News from the Shamba The temperatures have risen to over 30 degrees since I arrived four weeks ago. It is February 2023 and the last rainy season was much too short. The river near the farm is slowly drying up – but the Shamba is still green! This is partly due to the fact that …
The second construction phase begins
There is good news for the construction of the 2nd wing of the boarding school building, for which around 127,000 euros are needed. For the two other boarding houses, as well as an outdoor kitchen with a large seating /meeting area (equal to an auditorium), Sternstunden e.V. supports us once again, this time with 97,000 …
R.I.P. Douglas Ndunda Kimeu
It is with great shock, disbelief and grief that we have to say goodbye to our colleague Douglas Ndunda Kimeu, who has been by our side since the foundation stone has been set for the Maisha Mazuri Children Center. Kimeu has managed and supplied our large ecological farm with a lot of conviction, passion and …
The Big Picture
Maisha Mazuri has grown quite a bit in recent years, as can be seen from this overview. The environment around Maisha Mazuri also benefits from this and is developing in parallel. Only the second part of the boarding school and the outdoor kitchen with an open space for meals and other gatherings. Now, the existing …
Moving into our boarding school
Thanks to the great support of Sternstunden e.V. , since the end of November 2021, two wings of the boarding school building (including the bathrooms and toilets) are completed and the students have moved in with great enthusiasm. As of now, 85 boys and girls live at the boarding school – between six to eight …
Visit MCC – November 2021
This November 2021, Barbara Krohne and Helen Milkau (board of Hand in Hand für Kenia e.V.) visited the Maisha Mazuri Children Centre and its children and staff. Their visit was only short, so time was precious. There were many conversations with the staff about all new developments. The MCC building and compound are very well-kept, …
MMP-Letters arrived!
It was THE event of the month. Christoph, one of the active members of the group, currently visits Kenya for about three months and was able to bring a huge package (3 kg) full with letters from the German partners to Kenya. Many new MMP children have written to their partners in Germany for the …
Repair Works
It has been 6 years since our MCC buildings exist and are home to our MCC children. And there are more to come. All of them are exposed to heavy rain fall and normal wear and tear by the people living in them. Our MCC partners in Kenya have performed an inventory and soon have …
Our Volunteers are back
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 …
Sustainability at MCC
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 …
