FEATURE - Eco-huts attract tourists, and cash, to Kenyan herding communities
by Benson Rioba

Thomson Reuters Foundation    Translate This Article
19 January 2017

On 19 January 2017 Thomson Reuters Foundation reported: 'Eco-manyattas' [are] an environmentally friendly version of a traditional Maasai one-room hut normally built with mud and wood. The eco-manyatta, a solid structure made of bricks and cement, comes equipped with a solar panel, a digester to produce biogas, a water harvesting tank, and a bathroom . . . While maintaining the oblong shape of the traditional building, it is well ventilated thanks to windows in the bedroom and sitting area. And solar power means it has lighting both day and night. The modern manyattas do not require frequent repairs . . . The Twala women's group has decided to add more eco-manyattas on its 40-acre (16-hectare) plot of land in Laikipia County in Kenya's Rift Valley, to expand tourism as a source of income. Since they started welcoming guests in 2007, they have hosted close to 1,000 visitors. Kenyans and foreigners are attracted by the opportunity to experience the Maasai tribal culture but cannot be accommodated in old huts. Nina Kosen Soila, managing director of Eco-Manyatta Afrika, said the tourism business of the Twala women's group was bringing more money into the community -- especially to the benefit of women . . . This can offer girls a different perspective on life, she added. With a higher income, their mothers can pay their school fees and avoid them being married off due to poverty. Global Good News service views this news as a sign of rising positivity in the fields of science and business, documenting the growth of life-supporting, evolutionary trends.

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