We met with three ecologists from the Natural Museum of Kenya on the Amrita Children’s home Site.  They surveyed the 11 acre plot and gave a lot of recommendations for the property.

Amrita Children's home

At one point we spoke to them about the neighboring Maisai Tribe that is suffering from the drought.   One of the project officers said that a program to address the problem of drought with these semi nomadic cow keepers has been experimented with.  They teach the tribes how to irrigate smaller plots of grass and then rotate the grazing based on their rotation of irrigating the grass plots.  This would work for the tribe that lives near Amrita Children’s Home, as they are close to Athi River.

Masai tribes with cattle

Because the ecologists we worked  with were from Kenya she said Athi River is out of their district, but she would see if there were local district workers that might send someone to educate the local Maisai Tribe about the rotating irrigation system.  She also told me that in their past experience the tribes have not been that open to the change and won’t do the work. But with Amma’s grace they might!

Hanuman and Nikhila

Masai tribe man