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Unique opportunity to play cricket against Maasai Warriors fully clad in traditional attire in a nature conservancy surrounded by wildlife!
Maasai Warriors in Kenya have exchanged their spears for cricket bats and they are using cricket as a vehicle to target social problems and to bring about positive change in their communities.

The Maasai Cricket Warriors are Maasai youth from Laikipia North in Kenya who have taken up playing cricket. Through cricket development within rural Maasailand we wish to empower youth by tackling social problems to bring about positive change.

The Maasai are among some of the poorest people in East Africa. As pastoralists they have limited access to education and health care and basic amenities that we all take for granted are scarce. The daily burden and toil of the Maasai consists of men, women, girls and boys of all ages walking miles each day in the fierce sun to find grazing for their livestock and in search of water and firewood for survival. Employment opportunities for Maasai youth are scarce, and without secondary education, which only a few fortunate individuals can afford, the youth face a bleak and challenging future.

By developing cricket and sports amongst Maasai youth and children the aim is to empower the youth in Maasai communities of Kenya while enhancing their participation in community development, allowing them to become healthy, productive and well adjusted members of society.

Through cricket development amongst schools and youth within Maasai communities a platform is built to promote education and as a means of encouraging sustainable social change. This is achieved by focusing on developing personalities, improving life skills and reducing at-risk behaviour by broadening youths’ horizons, bridging social divides, increasing health-related awareness and providing participants with the tools to help them make the right choices when facing social challenges. Key issues that are being addressed include: HIV/AIDS awareness amongst youth, combating gender discrimination, reducing alcohol and substance abuse, raising awareness of environmental and conservation issues amongst youth and children and contributing to peace building efforts and local development.

The Maasai Cricket Warriors have a cricket team and they are ready to take on any teams who wish to make a trip to Kenya. We can organize cricket safaris into the Laikipia area of Kenya where teams will experience playing cricket in a nature reserve with wildlife as spectators. Visitors will also have the opportunity to see abundant wildlife and to experience traditional Maasai Culture.

The experience of playing against a team of Maasai Warriors, fully clad in traditional attire is an experience on its own! This is a unique cricketing experience which promises adventure in the wilderness!