Christmas Appeal update It’s wonderful that so many of you have generously supported the Malaika Kids Christmas Appeal! If you have donated THANK YOU. We are now at £41,000 – still a little short of our revised target of £45,000 so it remains that any donation you may make before 25 December will be doubled. […]
Christmas Appeal update It is an enormous pleasure to be able to write that our Appeal is going from strength to strength! After the first 6 days, we had raised £11,000 and now after 12 days, the total stands at £23,000. In addition, we have had a further significant trustee pledge such that we can […]
It’s Giving Tuesday Our Christmas Appeal opened five days ago and together we have so far raised £11,000. We are so grateful to our many supporters who have already given generously and we feel confident that over the next three weeks they will be joined by many more. Today is Giving Tuesday when everyone everywhere […]
Xmas Appeal – double your donation Our Christmas appeal is now live! For the next month, all donations, from 25 November until 25 December will be doubled, up to a total of £30,000! As you know, it has been a very tough year financially for Malaika Kids. Overall, our donations have fallen by over 25%, […]
Life continues for Malaika Kids in both Dar-es-Salaam at the Reception Home and for the Relatives Support Programme, as well in the Childrens’ Village in Mkuranga. Here are some pieces of other news. Our Reception Home in Dar es Salaam has recently taken in three girls aged between 10 and 13. One had been burned […]
Malaika Kids UK exists solely to support Malaika Kids Tanzania through a negotiated budget. We look after those children who have been assigned to our care and support other children within their extended family. Coronavirus has had a devastating effect on our income. This year we have not been able to run the fundraising events […]
The year started well with schooling, with all our children returning as normal on January 5 to their schools, apprenticeship courses and colleges. However, in March the coronavirus pandemic hit. The Tanzanian government was quick to close all educational establishments and they remained closed until June. We took the view that the virus was likely […]
New Kids join our Relatives Support Programme all the time. We are proud of how we help children who need to come to us for full-time residential support. We currently have 82 kids in the Children’s Village and in the Reception Home. However, we now support a slightly greater number, 91, in our Relatives Support […]
A day in the life of our nursery school teacher – Madam Tumaini The President of Tanzania ordered that all schools should be reopened on 29 June. The order came weeks after universities and other institutions resumed teaching. Madam Tumaini (the Kiswahili word for ‘hope’) lives in Mkuranga town and walks to our Village every weekday […]
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? […]
