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Empowering the Maasai communities in being self sufficient, proactive and self sustaining by inculcating and facilitating meaningful socioeconomic and political values, beliefs and moral processes, which shall enable them to uplift their living standards.

We envision a society where humanity, justice and equality of all the people irrespective of denomination, creed gender, age, sector, clan and tribe is dignified.

To empower the Maasai community to being self reliant in addressing pertinent issues of health, education and community livelihoods.

Goal

Specific Objectives

To promote and secure the land rights of Maasai pastoralists in Kajado district.
To enhance the capacity of the Maasai pastoralist community to participate in the attainment of their secure and sustainable livelihoods.
To ensure accessibility of education opportunities for all Children in the Maasai pastoralist community regardless of age, sex or family background.
To ensure community accessibility to holistic health services

MIDI is managed by a board of directors appointed from the community. The administrative work is done by the project manager assisted by four other project staffs appointed by the board of directors.

MIDI offices are located in Ngong town and has a resources centre and a farmer's demonstration site in Ilkilorit, Saikeri sub-location, Ntashat location about 30 km from Ngong town. This office location is strategic due to its easy accessibility to the community beneficiaries as well as its proximity to the city and town centres of Nairobi and Ngong road respectively. This affords MIDI easy access to other partners who include both Government and non state actors in the pursuit of its mission.

Area of Coverage

Currently MIDI operates in the entire Ewuaso division, and parts of Magadi division in Kajiado North district.

Target Community

The 21,000 people who are predominantly the Maasai indigenous communities living in Intashat area of Euwaso division, Kajiado district. The area is semi-arid and on the leeward side of the Ngong Hills.

The main Economic practice of the target community is pastoralism Since ancestral times, the Maasais have been fully dependent on their livestock rearing which has been resulting in frequent migration in search of water and pasture.

The Maasai communities have been time and another faced with food insecurity, which is as a result of poor diversity of livelihood methods. MIDI will try to address the issues of food security and other community felt needs to reduce the chances of dry season's replications, i.e. the community undergoing hunger and other problematic issues during the dry season.

MIDI was registered in 2001 but managed to get the first donor in 2003. The sources of funds has been Food Resource Bank (FRB) , Canadian Food Grain Bank (CFGB), and both channel their funds through MCC.

MIDI is planning to expand its scope of operation but the implementation resources are limited. MIDI is currently in the process of fundraising for more funds to undertake more projects.

The organisation is soliciting for funds through building of partnerships and networks with other willing donors/funding agencies.

Mission

Vision

Goals and Objectives

Management

The MIDI office

Source of implementation Funds

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