The Maisha Project Inc.

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“The mission of the maisha project is to transform lives and empower communities by providing lasting solutions to address poverty, hunger, disease and under-education. Maisha has seen significant advancements in each of our five projects. Maisha is determined to break the vicious cycle of poverty through education, health, empowerment, infrastructure and missions to enhance the quality of life for each child and their community. The impact is told one success story at a time and is collectively known as the "maisha story." the story began when anna lanson gave beatrice a sponsorship for education. The story of transformation continues one person at a time thanks to a huge coalition of support including mission participants. As maisha keeps investing in people, hope replaces hopelessness and light overtakes darkness.”

“Came to maisha made water pump improvements, hosted medical clinincs, ministered to the sick, assisted in the feeding and sponsorship projects, distributed over 1,000 christmas boxes, plus much more. 18 maisha children traveled on missions from kenya to the united states as light the future choir in the fall of 2016. They came to serve as ambassadors and participate in cross cultural activities with sister schools and churches in oklahoma. Upon returning to kenya, they carried all they learned to continue as leaders in their own community.”

“On their studies and be monitored more closely by teachers to ensure their academic success. A continuing education level was added to legacy hope in 2017 to futher the students education journey beyond secondary, with targeted mentoring for that segment. Other educational and mentoring initiatives include the gospel project, youth rallies and teachers for teachers. Youth rallies with local leaders are hosted to mentor and discuss future planning and goals with the children. Over the next several years we aim to appoint mentors for each segment of the legacy of hope project. The gospel project bible study for children has been very successful, not only with the children in the academy, but with the entire community who may attend the repeated lesson on the weekend. A highlight of the year is when the children and their families receive christmas boxes full of school supplies and other gifts. To ensure proper nutrition for learning capability, maisha feeds lunch to over 600 people each day. More than 187,000 meals were served in 2016. As the dorms are completed, the academy will become a boarding school. As a result the feeding program will transition into feeding only maisha academy students on ground, who will receive three meals a day. Then we will partner with local schools to support feeding in their facility. In 2016 we began establishing partnerships with the schools closest to maisha to supplement their lunch programs with supplies and begin this transition.”

“Other projects health comes with access to clean water, healthcare, improved nutrition and spiritual nourishment. To meet the health challenges of our growing maisha community a full-service out-patient clinic exists. The clinic's goal is to provide medical access so that treatable conditions, such as malaria, will no longer result in death. A pharmacy, know in kenya as a dispensary, is located within the clinic. No other health care facilities are within a reasonable walking distance to serve the community. In an area where the main mode of transport is walking and with so many affected by hiv and other seriously disabling diseases, having a nearby clinic and dispensary is essential. Previously, the clinic had been open part-time to the maisha community only. In 2017 we plan to open to the public with a full-time kenyan staff of 14 health care professionals. We want to raise up legacy of hope graduates who dream of becoming doctors and health care professionals to serve in their own communities. Hundreds of people have been treated through temporary medical clinics set up through mission participants working in coordination with kenyan medical staff. Over 200 people were treated at maisha's medical clinics in 2016. Care and encouragement were given to those living with hiv/aids through living positive, our home-based care project. We continued updates to the nyalenda slums branch office in 2016 to provide a more consistent feeding and microfinance project at that location. Home based care workers and volunteers are sent each week to care for clients by praying, witnessing, counseling, providing medical care, and taking groceries as they can. They also monitor arv adherence, nourishment, water, sanitation, and children's educational progress for each household. We assist nyalenda residents to start their own small scall businesses to create a source of revenue for themselves and their families. In 2016 almost 100 children from nyalenda were enrolled into legacy of hope to receive sponsorship for education and a dedicated feeding project was established in nyalenda to help reduce stress for parents and kids and give their bodies the fuel they need to combat diseases and take their medicine. Maisha also hosts health and hiv/aids educational rallies, partners with organizations to provide water, hygiene and sanitation education to children at maisha and throughout local schools. Through mosquito net distributions, access to nutrition and these other health projects, maisha boosts the overall health and longevity of the community. Economic empowerment helps people earn a living and transforms the economic structure of the community. Maisha trains youth and adults in making hand-crafter goods, dressmaking skills, and holds weekly forums of the community-owned table banking project. A table banking project provides micro-finances to implement income-generating projects and discuss better business methods. Lease-to-own tuk tuk (motorized rickshaw) and sewing machine projects continued in 2016 with much continued success. Maisha is a hive of activity, bringing life and economic opportunity. Empowerment not only helps them earn a living, but brings self-worth and the joy of a job well done. In 2017, a strategic effort will begin via the empowerment project to begin to bring sustainability to all the projects of maisha.”