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		<title>Twin Peak Challenge 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niels</dc:creator>
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Success is in the eyes and the minds of those who step forward and try BushUpdates blog, a big thanks to the Brad, Stuart and Team Leader Clare who kept the boys in check over the two week trek of Two peaks in Two weeks. The great news is that all three challengers reached both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Maasai of Esilalei</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Esilalei village has been a settlement since 1977 before which time the Maasai, it&#8217;s current occupants, lived a nomadic life. They still enjoy the free access across the land, including across the country borders. Nowadays, Esilalei village comprises over 500 people living in around 50 separate Bomas (traditional Maasai settlements), covering the area between Manyara [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working with the Maasai children in Eselelei</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eselelei is a village in Northern  Tanzania located in the heart of Maasai land. Situated on sloping hills overlooking Lake Manyara National Park and the Great Rift Valley, the Maasai&#8217;s livelihood still largely depends on cattle herding. With a per capita income of about $1 a day, the primary focus of families is on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community in charge</title>
		<link>http://africanrootsfoundation.org/2008/12/community-in-charge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niels</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://africanrootsfoundation.org/?p=92</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A clear example of our emphasis on community driven initiatives, as opposed to a top-down approach, is the problem of access to water in Eselelei. In this case, the Maasai themselves decided the best solution would be to pipe in water from the village of Mto wa mbu, 25 km’s west and had already started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update from Pangani, Kikokwe</title>
		<link>http://africanrootsfoundation.org/2008/10/update-from-pangani-kikokwe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niels</dc:creator>
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Some news from our coastal project area just South of the Pangani river, in Kikokwe. A volunteer recently started a small vegetable garden by installing a drip-irrigation system out of locally available materials.  This garden is operating as a showcase for the community of Pangani, demonstrating how to improve the quality of people&#8217;s daily diet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The life history of Maasai</title>
		<link>http://africanrootsfoundation.org/2008/07/the-life-history-of-maasai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maasai are one of the tribes found in the Northern part of Tanzania, around the Arusha region. As one of the 125 tribes of Tanzania, they are believed to have originated from Sudan and to have migrated through the river Nile into Kenya and then Tanzania, due to their nomadic lifestyle whereby they move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ARF at Karibu tourism trade fair 2008</title>
		<link>http://africanrootsfoundation.org/2008/06/arf-at-karibu-tourism-trade-fair-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niels</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, the people from Karibu Fair organised the yearly Karibu Tourism trade-fair in Arusha; kicking off the new season by showcasing all that Tanzania has on offer with operators, lodges and suppliers all putting their best leg forward.
Bush2Beach Safaris presented itself in one of their large mess-tents, the sides of which were lined with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ARF Newsletter June 2008</title>
		<link>http://africanrootsfoundation.org/2008/06/arf-newsletter-june-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niels</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://africanrootsfoundation.org/?p=42</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a succesful first half of 2008, time has come to share our experiences with you. All about our foundation, all that has happened in our project areas of Eselelei and Pangani and the ideas for the upcoming period.

With many opportunities to engage in one of our projects yourself; we need a multitude of skills [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the new site</title>
		<link>http://africanrootsfoundation.org/2008/06/welcome-to-the-new-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niels</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://africanrootsfoundation.org/?p=41</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With a fresh new logo comes a fresh new web-site. With the paint still wet, we would like to invite you inside and have a look at this new ARF on-line website through which we hope to communicate all that&#8217;s going on around our foundation and the communities we are working with. 

The new layout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eselelei Community Day</title>
		<link>http://africanrootsfoundation.org/2007/12/eselelei-community-day/</link>
		<comments>http://africanrootsfoundation.org/2007/12/eselelei-community-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niels</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://africanrootsfoundation.org/?p=17</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kicking of December 2007, ARF organised a community day around our project in Eselelei which by all accounts was a great success. A bridge seems to have spanned the distance of uncertainty and no-doubt understanding around the Greenforce (GF) volunteers and ARF’s involvement with Eselelei masai community – all village chairmen, elders and warriors to [...]]]></description>
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