Ereto Maasai Youth (EMAYO) is a Tanzanian based not for profit organisation aiming to improve livelihoods in pastoral societies by working to harness the skills and knowledge that exist within communities. Its activities target education, water supply, human rights, and economic development because these are the issues that pastoralists communities are themselves raising.
With a special focus on youth, children and women’s empowerment EMAYO is helping to promote a people free from poverty, living in harmony, with a recognized, productive and well governed sustainable livelihoods system.
Who we are
Our organisation was set up in 2005 by a group of young Maasai people. Each of us is concerned about the communities in which we live and want to find ways to promote improvements in living conditions whilst helping to preserve and promote our culture and way of life.
Our Mission is:
To achieve improved livelihoods in pastoral societies, through designing with communities projects that target education, water supply, human rights, and economic development.
Our Vision is:
A people free from poverty, living in harmony, with a recognized, productive and well governed sustainable livelihoods system.
The people we serve
EMAYO supports community initiatives in the Maasai pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities of Kilindi District. Our programs have significant impacts on all community memebrs. However, we are very conscious of the most vulnerable members of our communities and we especially target:
Our partners
EMAYO has formed many alliances and been supported through cooperation with a variety of organizations – all of which are listed below.