THE MAISHA PROJECT INC

MISSIONS partners bring tools and resources to facilitate lasting solutions. Four or more mission teams travel to Kenya every year. They work side by side with the local community building, hosting classes, exchanging ideas and promoting the spiritual life of children and adults. Each team is unique in how they serve at Maisha and picks a legacy project to support. Team Maisha plays a vital role in accomplishing our goals and mission. At the same time, serving on Team Maisha opens up the opportunity for individuals to put their passion into action and share their gifts with the Maisha community.

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 treatable conditions such as malaria will no longer result in death. A pharmacy, known 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. We want to raise up Legacy of Hope graduates who dream of becoming doctors and health care professionals to serve in their own community.

Care & encouragement are given to those living with HIV/AIDS through Living Positive, our home based care project in the villages around Kisumu and in the Nyalenda slums branch office. Home based care workers and volunteers are sent each week to help 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 scale businesses to create a source of revenue for themselves and their families. We also established a dedicated feeding project to help reduce stress 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.

The goal of Maisha’s Economic Empowerment Project is to provide the resources necessary to work towards sustainability. Through strategic investments in social enterprises, we diversify our income sources and support the work of Maisha locally while creating employment opportunities. The mission of Economic Empowerment is to promote social enterprises for Maisha’s sustainability and youth socio-economic empowerment, which creates the platform for peacebuilding.

This began successfully on a small scale through table banking, providing micro-finance loans for individuals to implement income-generating projects and discuss better business methods. Members quickly multiplied their initial seed funding and continued to grow the funding pool, offering larger loans to those with successful records. Partners invested in sewing machines, bore hole equipment, tuk-tuk’s and other endeavors. We're launching a further sustainable phase with three pilot endeavors to bring us closer to food, water and economic security. 1.) Dairy Enterprise, 2.) Horticulture and 3.) Community Water Projects.

INFRASTRUCTURE creates a safe environment to thrive and results in transformation. This project include building structures, infrastructure and utility improvements.