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Esiloyia welfare & Development Initiative

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Biodiversity Children Climate Change Culture Development Disabled Persons Education Energy Environment Extreme poverty Food Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Labour Least Developed Countries Media Micro-Credit Social Development Sports for Peace and Development Sustainable Development United Nations Funding Violence Volunteerism Water Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Indigenous women Information and communication technologies Millennium Development Goals Research The girl child Violence against women Women and HIV/AIDS Women and health Women and the economy Women and the environment Women and the media Women in power and decision-making Social Development: Disabled persons Employment Indigenous issues Poverty Social policy Technical cooperation Youth Sustainable Development: Agriculture Biodiversity Capacity-building Climate change Consumption and production patterns Desertification and Drought Disaster management and vulnerability Education Energy Finance Forests Gender equality Health Human settlements Indicators Information for decision-making and participation Land management Partnerships Poverty Protecting and managing the natural resources Rural Development Sanitation Sustainable Tourism Sustainable development for Africa Sustainable development in a globalizing world Technology Transport Waste (hazardous) Waste (solid) Waste Management
Geographic scope:	National
Country of activity:	Kenya
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	The Esiloyia Welfare & Development Initiative (EWADI) supports and empowers vulnerable children and the disadvantaged (indigenous) Maasai community through the provision of sustainable social, health and education initiatives while looking at poverty eradication and improving their livelihoods through practical solutions. Our mission is the identification and support of social problems affecting the community such as high illiteracy, marginalization, poverty, abuse of children's rights. We specifically focus on supporting children orphaned by the HIV/Aids pandemic and tragic tribal clashes. Our main concern for the community is the creation of a conducive environment for all whereby the people are empowered economically, and thereby support and love for one another
Year established:	2000
Year of registration:	2006
Number and type of members:	Individual members,corporate members e.g local CBOs,Youth Groups,Churches and Schools
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Fees for education and training services Product sales and business services Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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