Masai literacy rate is 30% vs 80% national average
Cattle play an important role in Maasai life. It is their primary source of food & wealth – they typically live on less than $1 per day
Traditionally a girl undergoes Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as she hit their teens, as a rite of passage to womanhood. Soon after, she is married off to an older man in exchange for cattle.
Youth unemployment (aged 18-35%) is 60% vs 20% national average
