A group discussion among members of Green Maasai Troupe
Green Maasai Troupe is a group of Kenyan expats volunteers who regularly involve in social work and charity events in Qatar.
The group made up of volunteers engages in environment conversation, creating awareness, humanitarian, sport, music and acrobats, observing United Nations events.
Green Maasai Troupe was launched in 2011 by Peter Kimani, Samuel Nyuthi, and Zacccheus Njuguna, and today includes more than 50 members. The group organizes volunteering activities, hospital visits, donates clothes, recycles, and runs environmental conservation and awareness programs.
The group’s vision is helping to transform the community motivating it to lead a healthy, quality life and promoting human welfare.
“We started with three members and now have grown widely with an aim to give back to the country we live and our community. As a volunteer group, we get engaged with wide range of events,” said Njuguna, Chairman and Co-founder of Green Maasai Troupe.
The community based voluntary group was one of the three finalists of the first edition of Akhlaquna award by Qatar Foundation to endorse the idea that knowledge and morality are intertwined, guiding together the prosperity of societies.
Green Maasai Troupe follows the UN calendar and also takes part in numerous awareness activities held in Qatar. In a most recent event the group joined other communities in Qatar raising awareness about cancer as part of the World Cancer Day programme.
The Green Maasai Troupe had a booth at the park where people were educated about different aspects of cancer, including the importance of early detection and how to curb the stigma associated with the disease. They also undertook a walk around the park to impress on the visitors the importance of being physically active.
In its environment activities, Green Maasai Troupe follows the reduce, reuse and recycle policy. It has launched a green book initiative by recycling paper.
