Update May 2017, Almost There! The roof is officially on, inside plastering was completed in late April and outside plastering has begun! We are still making progress, but need your help to bring the girl’s dorm to completion. The $25,000 Jasco Giving Hope Foundation challenge was met, bringing us within $26,000 of the goal to […]Read more
At 5:45 a.m., Jerry Ogallo, the Maisha Academy head teacher, leaves his house and begins peddling towards the Maisha Academy. After riding his bicycle for 45 minutes on the bumpy dirt roads, he arrives at school and makes his way upstairs to his office to prepare for the day’s events. The school grounds begin […]Read more
Over the years, you’ve come to know that “Maisha Means Life.” Over the coming months, we’re digging deep to define “LIFE” and explore together all that encompasses. Our goal is to give you a fresh look at Maisha and present our projects through a new set of lenses. The four themes that characterize Maisha […]Read more
Shouts of praise and songs of worship echo throughout the Maisha compound on Sunday mornings. Children from all over the village flock to the community center where The Gospel Project is held each week prior to the main worship service. The Gospel Project is a three-year study plan that goes through the Bible chronologically […]Read more
A large group of children in yellow and burgundy Maisha Academy uniforms walked down a dirt road singing songs, anxiously awaiting the arrival of visitors. Meanwhile, a van with a group of excited Americans ventures through the village’s bumpy dirt roads to Maisha’s compound. The two worlds collide and officially become a family after […]Read more
In 2010, Steven Nguta, Maisha’s on-ground missions coordinator, helped drill one water pump in the Shambas of Maisha, Maisha’s sustainable farming project. Six years later, Nguta is now the team leader of the drilling team and has helped drill each of the three wells that now sit in the “Garden of Life.” Water4, an […]Read more