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The MaishaProject Quarterly Newsletter | Issue Two

Maisha Friend As I write to you from our spring rainy season here in Kisumu, Kenya, I reflect on the unsung heroes who make Maisha possible. There are moments in life when words feel too small to carry the weight of what the heart feels. This is one of those moments....

Happy World Children’s Day

This World Children's Day, help us molds the minds of tomorrow’s leaders to transform their community and nation.

Mobile Pack Event

t’s that time again — one of our favorite annual partnerships that truly brings hope to life! We’re honored to team up once more with Feed My Starving Children and St. Luke's Methodist Church to make a lasting impact for children and families in Kenya. We’re calling...

Inaugural Legacy of Hope Clay Shoot

Never underestimate the power of what a few can accomplish with one heart and one mission. We want to thank EVERYONE who participated in our Inaugural Legacy of Hope Clay Shoot on Friday. It was such a FUN event. And your generosity went a LONG way… providing OVER...

Share the Love – Educate A Child

About The Maisha ProjectMaisha Project’s mission is to empower people and transform communities to become hopeful, independent, and thriving. The Maisha Project is located in the heart of Oklahoma City, but began in Nyanza Province, Kenya, where the silent epidemic of...

Bringing hope and light

Maisha Project is committed to bringing hope to the hopeless and light to the darkness. Our mission is to transform lives and empower communities by providing lasting solutions to address poverty, hunger, disease and under-education. We extend a heartfelt THANK YOU...

2020 is ending with a BIG surprise!

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope and pray you and your families are having a safe, healthy and peaceful Christmas this year. I have some very exciting news that couldn’t have come at a better time… Maisha has received a really BIG Christmas gift. But it doesn’t fit...

Heroic people of Turkana

The people of #Turkana always inspire and humble us. Their strength and bravery to endure such hardship and suffering every single day is nothing less than heroic! Until our visit, they did not even have facemasks to help safeguard them against the spread of the...

Joy as remote Turkana village gets first fresh water borehole

More than 5,000 residents of Lobolo, a remote village in Turkana Central Sub-county, are breathing a sigh of relief after a US charity sunk a borehole that will provide them with a freshwater source, the first in the area that relies on Lake Turkana’s saline waters....

Water brings Joy

#MaishaMonday — The construction of our water well project in #Turkana is still underway. But as you can see ... the children and community cannot contain their overwhelming joy over this blessing. Here are some shocking stats from Charity Water to help illustrate...

LIVE from Kenya — Week 6

This week hasn’t stopped, and neither have we! As we start the beginning of the end of our time here at Maisha, we have had no time to become emotional. This week was by far the busiest week Maisha has seen in a long time. We kicked off our week with an awards...

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Jambo From Kenya

A special guest blog from a Bridgeway friend!   Jambo from Kenya! My name is Rachel Delp and I came to Maisha this summer as part of a team of fourteen from Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City, OK. I was also a part of the first team from our church that came in...

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Meet Our Summer Interns – Part 1

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. Here's one of our interns from our Oklahoma office!  Lauren Daniel - Social Media/Blog...

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LIVE from Kenya– Week 5

Can this week get any better? God continues to do BIG things at Maisha!   Bridgeway Team Maisha Arrives As we say farewell to the Vintage team, we are excited to welcome our biggest Team Maisha missions team of the summer, Bridgeway Church, who will spend the...

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BIG NEWS… LIVE from Kenya– SPECIAL Edition

WE HAVE SOME BIG NEWS.....   In the afternoon, a sweet new sound fills up the Maisha Center, the music of the Light the Future Choir.  Maisha’s annual gala, Light the Future, will be held October 18th.  It is gearing up to be our best event yet.  To top last...

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Making of a Marathon

Louis L’Amour said in Sackett’s Land “I would not sit waiting for some vague tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime, and find nothing at the end of the waiting. I would begin here, I would make something happen.”   The Maisha runners...

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LIVE from Kenya – Week 4

As a new week is ready to begin, we are taking a deep breath and trying to relax from what was one of the busiest weeks I have witnessed at The Maisha Project.   We started off last week welcoming a family team representing North Pointe Church in Edmond.  Matt...

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Oasis in the Storm

When I was asked to write something about my experience at Maisha, many things ran through my head. The stories I could share are endless, but since neither you nor I have all day, I’ll keep it simple.   My name is Christa Humphreys, and I am a recent graduate of...

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LIVE From Kenya- Week 3

As a new week is starting, things are unusually quiet here at Maisha. The kids are testing for most of the week, so in the morning the grounds of Maisha are empty.  The Broadway Baptist team left early this morning, and the only ones remaining are those who will be...

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