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1. Design beautiful products with innovative use of natural materials for the contemporary global marketplace.
2. Provide work opportunity through culturally designed enterprise using a unique system of mobile work stations.
3. Teach sustainable harvesting and treating of natural materials with the purpose of stemming urban migration and expanding business opportunities in rural areas.
4. Take products to market through out the world in order to provide steady work opportunity to rural communities.
5. Cross cultural understanding and education between communities in developing countries and developed countries; learn through exchange with rural communities regarding social strength, unique political solutions, character, lost arts, creative problem solving, environmental solutions, and to bring technical training, opportunity and a practical, sustainable bridge to business.
6. To design a model that can be duplicated in other countries around the world.

1. In four years The Leakey Collection has grown from Katy and Philip Leakey personally supporting over 100 Maasai families with one work site to providing work for over 1000 woman with seven work stations. The work opportunities span over 150 miles in the Rift Valley, Kenya.
2. Zulugrass jewelry is now sold in over 1200 stores in 20 countries.
3. The Leakey Collection sets up work sites only when invited and currently has a waiting list of over 6000 Maasai wanting work stations.
4. The changes witnessed in each of the communities as a direct result of the work include: political stability, a lack of strife, reduced financial stress up to financial stability and investment ability, and women enjoying an enhanced respect from the men.
5. The general welfare of families, including health and wealth has increased dramatically as women and men are now asking for education on ways to invest their money. With this delivery system, of work opportunity and access to the global market place, vision and planning towards the future has become a reality rather than the frustration of subsistence level living most common in rural areas due to lack of resources, infrastructure, systems and opportunity.
6. The Youth have become more involved in environmental issues.
7. Kenya's drought of 2006 ended with the Maasai in some parts of Kenya losing more than half of their cattle; yet, the Maasai with access to nomadic work sites are able to regain their losses in a matter of months rather than five years or more. They experienced no interruption in children's education and family necessities.
8. The Leakey Collection won the Environment Conscious award from the Association of Makers and Exporters of Gifts and Allied Articles of Kenya in 2002 for its innovative use and management of natural materials.

1. Working to set up the first hydro-electric plant, clean and ecologically compatible, in Maasai land. The clean, ecologically sound power will benefit future generations as gas, oil and petrol prices continue to rise making it more difficult for outlying areas to compete in any market place yet alone the global one.
2. Opening more work sites.
3. Training 450 women and men in a variety of skills and foremanship.
4. Environmental training for local communities.
5. Expanding sales outlets to continue the growth of this system of opportunity.

1. By the end of 2007 to have in place a technical school and training facility to teach environmentally sustainable harvesting of raw materials, skills in handicraft, machine working, managerial skills, foremanship, and basic business education. Looking to partner with an educational facility to train the initial team of teachers and looking for financial assistance.
2. By mid 2007 to have completed the hydro-electric plant. Looking for financial assistance.
3. By end of 2007 to have set up a clinic and health education center that trains community members in the basics of health care, safety and rescue, and disease prevention. We are looking for a program that has been tested and can be easily taught to rural communities. Looking to partner with an existing organization that works in this area.

The Leakey Collection dedicates itself to advancing a system of enterprise with access to the global market in rural areas, thus bringing; grassroots capital opportunity, independence by individual effort and re-establishment of natural habitats through an innovative and culturally conscious model that is tested and can be duplicated around the world.