Aquileo | Africa Schools of Kenya (ASK) – Enriching the lives of Maasai people by facilitating the development & implementation of educational programs, while respecting their traditions & cultural way of life

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About Us

Advocating reproductive health rights and gender equality.

WHO WE ARE

ASK is a California based non-profit organization supporting local programs for the Maasai living outside the Amboseli National Park in Kenya overlooking Mt. Kilimanjaro. Educational programs developed and implemented by ASK include school scholarships, life skills training, comprehensive curriculums promoting human rights, sexual/reproductive rights, gender equality and HIV prevention.

What we do

ASK provides scholarships for students from elementary school through college, which gives marginalized children the human right and opportunity to attend school. ASK’s Alternative Rite of Passage (ARP) program protects young girls from harmful practices such as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and early forced marriage. The critically needed mobile Health Wagon serves the needs of the Maasai living in five hard to reach communities.

Our Impact

Our focus is on the more than 2000 Maasai of Esiteti and Embaringoi, including the 900+ students who attend Esiteti School, which ASK helped fund in 2007. There are over 700 female graduates of ASK’s Alternative Rite of Passage (ARP) program who are untouched by harmful practices. The Health Wagon serves over 5,000 children and adults living in Esiteti and four surrounding communities.