code. More specifically, the Foundation supports the education of members of the Maasai ethnic group in the Arusha region of The United Republic of Tanzania (Tanzania), the mastery of the English language by Maasai children and adults, and educational exchanges between Tanzania and the United States.