Made by Maasai
Strips of red, green and white Maasai shuka cloth laid side by side

These pieces were made by Maasai in Rombo Kenya.

Maasai fashion and design students in Rombo, Kenya, made them using their fabrics and traditional beadworking skills. Each piece is an invitation to become an educational ally at $38-$100+ a month.

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The front of the M by M tag. The Made by Maasai logo, a Maasai man holding a spear between two letter Ms, sits inside a ring of orange, blue, white and black beads and red shuka cloth

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This is what your piece is and where it comes from.

What it is

Its history

Why it was made

These are the words on every M by M tag.

Made byMaasai

This product was made by Maasai in East Africa using their fabrics and traditional beadworking skills — and it's an invitation to become an educational ally at $38-$100+ a month.

The Maasai of Rombo, Kenya, have lost their land and cattle, leaving their youth without the traditional livelihoods that once secured their future. Formal education is essential now — but in Kenya, it isn't free.

Ally support covers high school fees and vocational training in computer skills and hospitality — fields with real job opportunities in Kenya's tourism economy.

Become an ally today, and help write the next chapter for a Maasai student.

In Maasai beadwork, each color has a meaning.

These are the seven main colors and what they stand for.

    This is what your monthly support can do.

    • $38a month

      This can keep a child in school.

    • $50a month

      Over a year, this covers the $470 cost of one student's three-month culinary arts and hospitality course.

    • $100+a month

      Over a year, this covers that course for two students.

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    These are other M by M pieces.

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      The M by M tag front, with the Made by Maasai logo inside a ring of beads and red shuka cloth

      M by M is a program of ADEA Foundation.

      Rombo is on the eastern side of Mount Kilimanjaro, near the Tsavo game parks.

      Douglas McFalls foundedADEA Foundationin 2003. In Rombo, ADEA runs fashion and design training, pays school fees, teaches computers and English, runs culinary arts and hospitality training and arranges safari lodge internships.

      M by M is ADEA's fashion and design group. Its students make each piece using Maasai fabrics and traditional beadworking skills.

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