The Maasai Field Guide Training Project is a community education program located in rural Kenya and designed to help the indigenous Maasai people preserve their cultural heritage. The Tourism Cares grant supported this unique project that emphasizes the natural history and ecology of Maasailands, as interpreted by indigenous Maasai in partnership with outside conservationists.This innovative program initiated by the students of Prescott College in Arizona represents a sustainable model, as it assists the Maasai in gaining employment in the eco-tourism industry. Program curriculum and guide certification standards are being developed with collaboration among Maasai communitites, the Kenya Ministry of Tourism, Prescott College, and the Maasai Envriomnental Resource Coalition. Maasai community-based certification and schooling program to train tour guides will be established; the professionalization of Maasai graduates will enable them to train future generations.