2026 year of action
Cycling to Kenya - virtually
Maasai Girls Education and the funding to make it happen is top of the list for our 79-year-old general secretary. Throughout the year, he`s cycling every single day, to clock up the kilometres here in Scotland, for his virtual cycle all the way to Kajiado in Kenya. That`s where the girls we support come from. He`ll be posting where he`s got to (virtually), on a monthly basis. So watch this spot, cheer him on - and boost his effort with a donation, please.
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Our latest publication
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For every copy purchased, £1.00 will go towards our Maasai Girls Education Project.
During 2025 we designated the eight river valleys of Dumfries and Galloway, as the Joseph Thomson Cycle Way.
This route was pioneered by our secretary in June 2023. It is challenging, but well within the capability of an experienced well-equipped cyclist. Terrain is mainly on minor roads, with some gravel tracks to be enjoyed.
Not only does the route go through the mid Nithsdale area where Joseph Thomson was born and grew up, but it also affords great vistas across the estuary of Criffel, his favourite hill.
It also honours the place where Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented the bicycle as we know it today.
The route encompasses much of Dumfries and Galloway in the south-west of Scotland, in a way that was familiar to Joseph Thomson in his explorations on the vast African continent, using river valleys as his guide.
Joseph Thomson Maasai Trust is delighted to be able to present this new route for those who would like to embrace these enriching landscapes in the same spirit, and become explorers themselves, on two wheels.
Joseph thomson Cycle Way
Visit by ezekiel katato
It had been hoped that it would be possible to bring Ezekiel over on a visit in 2026. But alas, this will not be possible. Some other time we hope - he is so eloquent about his culture, and the great importance of education for girls.
and that`s not all surely?
Stay tuned in and watch this space