TRIBE

TRIBE, a program of The Samburu Project, empowers youth to raise awareness and funds for the World Water Crisis while taking action in their own lives and communities through water conservation initiatives. The Samburu Project’s TRIBE teaches youth about life without water through the eyes of the Samburu people who have struggled with the lack of clean, safe drinking water for generations. Our goal is to encourage youth to conserve water locally and raise money and awareness to help provide for communities in the world, like the Samburu, who lack access to clean drinking water.

TRIBE takes students out of their comfort zone, gives them tangible understanding and inspiration to take action and become environmentally minded through local water conservation initiatives. Helping another person or community is always rewarding, but when someone really sees how it will benefit oneself and one’s greater community, it becomes an incredibly empowering experience. Giving becomes exponentially more meaningful. The issue is no longer about people half way around the globe. It’s about us and how we are all connected. TRIBE provides an experience that allows this connectedness to really come to life.

TRIBE gives youth an opportunity to become leaders not just in their world, but the world. Not only do they have the opportunity to effect change locally and globally, but through the program they also have the opportunity to lead students in communities beyond their own. TRIBE gives youth the chance to become ambassadors of the World Water Crisis, mobilizing students from neighboring schools to get involved.

Also, they will have the opportunity for cross cultural learning and sharing as they interact with youth in the developing world on the water issue.

Local water conservation is one of the first and most important steps in solving the World Water Crisis. Though most of the more than 1 billion people lacking access to clean, safe drinking water are currently in the developing world, longer periods of drought in California are anticipated over the next few decades. According to Save Our Water (www.saveourh2o.org), by 2050, California’s population is expected to rise to 60 million people which means more people, farms and businesses will rely on our reservoirs and groundwater basins for their needs. With a current population of 37 million, climate change is already affecting our water resources. Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada – the source of much of our runoff and our largest “natural” reservoir – could shrink by as much as 25% by 2050.

If Los Angeles County youth take action today, their social welfare will be much brighter in the years ahead. Nothing is possible without access to clean, safe drinking water.

Form Your Tribe Now!

If you want to start a club or receive more information, let us know! We are happy to answer any questions and address all concerns just send us an email at info@thesamburuproject.org. We look forward to hearing from you!