Examples of where your support is making an impact.
- Teaching Staff: ADEA has a teaching staff of seven - $3500 a month
- High School Fees and student tutoring average: $550 annually (240 students for 2026)
- Internship placement: Average Cost $175 per student (60 for 2026)
Internships at safari lodges expose students to working under management, respecting time, customer service, and experience across each lodge department: food service, kitchen, reception, and housekeeping. There are many costs related to internships: travel, workers’ insurance, food handler permits, uniforms, logbooks, student ID, shoes, and living supplies.
- Safari Lodge Visit: Average cost $45 (60 students for 2026)
To expose them to the elegance, layout, and workings prior to their internship
placements, we take a field trip to a nearby Ziwani Voyager Lodge. There, they receive
tours from the lodge staff, who explain the various departments, guest rooms, and
grounds. Additionally, they enjoy lunch service as lodge guests.
- Facility Running Monthly Costs: $350
- Community Charity of emergency food and aid: $450 monthly
- Student workshops between each term: $1800 (nine annually)
Other areas of development in 2026: Designing a new campus, purchasing a vehicle, and computer labs in high schools.
ADEA Foundation
LOOKING AHEAD 2026
LOOKING BEHIND 2024
Pillar of Maasai Development (PMD) Partnership In Kenya
The Maasai herders of Eastern Africa are possibly the most famous tribe in Africa. The Maasai of Kajado, Kenya, in Mt. Kilimanjaro's eastern shadow, lost the majority of their grazing lands and watering holes to the Tsavo Game Reserves. In the 1990s, they were expelled from these lands. Insufficient land led to overgrazing and this community's tumble into poverty. In 2003 ADEA was introduced to this community, and our partnership began.
2003 - ADEA's director, Douglas, introduced to the Maasai community of Tipape Loomu
2006 – Established Lemong'o Primary School
2008 – Established Esukuta Primary School
2009 – Supported Emergency school meal program during 2008-2009 drought (95% of cattle lost)
2012 – Ornaments for Hope women's beadwork initiative
2020 – COVID-19 Lockdown Emergency Food Distribution Program
2020 – Teacher Development Program
2020 – Food Security Maasai Small Scale Farming initiative launched.
2021 – COVID-19 Lockdown and Drought Relief Emergency Food
2023 – Began Keep Kids in School – school fee support (KKIS)
2024 - Post high school Vocational training offered
