Annual General Meeting on October 16, 2021 Every other year we hold a general meeting of our association. As the meeting had to be cancelled in 2020 due to the Corona pandemic, we are pleased that we could hold the meeting on October 16th. About 30 members met at Hart Castle (close to Edling) around …
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“Kilometers for Kenya” is a fundraising event that we started last year and decided to run again this year. Countless people – children and adults – ran or cycling for those kilometres. Coincidentally, all first 3 prizes – a volleyball, a football, and a backpack – went to students of the Thomas-Mann-Gymnasium in Munich, Germany. …
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The past month has been an intense and exciting one. On June 16th I arrived at the Maisha Mazuri Children Centre. During my first days, Joseph, Mercy and I created a weekly schedule for me. So now, Monday and Thursday mornings, I help Frida with our preschoolers in kindergarten and after tea break, I help …
It was THE event of the month. Christoph, one of the active members of the group, currently visits Kenya for about three months and was able to bring a huge package (3 kg) full with letters from the German partners to Kenya. Many new MMP children have written to their partners in Germany for the …
It has been 6 years since our MCC buildings exist and are home to our MCC children. And there are more to come. All of them are exposed to heavy rain fall and normal wear and tear by the people living in them. Our MCC partners in Kenya have performed an inventory and soon have …
After a one-year break, everything is slowly getting back to normal. School is back for everyone, soccer tournaments can be played again and the volunteers from Germany are also back. They play with the little ones, help with the homework, talk to the older ones, support in the kitchen, in the kindergarten or on the …
Electricity from the socket and light at the push of a button – this is how things have been working at the Academy of Maisha Masuri since December 2019, thanks to the support of the Schmitz Foundations. A photovoltaic system supplies the classrooms, including the computer room and kitchen/utility room, with electricity, as well as …
Dear friends and members of Hand in Hand for Kenya. We have used the lockdown to dedicate ourselves to the important topic of “social media” and are now also represented there: Follow us on Instagram @handinhand4kenya and on our Facebook page @MaishaMazuriChildrenCentre and tell your acquaintances, relatives and all friends about our association and our …
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…What does a video do then? With pleasure we can present our MCC video. A project that could be realized with the help of Markus Beham a “Multi Media Art” student from Amerang in the district of Rosenheim and his start-up “Receed Production”. The video is meant to introduce the MCC and to give a …
After schools have been closed for the most part in 2020 it is quite an event that students can now return to our Academy of Maisha Mazuri. The ones among them who were going to have their final exams in 2020 were already allowed back to school in October 2020. Despite the euphoria among children …
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