Empowering Maasai children through quality early childhood education and community development.
Nasaru is at the beginning of its journey. We are building the foundation for a long term early childhood education project in the Maasai community, and we are looking for volunteers, partners and supporters who want to help us build it.
Nasaru Child Foundation is a community led nonprofit organization based in Oltukai Village, Monduli District, Arusha Region, Tanzania. We are committed to improving the lives of vulnerable children through quality early childhood education, child protection, and community development.
Working together with families, local leaders, volunteers, and partners, we provide a nurturing learning environment while promoting children’s health, nutrition, and overall well being.
A lesson outdoors in Oltukai. Classes run wherever there is space.
In underserved Maasai communities, access to quality education and essential services is often limited. Children frequently start primary school without the early learning that helps them keep up, and lessons happen wherever there is shade or space.
Early childhood is when the habits of learning are formed. It is the point where a small amount of support changes the whole path that follows, which is why we have chosen to start here.
We believe that every child deserves a safe place to learn, grow, and reach their full potential.
Nasaru is working to create better early childhood education opportunities and community support in the Maasai community of Oltukai Village.
That means permanent classrooms and child friendly toilets, a nutritious daily meal for every child who attends, teachers trained in early childhood education, books and learning materials, and parents and local leaders who are part of running it.
We are building it step by step, and we are open about where we currently stand.
Providing quality early learning for Maasai children through play based education, literacy, numeracy, and a safe, nurturing environment that prepares them for primary school.
Building permanent classrooms, child friendly toilets, and a secure learning environment where every child can learn safely and with dignity.
Providing nutritious daily meals to improve children’s health, school attendance, and ability to learn.
Working with parents, local leaders, and volunteers to strengthen education and create lasting community support for children.
Supplying books, educational toys, classroom furniture, and teaching materials that help children thrive.
Equipping teachers with modern early childhood education skills to deliver high quality learning experiences.
We are currently raising funds to [specific objective to confirm with Nasaru]. This campaign is helping us take the next step toward creating better educational opportunities for children in Oltukai.
We do not yet have established funders. Everything raised goes into building the project from the ground up, and we will report back here on what it paid for.
We are looking for people who want to help build something meaningful. There is more than one way in.
We are looking for:
We are looking to build long term relationships with schools, companies, NGOs, foundations, education organisations, local businesses and professionals who can offer expertise, materials or ongoing support.
Tell us what you can offer and we will tell you honestly what we need most.
Run a collection at your school, workplace or community group, or simply share our campaign with people who would care about it.
We will send you photos and updates you can use, so the people who gave can see where it went.
We are early, and we would rather show you the real timeline than pretend otherwise.
Early childhood classes begin in Oltukai Village, run with families and local leaders. [founding date to confirm]
We launch a WhyDonate campaign to fund the next stage of the project. It closes on 15 September 2026.
[next objective to confirm with Nasaru, for example: first permanent classroom, or teacher training]
Permanent classrooms, trained teachers, a reliable daily meal, and community programmes that reach more families in Monduli District.
Marina posts updates from the village here, so you can see what is happening between campaigns.
A short update on what the children ate this month and who helped provide it.
Photographs and short stories from the families we work with.
Marina explains the thinking behind the project and what comes next.
Whether you want to volunteer, partner, donate or just ask a question, this reaches the person running the programme.