May, 2004
Maasai leader, Francis ole Sakuda, attending United Nations forum for indigenous tribes, has chance meeting with Doylestown, Bucks County resident at Hamilton, NJ train station. They exchange e-mail addresses and future correspondence reveals the Maasai’s desperate need for water and education.
November, 2004
Maasai leader, Francis ole Sakuda and four other members of Simba Maasai Outreach Organization (SIMOO) are hosted by Doylestown resident. The Maasai perform cultural programs at schools, churches, and businesses including Mike Lemon Casting in Philadelphia. Volunteers work with twelve year-old film student to produce Maasai documentary, “Quenching the Thirst” during Maasai visit in USA.
December, 2004
Doylestown resident visits daughter teaching in Kenya and stays in Maasai village of Francis ole Sakuda filming additional footage for “Quenching the Thirst.” The six- minute Maasai documentary is accepted in film festivals and shown at schools and community fund raising events.
January, 2005
MCEP enlists the volunteer help of film professionals to direct and produce a feature length documentary “Quench” in association with Shooters Post and Transfer in Philadelphia, PA.
May, 2005
Intelligencer newspaper covers Maasai presentation at Doylestown Rotary Club. MCEP receives anonymous donation of $30,000 to drill a well.
December, 2005
MCEP volunteers and four-man professional film crew travel to Kenya, East Africa to film drilling of well and Maasai culture in village of Olosho-oibor.
January, 2006
MCEP sends $2,000 in food relief to sustain Maasai in devastating drought.
May, 2006
Maasai return to UN forum for indigenous tribes. MCEP hosts Maasai and schedules educational and cultural performances in community. “Quench” seven minute documentary trailer released. The Maasai women of Olosho-oibor give donation of $1,000 to United States Katrina Disaster (Bay-Waveland)-funds raised by Maasai jewelry sales. Rotary International pledges to fund the drilling of a well in Olosho-oibor and MCEP receives an anonymous $30,000 for a third well. MCEP and SIMOO further develop a Maasai education program to include sponsorship and cultural exchange with schools and individuals.
To support a Maasai child see the education page .
October, 2006
Four Maasai guests return to Doylestown. Maasai perform at schools, businesses, and community organizations where “Quench” seven minute trailer of documentary is shown. Second and third wells drilled in Olosho-oibor. Over fifty Maasai students receive education funds through MCEP Education Program.
