Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Dear friends

We come to the end of 2012, a year that has seen Pillar for Maasai Development(PMD) work through women and chidlren projects in Rombo maasai villages. We have all the reasons to sincerely thank our freinds and supporters.

Its also a year that had challenges, and the gravest was destruction of classrooms by strong winds. we managed to put back the schoolrooms and have the much needed space for children education. We want to thank those who stood by our side this tough moments.

A total pf 147 children (girls and boys) did thier end year examinations that saw them promoted to the next level. The highest being from grade four to five (Grade 4 to Grade 5) in 2013. We are going to admitt 30 in preschool in 2013. The need is great but we take few students in order to ensure quality education, coupled with also lack of space to take more.

There are also four women groups that PMD continue to support and capacity build them. More recent was bringing of 11 women from the four groups to a function on tracoma prevention and control and Louis Leakey Hall at the Musuem of Kenya. This was done with our partner organization SEETO Kenya.

Provision of clean and accessible water was also another project done by PMD at Enduet Village in Rombo location.

In the next blog post in in two weeks I will post photos and 2013 plan and projects.

Again, thank you for your various support and prayers

Tipape Loomu
(Programme Officer)

Devastating winds struck Esukuta Boma School

Dear Friends,

Greetings from Kenya and indeed from PMD project of Maasai Boma Schools. Its our hope that you are doing well with in you homes and places of work.

We at PMD began the year well with our different programs including the Maasai Boma Schools that has just admitted students in the 4th grade and in also in the preschool. The school has now close to 200 students (girls and boys). It was indeed one our important project for the future of the Maasai community of Rombo, Kenya. A community prepared to face the current and future challenges of our global community needs to have a dependable education system. For our case, schools in the rural Maasai villages is the only strategy that just gives the community that ability.


On the fateful Saturday of February 27th, 2012, there were short rains and very strong winds in Rombo Division of Loitokitok District. It swept through villages towards the west of the district. Some houses at Rombo centre were destroyed.

Esukuta Boma School (an education project under PMD education projec) was struck by a strong wind. Three schools were completely made unusable for learning in the school. Teachers were forced to teach under trees. School books and some desks were destroyed. Children and parents need the school and its the reason why children continue to come to school and take their classes under trees. However, being the rainny season, lessons may happen though transient or just never.



This problem has been going on for the two and half weeks. Pillar for Maasai Development(PMD), teachers and parents are taking some measures to alleviate the problem and put the children back to school. Iron sheets(tin), wood, cement floor, desks(furniture), and books were damaged. Some cannot be used again. Having gone through the cost of the damage (with some local capenters), replacing the materials damaged and puting cement floor for the three school/classrooms, including labour, will cost between Ksh 180,000 and Ksh 220,000 or about $2750 or 2100 Euros.

Community of parents and PMD have started speciall collection towards need need. We have raised to this date Ksh 15,000 from parents. With the poverty level in the community, we dont see the collection going beyond Ksh 20,000.

Its due to this that we kindly request your assistance of help to enable normal learning at Esukuta Boma Schools.

Your generous contribution and prayers are welcome.

For those of you who would like to support us please send you donation to the bank information below. You can directly send the money to the account.

Bank Details

Account name: Pillar for Maasai Development
Account number: 1103721976
Swift code ID: KCBLKENX
Bank name: Kenya Commercial Bank
Branch: Loitokitok
Country: Kenya

For those who will find Westen Union easy, please send your help to

Daniel Tipape Loomu

ID No. 22445845

Mobile No. +254 721 468 497

Gob bless you and we shall appreciate your helps towards this education emergency.



Tumaina Ole Ipite
Pillar for Maasai Development Programs Cordinator/Chairperson