Our safe house and why we need it. Malaika Kids has a safe property in a poor area of Dar es Salaam. It’s where we began – before we created the Children’s Village in Mkuranga – and we still need the Reception Home to fulfil our mission. This is where Welfare bring children to us […]
Please look out for our Christmas Appeal. This will start on November 25 and run until December 25. Donations received during that period will be doubled by trustees and others who have pledged to match all donations. Our appeal will focus on securing funding for our Relatives Support Programme. This is run out of our Dar […]
Our thanks go to the 12 brave runners who completed the Royal Parks Half Marathon on Sunday 13 October. The rain held off for most of the run! They reported having enjoyed the day and that the crowds had been particularly enthusiastic. We are very happy that they also were well supported in terms of […]
It is still dark, but I am awake and excited. Today is National Examination Day and I have waited a long time for this moment. I did well in my mock exams and now I hope to do even better in the real ones! I am always near the top of the class and hope […]
The future of our older children is currently our biggest challenge. The boys below had just finished their national exams; they were very happy to help out on the farm with some backbreaking work in the Tanzanian summer heat – their relationship with our managers is strong. The oldest boy, who had completed A levels, […]
The picture below shows the floor of our old van. At the top left is the step to get into the van, and to the right is where the wheel goes. As you can see, it has become very corroded and is effectively on its last legs. We have tried to keep it going with […]
Recently we requested funds to help our neighbours, the Mkuranga Primary School, whose classroom construction programme had ground to a halt. Malaika Kids UK and Malaika Kids Netherlands we have now raised enough money to complete the programme of works on their two new classrooms. The classrooms were started, but abandoned merely as a shell […]
The Annual Report and Accounts of Malaika Kids INT for 2018 is now available. You may read the report by clicking here MKINT Annual Report 2018.
Halfway There! You can do it! Just over one month ago, we launched a special appeal to help Mkuranga Primary School to facilitate a series of one-off major improvements. Currently, there are over 2,100 children in just 11 classrooms – Yes, that’s a whopping 190 children per class. We have committed to support the new […]
You can do it Malaika Kids has not been successful in securing a golf tournament in 2019. That may well reduce our income for the year. So you may want to consider if there is some target that you, like Nigel and Jane, can aim for later this year to help our general funds. For the […]
