Masai Girl - Kenya

Feb 2008
She defied all the odds to go from Maasai goat herder to qualified US doctor. Now Sitatian has returned to her village, hoping to inspire other Maasai women.
Ledama works for the Maasai Education Discovery program, aiming to help girls follow their dreams of getting a good education. "I want to see that all girls are fully educated." Sitatian travels to Chicago and trains as a doctor. On her return home, her friends look at her; "like this girl who is changing the world".

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[taknidentity1]

Thank you, Journeyman, for bringing us this inspirational story.

"A pen and a paper", knowledge = empowerment. Educating girls = empowering the community. How motivational her story is.

[MsKittenz1]

@annetteTalas are you ignorant.....it's called an accent do you expect this child to speak American English? I wish ignorant ppl wouldn't comment.

[ashy6793]

@Buggie123

Be humble because you do not know what the next life has in store for you.,.you might be blessed to come back as one of them...You dont choose the color of your skin or where you were born..I suspect that you stink of arrogance and ignorance.

[AnnetteTalas]

It's great that new technologies are becoming available to them, but i hope they don't lose their culture and traditions as a result. Or at least not too much of it.

[AnnetteTalas]

Poor gramma. 

[GuakaMali]

beautiful masai girl

[africanchicaful]

@Buggie123 God Bless you too!!! Love: Beautiful PROUD African

[Buggie123]

god bless these shitty smelling niggers

[whiteberd333]

The above video response was created to shed light upon the current drought conditions in Kenya. In the midst of the Rift Valley, the people most endangered are the Maasai and 16 children of an orphanage.