Those 9-11 Masai Cattle...

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[King Prout]

Does anyone remember anything about the cattle some African village gave to the US as a gesture of sympathy after the 9-11 attacks? IIRC, it was a Masai village, and the number and quality of the cattle amounted to a huge percentage of the wealth of that village. At the time, I had really wanted to find out who they were, who their headman was, where they lived, etc... so I could send them my own personal thank you. I am ashamed to admit that I totally lost track of this idea. Can anyone help me get information on these folks? Thanks.

[King Prout]

any assistance will be appreciated. I would really like to thank these people. It was a touching gesture.

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[King Prout]

thank you! if I knew how to do it, I'd have done it.
(I hope I have not just thanked a bot)

[King Prout]

they call you the king of ping.
do you have anything about this I can use?

[There's millions of'em]

Is this it?
Guess you could contact State Dept.

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/events/b/af/ke/10857.htm

[Caesar Soze]

Check out:

• http://www.14cattle.org/.
• http://www.maasai-infoline.org/
• http://www.kenyaembassy.com/

[Caesar Soze]

Check out:

• http://www.14cattle.org/.
• http://www.maasai-infoline.org/
• http://www.kenyaembassy.com/

Apologies if this is posted more than once.

[.577 Tyrannosaur]

The particular Masai you have in mind live in the Kenyan village of Enoosaen, near the border with Tanzania. A tribesman named Kimeli Naiyomah -- who was (and perhaps still is?) a Stanford pre-med student -- alerted his African brethren to the events of 9-11. Members of the tribe wanted to do something to help the Americans, so they generously donated 14 large & healthy cows. (Which must have been a king's ransom for that poor, semi-nomadic tribe...)

That's all I can find. As an aside, I, too, would like to send them some sort of thanks.

[King Prout]

THANKS!

[King Prout]

thanks to you, as well.
I'll see if I can find out what such a people would actually find useful/appropriate. If/When I do, want me to ping you?
If this is something beyond my means, it might be something that could be sponsored by FReepers, assuming there is broad enough interest.
Do you think there might be?

[Quix]

Please ping me and let me know what comes of this.

I'd like to include my belated thanks, too.

[King Prout]

will do. I have already started nosing around, have sent the question to the fellow who operates the website: www.14cattle.org

[Jay D. Dyson]

Please ping me on your findings as well. Like you, I was also touched by their generosity and heartfelt gift. I'd like to send along my thanks as well.

-Jay

[King Prout]

Sure thing, Jay.
All:
this is the basic form letter I am using when emailing those who run the sites with relevant information. You can use it or one of your own if you decide to nose around on your own hook.
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please go here and read the topic and thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/946999/posts?page=11

Some of us are interested in saying thanks in a real and tangible manner to the Maasai village who gave us those 14 head of cattle. Their generosity of spirit and of their property touched us deeply.
We'd like to know what they would appreciate having.
Once we have some ideas, we'll see what we can do.

Thank you,
"King Prout"
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In the meantime, does anyone know how to make a "ping list" like the ones used by MHKing, JohnHuang2, etc...?
Doh!
Maybe I should ping THEM, huh? (be nice, working VERY late)

[.577 Tyrannosaur]

I'll see if I can find out what such a people would actually find useful/appropriate. If/When I do, want me to ping you?

Yeah, please do. I would appreciate it.

If this is something beyond my means, it might be something that could be sponsored by FReepers, assuming there is broad enough interest. Do you think there might be?

Judging by the responses to this thread, I would certainly think so. You seem to have already gotten the ball rolling, in any case.

[BlessedBeGod]

Please ping me, too. Like you I've never forgotten what they did. I remember crying at the time I first read about this. It makes me stop and think and wonder if I could be as generous toward someone as they were to us.

[max_rpf]

http://usembassy.state.gov/nairobi/

Send them a letter, the address should be on their web site. This is probably the best way to get a response as they will have a smaller staff and are more likely to respond to such a request than the state department (where your letter would undoubtably get lost).

You can address it to the Ambassador (or the DCM - Deputy Chief of Mission), include a short note to his secretary requesting that she deliver it to the appropriate person at the mission.

You could also try the USAID people.

They may even have a local contact that can deliver your letter to the chief of the tribe as they are probably hard to reach by conventional means.