Emergency Food Relief

Many families in Ormarnie village do not have enough food to eat right now, due the severity of the current drought. Donations to Paledo go directly into the hands of Nicholaus Ole Senteu, an elder from Ormarnie Village, co-founder and director of Paledo. He purchases maize from the local market and delivers the bags to the families-in-need himself.

 Drilling of Much Needed Borehole

The current  El Nino weather cycle has contributed to the greatest drought East Africa has experience in over 50 years. The biggest issue Ormarnie village is facing right now, is lack of water for themselves and their livestock. Paledo is currently fundraising for this project to go ahead.

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 Desert Permaculture Workshops

With the reduction of Maasai grazing lands, many communities are trying to turn to growing their own crops, however many are failing. Paledo plans to have desert permaculture specialists design a model permaculture garden, and run a workshop open to representatives from communities across Tanzania, to come and learn effective food growing techniques for arid lands.

Village Pre-Schools

In a community of 2000 people only 17 children were receiving primary education, and even less attend secondary school. Children from Ormarnie village walk 10 km each morning to the nearest primary school and 10km home again. The two classrooms pictured above have been constructed in the village to accommodate pre-school aged children. Ormarnie village raised much of the funds themselves and received donations from Tasmania. With continued support and community entrepreneur activities, Paledo will work to see the completion of many more pre-schools for Maasai communities across Tanzania.

Education Sponsorship

Paledo’s pilot project is education sponsorship for the children with the strongest potential to acquire necessary skills to help their families and communities. Paledo is dedicated to empowering communities to help themselves. With very few Maasai having attained higher than secondary education, many communities don’t have a voice and representatives to protect their rights. Paledo supports as many children as funding allows, in receiving a quality education right through to university level. With more members of the community aware of their social, political and humanitarian rights, the Maasai of Tanzania will be better equipped in defending these rights and maintaining sustainable livelihoods.

Environment Conservation and Regeneration

Paledo is working with primary schools in planting native trees to bring moisture to the area to replenish their increasingly drying lands.