Esarunoto Emaa FOUNDATION Esarunoto Emaa is a Maasai word which means to deliver or receive help or to be elevated from a needful circumstance. This organization is determined to deliver and help Maasai children and women through education, ecology, and equality. Esarunoto Emaa aims to empower the Maasai people of Tanzania so that they can make well-informed decisions affecting their culture and
future, and to minimize permanent migration of young men and women from the community into urban areas,
sometimes known as the “brain drain”. Our Mission statement
To promote health care, education and promote society to have a positive development. Sound education is a foundation is a better life. Academic and cultural instruction are equally vital. The customs and traditions of the community guide and ground the society while advancing one’s culture. Academia provides tools to contribute in a modernizing economy and to attain economic independence. Esarunoto Emaa works to advance these foundations with dignity through our children and women for the people of the Monduli, Simanjiro, Kiteto and Longido wards and districts. What we know about women and girls
What we do know about Women and girls
Violence against women and girls:
enough is enough
Despite girls in young age of 8-11, has already faced a lifetime of discrimination. Did you know that at least one in three women (35 per cent) will experience some form of violence during their lifetime - more than one billion women worldwide? Violence against women and girls is a hidden global crisis which knows no boundaries of geography or culture. But, marginalized women, such as poor women and girls, are most likely to experience it, most often at the hands of their husbands or partners. One of the most widespread violations of human rights
Violence against women and girls takes many different forms, including domestic violence, s*xual assault and harassment, child, early and forced marriage, s*x trafficking, so called ‘honor’ crimes and female ge***al mutilation. It is rooted in the gender inequality that women face throughout their lives from childhood through to old age. Many perpetrators believe that violence toward women and girls is normal or appropriate behavior, supported by society. They feel that they can commit violence without disapproval. It is one of the most widespread violations of human rights and has long-term devastating effects on the lives of women, their communities and wider society. It is time to say ‘enough is enough’. We want violence against women to end. Violence on a massive scale
• 35 percent of women will experience violence at the hands of their current or former partners in their lifetime, up to 70 percent according to some national studies.
• Around 650 million women alive today were married as children. Of those women, more than one in three got married before 15.
• 200 million women and girls have undergone female ge***al mutilation - the majority of girls are cut before the age of five.
• Women and girls together account for 71 percent of all human trafficking victims detected globally, with girls representing nearly three out of every four trafficked children. Violence against women and girls not only devastates women’s lives and divides communities, but it also undermines development efforts and the building of strong democracies and just, peaceful societies. Violence locks women and girls into poverty. It limits women’s choices; their ability to access education, earn a living and participate in political and public life. Poverty exposes them to further violence and a lack of options when violence occurs. We can change this
We can change the harmful beliefs at the core of this problem. What was learned can be unlearned. It is time for us all, women, men, girls, boys and key public actors to end violence against women and girls. ways to empower women and girls:
1. Provide the ticket to a better life: clean water. Did you know that instead of attending class, girls and women around the world spend 200 million hours each day getting water. That is often dirty and dangerous their health. If they had clean water close at hand, there’s so much more they could do: attend school, play, spend time with their families, and start a business — to name a few. You can help provide clean water and open average 6 kilometers they walk the door to a be for water life for a girl. Invest in a small business owner. Through Esarunoto Emaa Foundation (EEF) you can connect with hardworking female entrepreneurs who are waiting to realize their dream of building or expanding a successful business. A small loan is all they need. Even better, when the loan is paid off, your donated funds are recycled again and again to help more people and make a bigger impact. Use your voice to help keep girls in school. When girls stay in school and finish secondary education,a lot of good things happen for them and their families. They enjoy better health and can take care of themselves and their children. They live longer, marry later, earn higher wages, and are more active participants in community life. Yet, 3 million girls ages 6 to 17 are out of school. Your support for the Keeping Girls in School Act can help more adolescent girls around the world to stay in school and receive a high-quality education. Please ask your representatives in the World House or Senate to cosponsor this important for Women and girls. Our objectives
To enhance society on environment conservation for the betterment of the future generation. To increase awareness of harmful traditions norms and other stigmatization that are detrimental to the welfare and rights of women and girls. To promote Education program (formal and informal) to Maasai society. To promote and provide health education to women and girls. To strengthen society wit entrepreneurship skills to enable them eradicate poverty. The Mto Wa Mbu Community Project
We are seeking support to build a community-based school and centre to formalise an existing pre-school program in Mto Wa Mbu, Monduli District. A multi-phase effort is envisioned, starting with the construction of one or two simple classrooms and multi-purpose room. Muli-purpose rooms will first be used for children meals and as an afternoon market venue from which to sell the community women’s crafts. The next phase will include a more purpose-built facility for local craft sales/fabrication, plant medicine and traditional healer clinic. A traditional medicine garden will likely be planted near the facility. The budget for each phase is USD 20,000 to address facility construction and school programming. The project’s land is located in Mto Wa Mbu (A),
situated between Ngorongoro Conservation Area
and Lake Manyara National Park. Esarunoto Emaa Foundation (EEF )
Says
Power is not zero sum game giving power to woman is does not take away power from man, instead it creases the power of community as a whole. www.esarunotoemaa.org
