Ormonderei is Graham’s Maasai father.He has no idea how old he is but he is in the age set above Graham. The process of becoming a member of his clan began with Graham giving him a heifer. Since then he always greets Graham as ‘heifer’ whenever he sees him. Being a part of his clan has meant that all the Cow Project cows can have the Laiser markings on them as well as the ‘G’ stamped on their rump.
We were also given a plot just outside his boma to build our hut on in which the church now meets. As a son of the boma, Graham is expected to give his father presents. In this picture, he is being given a knife that Graham made for him to make up for all the times he has inadvertently arrived empty handed! He is showing him where his name is written on the blade.
