Maisha’s Light the Future Choir from Kenya stood on the turf, performing for the University of Oklahoma’s Football team on Oct. 21. The players clapped their hands with smiles on their faces as the kids’ song echoed throughout the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.   OU’s Head Football Coach Bob Stoops welcomed the kids onto […]Read more

One of the values we instill in the children of Maisha is to dream big dreams. It’s a lesson we’ve learned ourselves through every step we take at Maisha.   The prospect of gathering all the required documentation, getting all the required permissions, finding host homes and funding this endeavor (to mention a few) were […]Read more

We’ve long dreamed of having children of Maisha and Mama Grace come from Kenya to attend our annual gala in Oklahoma. Light the Future 2014 saw the fruition of that dream!   On Saturday, October 18th, the Light the Future Choir sang and danced their way into the hearts of the attendees of Maisha’s annual […]Read more

In Christmas 2013, Maisha sponsors bought their children solar lights. The delivery of the lights was delayed for quite a while, but the kids finally got their presents in June of 2014.   Beatrice Williamson, Maisha founder, said the kids were overjoyed to receive their gifts they had been eagerly anticipating. Even though the special […]Read more

The vision of The Maisha Project is to “bring hope to the hopeless and light to the darkness.” We believe one of the best ways to achieve this is by giving our kids a spiritual foundation to build their lives upon. Recently, The Maisha Project was able to take a big step in seeing this […]Read more

The Light the Future Team is travelling from Maisha in Kenya to Oklahoma this fall!   They will be our Maisha ambassadors on October 18th at Light the Future 2014 (http://lightthefuture.ucpfund.org/), singing and dancing themselves straight into your heart. Most importantly, they’ll have an opportunity to tell you their own story and the profound effect Maisha, […]Read more

The Gospel Project is a Sunday school curriculum that shows how Jesus is the point of all of Scripture. This year, Bridgeway Church decided we wanted to launch this curriculum for Maisha Academy.   Two months before our trip to Maisha we decided to launch The Gospel Project as one of our mission projects in […]Read more

The Maisha project has a total of four interns for the summer of 2014. We are excited for you to meet some of the people who help us out in both the Oklahoma office and in Kenya.   Meet our second intern from our Oklahoma office! Usama Zahi –  Admin/Fundraising Intern School: University of Oklahoma Hometown: Oklahoma […]Read more

Wipe your tears; it’s time to go. Saying goodbye to Kenya.   As the long-term team spends their final day at The Maisha Project, we are sad to be leaving the place we have called home for two whole months.  It reminds me of a quote I read by Miriam Adeney, and she said, “You […]Read more

The summer is coming to a close, and it’s time to say goodbye… As this is almost the final blog, LIVE from Kenya, I’m sad to say my time is running out.  How has the summer flown by so fast? It seems like just yesterday, I arrived at Maisha to a beautiful opening ceremony, and […]Read more