The latest arrival in Nkuyan, a 20,000-litre tank to collect water during the rainy season. Maasai women, known as Maasai Women Empowerment, built it using bricks made of compressed earth (more about the technique here). Many hours will be saved by not having to fetch water from sources several miles away, plus the quality of the water will be much better. Another tank was recently completed at the Silan safe house.

Twenty-eight-year-old Agnes says money earned participating in Maasai Women Empowerment that helps with expenses for her eight children – school fees, clothes, food, etc. Having faced water shortages all her life, she decided to join the project to alleviate this issue, despite her husband trying to convince her not to so his favorite wife could replace her. She didn’t give in.