Africa Mission Services (AMS) is an international, non-governmental organization (NGO) registered in Kenya that is affiliated with Mara West Camp and Foundation. Africa Mission Services works extensively with the local Maasai leadership to identify projects that will improve the quality of life for the community.
The organization believes that the key to sustainable development is providing the local children with educational opportunities. Early on the Maasai elders were asked ... Read More
Africa Mission Services (AMS) is an international, non-governmental organization (NGO) registered in Kenya that is affiliated with Mara West Camp and Foundation. Africa Mission Services works extensively with the local Maasai leadership to identify projects that will improve the quality of life for the community.
The organization believes that the key to sustainable development is providing the local children with educational opportunities. Early on the Maasai elders were asked what their community needed, “schools” was one of their answers. While they feared their children losing the traditional way of life, their greater fear was that without their children being educated – they would lose all – their land, their rights, their voice. Through partnering with various other donors, AMS has built a local primary school that hosts over 600 children and the first local girls’ high school. It is our desire to empower the local children to become the future leaders of their community.
In addition to education, we realize that the key to a life of opportunity is health. The Mara West Foundation, through Africa Mission Services, runs a full time maternity and community health center. Established in 2008, the health center has become the primary medical facility in this community offering emergency services, ambulance transfers, outpatient services, well child immunizations and assisting over 500 women a year in childbirth. Our aim is to offer families a healthcare center where they can receive expert care, be treated with respect, and their cultural practices valued. In alignment with our belief in sustainable development, the majority of the health center staff are local Maasai who have been educated through our sponsorship program and have returned to be leaders in the facility.
Africa Mission Services hosts humanitarian groups at Mara West Camp. Over the years, hundreds of volunteers have participated in development programs assisting the local community with basic health care, construction of school facilities, improved water and sanitation systems, and educational programs.
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