WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
$50,000 Annually
CURRENT PROJECTS:
BEADING
In 2006, a small group of Maasai women came together and formed a women’s collaborative, enabling them to sell their beadwork to Thomson Safari guests. The program included guidance for women beginning their own business ventures. The supports and trainings have expanded and include beekeeping and honey processing, leather tanning and advanced beading. This allows these women to create new and more intricate items to sell to tourists.
Click below to watch a video on the Beading Project.
BEEKEEPING -
Our new beekeeping program provides equipment and trains women to build and maintain ground-level hives. It has been particularly effective now that these women have learned how to store and brand their honey.
Beekeeping was sponsored by Walt and Ann Przygocki in 2023.
The Women's Empowerment program was funded by the Park Foundation in 2024.
Click here to see PERSPECTIVES: Why Beekeeping Is Important to Tanzanian Women.