After a one-year break, everything is slowly getting back to normal. School is back for everyone, soccer tournaments can be played again and the volunteers from Germany are also back. They play with the little ones, help with the homework, talk to the older ones, support in the kitchen, in the kindergarten or on the …
Electricity from the socket and light at the push of a button – this is how things have been working at the Academy of Maisha Masuri since December 2019, thanks to the support of the Schmitz Foundations. A photovoltaic system supplies the classrooms, including the computer room and kitchen/utility room, with electricity, as well as …
Dear friends and members of Hand in Hand for Kenya. We have used the lockdown to dedicate ourselves to the important topic of “social media” and are now also represented there: Follow us on Instagram @handinhand4kenya and on our Facebook page @MaishaMazuriChildrenCentre and tell your acquaintances, relatives and all friends about our association and our …
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…What does a video do then? With pleasure we can present our MCC video. A project that could be realized with the help of Markus Beham a “Multi Media Art” student from Amerang in the district of Rosenheim and his start-up “Receed Production”. The video is meant to introduce the MCC and to give a …
After schools have been closed for the most part in 2020 it is quite an event that students can now return to our Academy of Maisha Mazuri. The ones among them who were going to have their final exams in 2020 were already allowed back to school in October 2020. Despite the euphoria among children …
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Our home for the secondary-students has finally reached the next step: Thanks to the support of Sternstunden e.V. and Rotary München Hofgarten we are expecting constructions of the dormitories for girls and boys including bathrooms and toilets to be finished by the end of Easter Holidays. The following big progress will be the building of …
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It is the aim of the Kenyan association Wezesha Binti Foundationto talk openly about subjects and matters addressing menstruation-problems for women. Until today, many girls and women in Kenya stay at home during their menstruation for a lack of pads, because of discomfort, shame, or superstition. They miss out on school or work for several …
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Finally back to school! A statement you rarely hear from children. In Kenya, however, the situation is different. School and education are still seen as a privilege that is not always accessible for every child or young person. Therefore, the appreciation of school is very high among Kenyan children. Even more so now since schools …
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wishes the whole team and all the children of Hand in Hand for Kenya. May the year 2021 give everyone back a piece of “normality”.
