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After an Elephant Attack, a Maasai Boy Needed Local Care. Years Later, He Helps Deliver it.

Summary by Direct Relief
The elephant was close enough to kill him. About as tall as a basketball rim and weighing many tons, it swept the boy down and was attacking him with its feet, rustling up a wall of dust. Andrew Kiranto, now 32, remembers that day vividly. He had been walking with friends close to his home on Maasai land, near Kenya’s Amboseli National Park. The dust the elephant kicked up kept it from seeing him clearly, he said, causing it to miss the blow tha…
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Direct Relief broke the news on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
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