Thank you Jane Last month, we told you about Jane Moon, an avid Malaika Kids supporter, who was running 5k every day for 26 days. Her challenge is now successfully completed. She has raised a staggering £2,298.38. Thank you Jane, and if you donated to her fundraising, thank you too! Where is the money spent? […]
Letters under Lockdown For the last two months, almost all our Malaika Kids have been shielding at our Children’s Village just outside Mkuranga, a large town 30 miles south of Dar es Salaam. They have not been allowed to leave the Village, and we have been homeschooling all of them, aged from 2 to 20 […]
The Annual Report and Accounts of Malaika Kids INT for 2019 is now available. You may read the report by clicking here 2019 Annual Report and Accounts
Meanwhile… The number of cases in Tanzania remains reported at 480 and the number of deaths at 18. These numbers are widely disbelieved. The President (Magafuli) recommended that everyone should go to church and pray! We have moved all the children that we can out to the village in Mkuranga from Dar es Salaam. The […]
Jane steps up to the 2.6 Challenge for Malaika Kids! The London Marathon was scheduled to take place on April 26. When it was cancelled, a replacement 2.6 initiative was announced. Participants could pick their own charity challenge, themed around 26. Jane Moon decided to run 5 kilometres a day for 26 days – 130 […]
And then, it rained! The biggest immediate problem facing us is the weather. For the first time in living memory, there have been heavy rains for the first 3 months of this year Much of our crops have been destroyed, with tomato and bananas particularly hard hit. The water level has risen so high that […]
Children’s Village in Lockdown Coronavirus is, unfortunately, spreading rapidly in Tanzania and coinciding with the usual seasonal peak in malaria cases. All our children and staff are at present fit and healthy, but we worry as the crisis deepens in a country where there is no welfare safety net and where average incomes are under […]
NOTICE of the AGM of Malaika Kids UK on 12 May 2020 using ZOOM The Annual General Meeting of members of the Charity will be held at 5:00 pm on 12 May 2020 using Zoom Video-Conferencing. Please advise me if you wish to join the meeting as a link to it will be e-mailed to […]
In Tanzania, the number of confirmed cases has been low so far. The government, however, expects the country to follow the pattern of most other countries and has already closed every school. This means our Village is thronged with children all day, even those who might normally be boarding at secondary school, as well as […]
Sadly Malaika Kids UK has postponed the recently announced Open Golf day at Denham Golf Club on 30th June. The current situation that is facing everyone as Coronavirus spreads around the world, made its postponement inevitable. We will also lose income because further events are in jeopardy; the stock market decline will take its toll on […]
