{"id":5473,"date":"2024-03-26T14:48:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T13:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mission-tanzania.dk\/?p=5473"},"modified":"2025-05-13T10:27:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T08:27:48","slug":"masaipigen-ruth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mission-tanzania.dk\/en\/masaipigen-ruth\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruth, the Maasai girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Maasai girl by the name of Ruth Lucas who is in Form 4 (secondary school) lives with her mother and grandmother in Arusha. The father disappeared and they have had no contact with him for several years. Ruth is a bright girl in school. Her school decided to sponsor her schooling because they are really poor. For various reasons the school recently shut down and Ruth had to find another school.
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\nThe mother cannot afford to send Ruth to another school. Ruth\u2019s grandfather is a Maasai and he wants to have her back in Maasai land. He does not want a girl to get eductaed, but instead follow the Maasai traditions for girls: to be married. Maasais think that only boys should get educated.
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\nRuth\u2019s mother told me that Ruth\u2019s grandfather had received an offer from an elderly, wealthy Maasai who wanted to pay a very large dowry in the form of many cows in order to marry Ruth. Ruth had been desperate because she wanted to stay in school, get her education and choose her husband when the time was ripe. For this reason the mother and Ruth came to our office asking for help.
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\nWe trusted God and sent Ruth to a good, Christian school where she is thriving.
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\nWe received a sponsor who will support her until Form 4 is completed. But Ruth wishes to continue for another two years and graduate from High School. If any of you would like to support Ruth for a few more years please write us or send a gift to our missions account. Please earmark it \u201cRuth\u201d.<\/p>\n

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