Inspiration

In 2005 The Samburu Project’s founder, Kristen Kosinski, traveled to Kenya in pursuit of realizing a lifelong dream; communing with, learning from, and facilitating the empowerment of African women. What she found was mutual inspiration.

Upon her arrival in Samburu, Kristen stumbled upon a women’s village in the District and connected with the village’s founder who worked with women’s groups throughout the Samburu District. Together, they set out on a safari like no other, traveling throughout the district, moving from village to village meeting hundreds of women. During those weeks, the story Kristen heard over and over and over again was the fact that Samburu women have no access to clean water and this lack of clean water effects every day and every aspect of their lives.

Learning first-hand this daily struggle, Kristen was inspired to empower these women by drilling wells. With that, she gave up her life in the entertainment industry, flew back to the Los Angeles and launched The Samburu Project.