Gifts to Masai village school add fuel to debate on tribe's future.

From: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) | Date: May 1, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Julie Patel

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ For centuries, the Masai people of Kenya have lived in huts without power or running water, used plants and minerals to heal themselves, and survived on a diet of cow milk, meat and blood.

So when Patrick O'Sullivan, a visitor from Silicon Valley entered one of their villages and left behind a school equipped with solar power, laptops and a projector, he sparked an old debate about the tribe's desire to preserve its cultu...

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