Tumaini. Hope: Photos and stories from the Tareto Maa Center

"Tumaini. Hope" includes photos from the Tareto Maa Rescue Center and personal stories which show why the children had to come to Tareto Maa. Tareto Maa (meaning “Help for the Maasai”) is a grassroots nonprofit in Kenya, East Africa, whose objective is to empower the local community while eradicating the tradition of female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriages within the Maasai people. Tareto Maa runs a refuge for orphans and for girls who had to escape from FGM and forced marriage. At the moment, 104 children are living in the Tareto Maa Refuge.