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# Share the Love – Educate A Child
November 19, 2021
**About The Maisha Project**
Maisha 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 HIV/AIDS has stolen the lives of mothers and fathers, leaving 1 in 3 households headed by a child. 1 out of every 4 adults in the Kisumu district is HIV positive and every day our children face the risk of disease, malnutrition, and hopelessness.
The Maisha Project has become a source of **life** for these children. Starting in 2006, we were feeding 60 kids daily. Now, 15 years later, we feed 1,500+ kids every day and have 1,065 active in Legacy of Hope, our educational system, 875 mission participants, and 350 students enrolled in Maisha Academy.
Maisha means “**life**” and is founded on 5 pillars to create a better “maisha” for these children.
**Education**
This molds the minds of tomorrow’s leaders to transform their communities and
nation.
**Health**
We help provide access to clean water, healthcare, improved nutrition, and spiritual nourishment.
**Empowerment**
We want to empower the people of Kenya to earn a living and bring self-worth, and encourage them to step into their role in advancing the Kingdom of God.
**Missions**
Our partners bring tools and resources to facilitate lasting solutions for each of these branches.
**Infrastructure**
We want to create a safe environment for our people to thrive and take steps toward transformation.
So what if we stepped up and did something to help make a change? (LARGER TEXT) What if we took steps to help bring hope to the hopeless and light to the darkness? Our founder, Beatrice Williamson, did. And now, she’s challenging everyone in her community and all who will listen to step out in faith and join the cause.
| **This 2022, share your passion and help educate children in Kenya**This year is really challenging as we go through the obstacles brought about by the pandemic. At Maisha Project, we often talk of making a difference and going together because we are not alone. We are committed to equipping as many impoverished children as possible in Kenya with the tools they need to fulfill their potential. This is the perfect time to give and make them feel the acts of kindness, Let’s Share the Love.Because of this, we have our project “Share The Love – Educate A Child” campaign!**Here’s how it works:**There are 516 virtual envelopes.Each of those numbers are on the envelopes which corresponds to the same dollar amount;1 = $1, 47 = $47, 279 = $279, etc.The more you donate, the more entries you will receive! For every$25 you spend, you get one entry. ($1- $25 = 1 entry, $26 – $50 = 2 entries, $51- $75 = 3 entries, etc.)Pick your donation amount and it’s added to your cart, then check out.That is considered a direct donation to The Maisha Project – **Thank You!!**Once your payment is made, your envelope is then labeled “Adopted.”Here’s the kicker – Share the Love Project will enable sharer to **win a FREE TRIP!**It’s gonna be awesome treat for you and a (+1) to Kenya!You will have the opportunity to see The Maisha Project in action and everything that it provides up close and personaI, hosted by our founder, Beatrice Williamson.The more you donate, the more entries you receive!!Join us so we can change lives through quality education!! |
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| **Disclaimer​ All the envelopes must be adopted before we announce a winner!** |
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People often feel powerless when confronted with the issue of global poverty, but you don’t have to feel helpless. Making a donation makes a huge impact in these communities, providing lasting solutions to address poverty, hunger, disease, and under-education.
Thank you for stepping out and helping create change.
**Thank you very much for sharing the love.**
Orphans and vulnerable children all over the world suffer in silence. Born into poverty, these children live without access to education, medical care, adequate housing, clothing, appropriate food, or a chance out of this cycle and into a better future. While we’re at home with our families and friends celebrating this time of year, these children are living in that harsh reality.
Maisha gives the gift of **life**! Not only do donations go toward immediate help with food, clothing, and shelter, but we also help in areas with long-term effects like education and healthcare. Charitable donations are not the kind of gift that will end up dusty on a shelf or shoved in a closet somewhere. In such contrast, they make a lasting impact on the lives of those in need and on those that give.
So share the love to the **Maisha** community!
Share the love and help us **empower people** and **transform communities**!
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# Bringing hope and light
January 28, 2021
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 for being a part of Maisha in 2020!
## 2020 Highlights
Thank you for your faithful giving in 2020—which was by far the most difficult year since our founding, and probably in all of our lives. But despite the many overwhelming obstacles thrown in our path, together, we pivoted where needed and continued to impact the lives of so many vulnerable children and families during a global pandemic. ***Here are some of the highlights:***
## First water well ever!!!
We drilled the first water well ever in Lobolo Village—which is our partner school in Turkana. This will provide about 500 households in the area with lifesaving water and will truly transform this desolate, desperate community.
