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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 2

Featuring Broadway Baptist Church and The Maisha Project's slum outreach.   Monday was a day of great change at Maisha!  We were happy to welcome our final long term team member, Cody Lawson, to Maisha along with a team he accompanied here from Broadway Baptist...

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Summer Adventures – LIVE from Kenya

The first summer team heading to The Maisha Project leaves this week! We are so excited to follow their journey and see all that they accomplish in the Summer of 2014.   This week is one filled with excitement.  As all the final arrangements are being made, many...

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A Tale of Two Kitchens

In March 2014, Maisha opened a new two-story kitchen facility for the feeding project in Kenya. The 2,570 square foot kitchen is a drastic change from the 180 square foot mud hut kitchen used previously.  The new space provides resources and tools for feeding over 600...

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Hakuna Matata, “It’s Okay”

Trying to describe my experience at Maisha is like trying to describe the soul, faith, spirituality, grace or love…these concepts are so personal, intimate and evocative, almost indescribable, as was my journey of Life (Maisha).   I traveled to Maisha with a...

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Education

Orphans and destitute children all over the world suffer in silence. In Kenya, most of these children are born into poverty and live without access to education, medical care, adequate housing, clothing, appropriate food or a chance for a better future. One such child...

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True Love

Hi everyone! First and foremost I would like to thank everyone for the donations, prayers, and thoughts. Although your donations were gladly accepted, the prayers really helped us all get through the trip in a Godly manner. Being the fourteen-year-old that I am, this...

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Do Hard Things

I have a strong desire to live outside my comfort zone and challenge my children to do the same. I believe that’s how spiritual growth happens. I had spent the past 6 mo. reciting passages from the book “Do Hard Things” to my kids (and anyone who would listen) when I...

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I Dreamed of Running a Marathon in Kenya

In the beginning this return trip to Kenya to visit my friends at Maisha and run a marathon with legendary Kenyan runners wasn’t even a prayer. Just a dream or desire planted deep within the “unreachable goals” and guarded part of my soul.   Certainly NOT...

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