What Clean Water Makes Possible?
How reliable water access is transforming daily life for Maasai communities in Amboseli.
Maasai Mammas is supported by Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS), ensuring transparency, strong governance, and tax-deductible giving for Australian supporters.
More Than Water
Reliable access to clean water has the power to transform daily life for Maasai communities in Amboseli. This community-led project is working to establish a solar-powered borehole that will provide safe water for households, livestock, wildlife, and local businesses. Once in place, the borehole will reduce the time and risk involved in water collection while laying the foundation for improved health, education, woman empowerment enterprises, and long-term community wellbeing.
Water as the Starting Point
The planned borehole is designed to serve more than 1,500 community members and over 1000 animals, forming the backbone of a broader development vision. By creating reliable water access, the project aims to reclaim time for women and girls, improve safety, support local livelihoods, and reduce pressure on surrounding wildlife and natural habitats.
Building Resilience From the Ground Up
This project is designed to go beyond infrastructure. With water as the foundation, the borehole will enable future community-led initiatives focused on education, women’s enterprise, food security, and environmental protection — supporting long-term resilience for generations to come.
The Challenge This Project Responds To
In this region of Amboseli, access to clean and reliable water is a daily challenge. Families often travel long distances to collect water, sometimes bringing them into close contact with elephants and other wildlife. These risks, combined with time lost and unreliable water sources, affect health, safety, and livelihoods. This borehole project was created to address these challenges and support safer, more sustainable access to water for the community.
Healthy Water, Healthy Herds, Strong Communities
For the Maasai people, water is the foundation of life, culture, and livelihood. As pastoralists, the wellbeing of the community is closely tied to the health of their livestock. Cattle are central to Maasai identity, representing wealth, tradition, and social connection. When water sources are clean and reliable, cattle remain strong and productive—supporting families with food and sustaining generations of Maasai culture.
Life in the Community Today
These images reflect daily life in the community the borehole project is designed to support — the people, landscapes, and realities that shape the need for reliable water access.
A Vision for Safe Water and Stronger Community
While the Life in the Community Today shows the challenges this community faces today, the Maasai Mammas Borehole Project is designed to transform daily life through reliable, community-owned water infrastructure.
Our Commitment to Transparency and Accountability
Maasai Mammas is proud to be supported by Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) — a trusted Australian charity that helps ensure our work is delivered with integrity, transparency, and care.
Through RAWCS, our project is part of a global network of Rotary-led initiatives creating meaningful, lasting change in communities around the world. Since 1966, RAWCS has supported thousands of humanitarian projects across areas like health, education, environmental conservation and sustainable livelihoods.
This partnership means that every donation made to Maasai Mammas is managed within a robust framework that prioritises:
- Accountability and responsible use of funds
- Independent oversight and regular reporting
- Compliance with Australian charity regulations
- Clear, transparent tracking of impact
RAWCS is fully registered with Australia’s key charity regulators and operates under strict governance and audit processes, giving our supporters confidence that their contributions are making a real difference.
For Our Australian Supporters
If you are based in Australia, donations to Maasai Mammas made via RAWCS are fully tax deductible.
RAWCS holds both DGR Item 1 and DGR Item 2 status. This means your donation is eligible for a tax deduction while also being managed through a highly regulated and transparent charitable structure.
Why This Matters?
For us, this partnership is about more than compliance — it’s about trust.
It ensures that every contribution you make is handled with care, used responsibly, and directed where it is needed most — supporting Maasai women to build sustainable livelihoods, strengthen their communities, and create lasting change.
Meet the People Behind the Impact
Our committee brings together experience, passion, and deep commitment to community-led change—working alongside Maasai Mammas to turn vision into lasting impact.
Founder / Project Manager
Secretary
Lenin Risie
Treasurer
Risie Laon
Assistant Project Manager
Emily Meoshi
Governance Coordinator