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Congregation Liaison: Outreach and Servant Ministries Committee

The name MaaSae Girls Lutheran Secondary School comes partially from an acronym. Maa is the language of the Maasai tribe…S is for Speakers; A for Advanced and E for Education…MaaSae

MaaSAE Girls Lutheran Secondary School (MGLSS) is located on the outskirts of a Monduli, Tanzania, a village about 45 kilometers from Arusha. It is a project of The Diocese in Arusha Region of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania and Operation Bootstrap Africa. The school opened in 1995 with its first class of Pre Form One students.

This first-of-its-kind residential school for daughters of the Maasai and other semi-nomadic people supports girls’ education. Today, over 300 girls from impoverished backgrounds are part of this nurturing, supportive educational community. In a Tanzanian girl’s life, education makes all the difference: It will nearly triple a woman’s income; she will reinvest 90 percent of her income into her family; with a secondary education, a woman will marry later and have fewer children; she is less likely to contact HIV/AIDS; and her children have a 40 percent better chance of living to age 5. MGLSS offers girls the chance to make a brighter future for themselves and for their families

Many students depend on sponsorship to pay for their education. Each year a class of around 45 students enter the school. At the end of form 4 (equivalent to grade 10) students sit national exams. Some students then continue their education further into Forms 5 and 6, and on to university education!

Saint Andrew’s supports MGLSS with budgeted funds and through….

  • Scholarship Support

    Scholarship support: The Saint Andrew’s congregation, as well as many individual members and small groups, provide scholarship support to students at MGLSS in Monduli, Tanzania. Often, this financial support is continued as the girls enter university. Scholarship assistance is an ongoing need, and can be provided in several ways:

    • Sponsor a student in Forms 1 through 4.
      Full scholarships are $1000 per year; half scholarships are $500. Contact the church office for information.
    • Sponsor a student in Forms 5 and 6.
      Full scholarships are $1200 per year; half scholarships are $600. Contact the church office for information.
    • Sponsor a university student.
      University studies are $2,500 per year; nursing school is $1,000; teacher training is $1,200. Contact the church office for information.
    • Donate any amount to Saint Andrew’s with “MaaSAE Scholarship” or “MGLSS Post-Secondary Scholarship” in the memo line. ANY AMOUNTgiven is helpful. Donations are combined until a half or full sponsorship level is reached, and then funds are forwarded to Operation Bootstrap Africa (OBA).
    • Donate directly to Operation Bootstrap Africa, www.bootstrapafrica.org, or by mail to OBA.

     

    2024: Saint Andrew’s is contributing to the support of university students who are MGLSS graduates:
    Cathrine Malaki Sumari: pursuing a degree in international relations and diplomacy at Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim Centre for Foreign Relations.
    Dainess Marco, who is studying at Kampala University in Uganda for a B.S. in Education.

    To learn more about the amazing young Maasai women, watch this video from MGLSS and OBA:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1O6XZ6Q96Y