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	<title>African Roots Foundation &#187; Eselelei</title>
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		<title>The Maasai of Esilalei</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Esilalei village has been a settlement since 1977 before which time the Maasai, it&#8217;s current occupants, lived a nomadic life. They still enjoy the free access across the land, including across the country borders. Nowadays, Esilalei village comprises over 500 people living in around 50 separate Bomas (traditional Maasai settlements), covering the area between Manyara [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working with the Maasai children in Eselelei</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eselelei is a village in Northern  Tanzania located in the heart of Maasai land. Situated on sloping hills overlooking Lake Manyara National Park and the Great Rift Valley, the Maasai&#8217;s livelihood still largely depends on cattle herding. With a per capita income of about $1 a day, the primary focus of families is on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community in charge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A clear example of our emphasis on community driven initiatives, as opposed to a top-down approach, is the problem of access to water in Eselelei. In this case, the Maasai themselves decided the best solution would be to pipe in water from the village of Mto wa mbu, 25 km’s west and had already started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The life history of Maasai</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maasai are one of the tribes found in the Northern part of Tanzania, around the Arusha region. As one of the 125 tribes of Tanzania, they are believed to have originated from Sudan and to have migrated through the river Nile into Kenya and then Tanzania, due to their nomadic lifestyle whereby they move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eselelei Community Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kicking of December 2007, ARF organised a community day around our project in Eselelei which by all accounts was a great success. A bridge seems to have spanned the distance of uncertainty and no-doubt understanding around the Greenforce (GF) volunteers and ARF’s involvement with Eselelei masai community – all village chairmen, elders and warriors to [...]]]></description>
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