Welcome to Samburu Maasai Wales Aid. Established by John and Margaret Walters in 1998, Samburu Maasai Wales Aid has been raising funds and public awareness of the plight of the Samburu Maasai People of Africa.
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I Kaseti Francis Lelesengei young Elder, married to Agete (Laikipini) proud parents of Ntparwa (Gwenllian) and Naizeku.

 

As a result of befriending John and Margaret (Walters) while working in Mombassa, we shared a great respect for one another. Samburu as pastoralists and their connection in mixed farming. They understand our plight very well. Overwhelmed by our proud culture they accepted our invitation to a cultural wedding. They worked hard to assist ME HELP MY PEOPLE and asked me to organise visits to Wales of a group of 18 No moran and Ladies. Also "Ledero school children" amounting to 20 No. and welcomed us to their home in WALES U.K. Visits to the Royal Welsh agriculture show, Museum of Welsh Life, Schools, Colleges, Organisations over the eight weeks of our stay, we Samburu proudly represented "Kenya" in the International song and dance festival at Llangollen, coming fourth out of all countries in the world we met with Royalty and staff of Kenyan Embassy in London. Appeared on B.B.C TV,  Radio and Newspapers all over U.K.

 

I have been invited back many times to the U.K. to speak of our culture on B.B.C in London and schools and colleges, learned to drive and learned car mechanics at a college in WALES. This resulted in more visits and wonderful support from the people of WALES. We can go on working together in our community.

 

The trial of growing maize and food crops at the workshop Area around my home worked and I want you all to get a chance to grow maize too, with our help to enable us to sustain ourselves. Maybe keep chickens useful in times of drought, cost little to breed. Enabling us to keep less other animals and so enabling our children to get a good education in school, to move forward in life.

 

We need to recognize climate change is affecting our livestock and therefore our ideas need to move forward in our thinking but still keep our proud rich culture; which is our pride and joy and envy of many. We together can work to keep respect in our belief for our future generations, we need to grow crops and so enable us to reduce our herds and free up our children to work hard in school to achieve great things.

 

Our health needs to be taken care of and Borehole for clean supply of water and to irrigate our crops. A program to sustain us through the ever increasing drought's we are experiencing.

 

Most of all we need to stand together for the good of our future- proud, united working together for the good of our Samburu people, supporting each other in all we do. This is what I want for my people, and as a result of our cultural visits to WALES our colourful culture has won over the WELSH people they have taken us to their hearts.

 

On each visit to WALES I and my family witness the hard work and respect they get for the support they give to our people. I would like your support, to show them we can work together, to show our appreciation of the help they give to us, and the plans they have to work with us in the future.

 

I want our Samburu Culture to be respected and admired throughout the world, and to continue to earn respect for my family NAME. in a way my father would remain proud of, and reward my mother for her hard work in raising us through good and bad times. All sons are married now and daughters have welcomed their wives, into family" Lelesengei". May the future be bright for all of us in our communities. May we be blessed with good health - healthy stock and remain happy and prosper on down through generations to come!! NGA!