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## Over 5,000 masks distributed
We distributed over 5,000 masks throughout Kisumu and Turkana.
## Meals for families in need
We provided close to 500,000 emergency, nutritious meals during the pandemic to struggling children and their families throughout Kisumu and Turkana.
## Medical Clinic stayed open
We continued to operate our community medical clinic and provide vital healthcare to families in need.
## Teachers and social workers unsung heros
Schools remained closed due to the pandemic. But our dedicated teachers instigated a remote-learning program—walking daily to children’s homes, as well as traveling by motorcycle and “tuk tuks” to make sure our kids didn’t fall too far behind. Our teachers and social workers are truly our unsung heroes.
On behalf of The Maisha Project, I would like to thank you for your generosity, love and being an important part of the Maisha Story in 2020. Together, we can continue help the children and communities we serve bounce back from a very painful year, and continue our mission of bringing hope to the hopeless and light to the darkness.
Sincerely,
*Beatrice Williamson*Founder, Maisha Project
*Maisha Project is a registered 501(c)(3) public charity (Tax ID # 46-4992172). Pursuant to Internal Revenue Code requirements for substantiation of charitable contributions, no goods or services were provided in exchange for this gift.*
# 2020 is ending with a BIG surprise!
December 23, 2020
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 under a Christmas tree.
We have been given enough food to provide 300,000 meals to hungry boys and girls!! This is a huge answer to prayer! A Christmas miracle really!
We applied for a grant this year to receive some much-needed food from Feed My Starving Children in Illinois. And we just got the great news that they have given us enough food for 300,000 meals!! This will provide SO many of the hungry, vulnerable children we serve in Kisumu, Nyalenda and Turkana with LIFESAVING and LIFECHANGING meals!
The only problem with this present is that it belongs in Kenya.
I don’t have to tell you what a hard and very tough year this has been. We have ALL felt the pain of it in some degree. The children in Kenya have felt it very severely with school closures since March. Only 4th and 8th grade-students were allowed back to school a little while ago. And now, we are hopeful that all grades are being allowed back to school on January 4th. Being in school is an ABSOLUTE must for children in Kenya to be able to break free of poverty and other life-threatening challenges like child labor, teen pregnancy, early marriage and even human trafficking. And we all know that in order to KEEP children in school in Kenya – they MUST be fed in school. Otherwise they will go out looking for food and/or work instead of sitting in classes all day on an empty stomach.
**With the schools being closed most of 2020, we have lost considerable donations this year to our school feeding program.**
This food will help children in Kenya SO much as schools begin to be flooded with all students again very soon. This is an amazing gift from God.  BUT it is our responsibility to get it shipped to Kenya. And we need your help to get it there as soon as possible and onto the plates of hungry boys and girls in school.
Please text your BEST gift to M A I S H A at 4 1 4 4 4.
This is the BEST Christmas gift and start to a new year that we’ve ever been able to give to the vulnerable children we serve in a VERY LONG TIME! 2020 put MANY children behind. But with this food and schools reopening again, we can get boys and girls back on track to a brighter future. God bless you for helping to make it happen!
Blessings, Beatrice
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We invest in education, health, local entrepreneurs, and infrastructure/community building projects. As we expand the economic empowerment project, sustainability is fostered in all the other projects.
### School Feeding Program
You can provide a nutritious, life-saving meal every school day to a hungry boy or girl. The impact that your commitment for just $19 a month can provide will change the course of a child's future FOREVER.
### Education
Your sponsorship gives a child the tools he or she needs to succeed in life. This allows a student to create a better future for them self and for the generations to come. We invite you to watch the full video above for an intimate look at how sponsorship impacts a life.
### Health & Nutrition
For only $2,800 one month a year, you can secure food or health for an entire community as well as  save and enrich lives.
### Missions
Your sponsorship gives a Team Maisha the opportunity to help individuals to put their passion into action and share their gifts with the Maisha community.
### Building Project
Your sponsorship provides long-term solutions to create safe environment to thrive and results in community transformation through our infrastructure initiatives.