User:(WT-en) Maasaiwarrior

Hey, I am Nelson Reiyia. May I welcome you to my user page. I would like to talk about our tented camp and community camp in Maasai Mara.

I am the founder of a community project working with the Maasai of Kenya. The project is called I SEE MAASAI DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (ISMDI). www.iseemaasai.org

ISMDI is activately campaigning against the dreadful practice of Female Genital Mutilation ( FGM )and early marriage of young girls mostly beginning from the age of 10yrs!

ISMDI operates a small camp in Maasai Mara National Reserve to raise money to build a rescue centre for such girls escaping from FGM and early marriage.

The camp which is build with assistance from the Embassy of the Federal Republic Of Germany has been in operation since 2006.

The camp has only five big semi-luxury tents with solid wood beds,mosquito proof windows and solar generated electricity enabling cellphones , digital cameras etc to be charged by the guests.

The camp has a clean external ablution block with hot showers and flush toilets.

Oldarpoi camp was recently featured by the New York Times because of its unique stlye of service which seek to bring tradition and culture of the Maasai to its clients and also,because of its and community empowerment efforts. We actively give back to the local community unlike many operators who simply do not care.

The camp is located in the wildlife migration channel and virtually every night, our guests can be able to see or hear Buffaloes,Elephants,Zebras ,Lions and Hynenas just outside the tents.

However,the camp has a natural fence around it and young Maasai warriors provide round the clock security to make sure that you can enjoy sound sleep in the middle of the migrating herds.

To read the article aabout the camp as was featured in the New York Times,please click on linck below;

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/travel/30personal.html

AND to make your travel or booking arrangements,please feel free to contact me.

Nelson Reiyia Oldarpoi Mara community safari camp www.oldarpoimaracamp.com www.iseemaasai.org

Email; info@iseemaasai.org or NelsonReiyia@yahoo.com Tel +254 (0) 721731927