We focus on supporting underprivileged children and vulnerable youth and empowering women by helping them shape a better future, so they can become pioneers of development within the Maasai community.
Our mission is to transform the lives of the most vulnerable through education, opportunity, and long-term support.
About Us
Oltukai Community Development Organization (OCDO)
OCDO is a registered, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 2020 and officially registered in 2022 under the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, youthand Children in Tanzania (Registration No. ooNGO/R/2782).
We are based in Babati District, Manyara Region, with our headquarters in Oltukai Village, within the Maasai community. Our focus is on improving the lives of vulnerable children, women, and the youth through education, clean water access, gender advocacy, and community development.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Our First Two Classrooms Are Now Open! From a humble beginning under a tree in 2020, with 25 children sitting on stones—we’ve just opened our very first two classrooms! This is a historic and emotional moment for our community, and it was made possible through the...
Empowering Maasai Girls – A New Path Forward
The Challenges Girls Face in the Maasai Community In the Maasai community, girls grow up with deep cultural challenges. Many face Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Early Marriage (EM), often before they are even teenagers. These harmful practices continue because...
A New Year of Hope – Supporting Maasai Families
Life in Maasai Land: A Story of Strength and Struggle In the heart of the Maasai community, life is deeply connected to cattle. Most families are pastoralists—they depend on livestock for food, income, and survival. But this lifestyle is becoming harder every year....
Clean Water Comes to Oltukai Village
Project History For generations, Maasai women in Oltukai have walked over 20 miles a day in search of water—carrying heavy containers, often with children on their backs. Despite all the effort, the water they found was often unsafe and unclean. But now, that story is...
Endaiser Ai Women’s Project
Project History Endaiser Ai women project is a group of women joined together who thinks the way the way they can support themselves and the vulnerable families in the community and increase the economic development of the Maasai community.
Want to support us?
At OCDO, every step we take is rooted in love for our community and a vision for a better future. From building classrooms to drilling clean water wells and training girls on their rights, we’re creating real change in Oltukai Village. If you’d like to be part of this journey, the easiest way is through a direct donation. Please include your email address in the reference, so we can keep you informed about our progress and stories from the ground. Your support helps us keep going. Thank you
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