Our Work is focused on bringing clean water and sustainable resources in a remote region of Tanzania called "Mara."
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What if global hunger, poverty and disease could be solved with the natural and abundant resources already at our disposal? From the Mara Soil transports you to a community in rural Tanzania trying to answer this question with a novel approach to solving humanity’s greatest challenges with simple, natural and affordable solutions.
Hilton Worldwide LightStay Sustainability Award & Fund,
2012 Hilton Worldwide and Sundance Institute
Best Short Documentary Film,
2012 Peace on Earth Film Festival Chicago, IL
Best Sustainable Practices Film,
2011 Green Screen Environmental Film Festival Santa Monica, CA
From GRA's First Television Series
ABUNDANT LIVING
GRA is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to bringing hope, joy and abundance in the Mara Region of Tanzania. By sharing ideas, volunteers and financial resources with local, community based organizations we seek to promote natural, holistic and sustainable solutions to the challenges of poverty, malnutrition and disease. The inspiration and leadership for our work comes from the communities we serve. We believe that empowering local communities to address pressing social, economic and environmental challenges according to their own vision and their own creative potential is the key to lasting solutions.
The latest GRA Blog Posts below...
Join us for our annual complimentary community dinner and fundraiser at beautiful Meditation Mount in Ojai, CA on Saturday, July 9 at 7:00 PM. Following a gourmet vegan dinner, GRA’s directors will share a presentation of GRA’s latest activities in rural Tanzania. Annual Summer Fundraiser Saturday, July 9, 2016 7:00 – 9:00 PM Meditation Mount […]
First of all, I’d like to thank you for supporting GRA’s work in rural East Africa in 2015. Each year I’m amazed by the generosity of our supporters and always find it hard to believe that with so little effort on our part, so many good hearted people step forward to help so abundantly individuals, […]
Permaculture Continued developing the Kinesi Village permaculture project with the local villagers on 8 acres of land donated to GRA by the Village Council to grow food for 35 families caring for orphans. This plot grows hundreds of trees for food, lumber and habitat, staple foods like corn, beans, sweet potatoes, sorghum, cassava, peanuts and […]
GRA’s most ambitious project, Maji Mengi! Employing remarkable perseverance, GRA has successfully located and drilled 105 (AND COUNTING) ABUNDANTLY- FLOWING, WELL WATER BORE HOLES, servicing Africa’s Tanzanian villagers, schools, public and private organizations, and various government institutions. Learn more about GRA’s efforts in Rural Water Supply development. GRA’s WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT…
Global Resource Alliance Annual Summer Dinner Fundraiser July 11, 2015 7:00 – 9:00 PM Meditation Mount 10340 Reeves Road Ojai, Ca 93023 You’re invited! Join us for our annual complimentary community dinner and fundraiser at beautiful Meditation Mount in Ojai, CA on Saturday, July 11. Following a gourmet vegan dinner, GRA’s directors will share a […]
WHAT WE DID IN 2014 Rural Water Supply Completed 18 successful community wells with drilling equipment funded by Irish NGO Gorta. This brings the total number of wells completed since inception of the Maji Mengi (Abundant Water) program in 2009 to 99 – serving approximately 35,000 people, mostly in Mara’s least developed district, Rorya. […]
WHAT WE DID IN 2013 Permaculture Continued developing the Kinesi Village permaculture project with the local community on 8 acres of land donated to GRA by the Village Council to grow food for 35 families caring for orphans. This plot grows hundreds of trees for food, lumber and habitat, staple foods like corn, beans, […]
WHAT WE DID IN 2012 Permaculture Worked with villagers to design and implement a major permaculture project on 8 acres of land donated to GRA by the Kinesi Village Council to grow food for 35 families caring for orphans. This plot grows hundreds of trees for food, lumber and habitat, staple foods like corn, […]
WHAT WE DID IN 2011 Permaculture Worked with villagers to design and implement a major permaculture project on 8 acres of land donated to GRA by the Kinesi Village Council to grow food for 35 families caring for orphans. This plot grows hundreds of trees for food, lumber and habitat, staple foods like corn, […]
Greetings! It’s a cliché to say that we live in challenging times, but so true. Environmental disasters, economic dislocation and endless war are the norm. It’s easy to feel helpless, insecure, fearful or angry. Yet, despite the size and complexity of the global problems confronting us, simple, natural solutions abound with the potential to transform […]
