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Food & emergency support

Food for elders and young children, a year of nutritious meals for girls at a safe house, and small grants when illness strikes.

Where
Ngong (Kajiado) & Mombasa
When
Ongoing
Status
Active
Man handing out bags of food to Maasai elders

Ngong, Kajiado

GIFT has a long-standing relationship with a Maasai community near Ngong in Kajiado. The area has suffered years of drought. GIFT funds food and water, brought from Nairobi, for elders and young children, and deworming for schoolchildren.

A safe house for girls

Near Ngong, 40 vulnerable girls aged 9 to 14 board at a local school where they are safe and can keep learning. From September 2025 GIFT is funding nutritious food for them every month for a year, with a little extra at Christmas.

The Humanitarian Fund

Sometimes the need is urgent and personal. GIFT’s Humanitarian Fund makes small grants, each £500 or less, for medical treatment, disability support and diabetes care, including in Mombasa.

Photos

Maasai mothers and young children gathered on grass under trees at a community meeting

Maasai Mara (Transmara)

Mother & Baby project

Safer births for Maasai mothers, through clinic transport, vaccinations, mosquito nets and food. Since 2025 the project has been run and funded by the community itself.

Mother carrying a baby in a sling outside a woven stick house

Nairobi & northern Kenya

Cleft lip & palate surgery

Life-changing surgery for babies born with a cleft lip or palate, with travel, translation and aftercare included.

Row of Maasai women standing behind their new red gas cylinders

Maasai Mara (Enkereri)

Clean cooking

Gas cookers for 90 Maasai households cut smoke in homes, protect the forest and give children time for breakfast before school.

Small grants, real change

Every gift goes to projects that communities have chosen and run themselves.