Posted by Wanjiku Kironyo
Help Keep a Child in School - Keep the Doors to Learning Open in 2025
We write to you with an appeal to support Maji Mazuri Headstart School in Mathare, where we work tirelessly to provide quality, holistic education to children from some of the most vulnerable backgrounds. For many children in Mathare, education offers the only path out of poverty. Yet, for so many of these children, access to consistent, supportive schooling remains out of reach due to financial constraints.
Posted by Wanjiku Kironyo
Maji Mazuri Program Update October 2024
This October 2024 update from Maji Mazuri highlights the achievements of the past academic year, including student successes in examinations, a memorable pre-primary graduation, and participation in the Nairobi International Book Fair. It also celebrates the impact of the GFC Partners Exchange Program, fostering growth through cross-cultural learning, and the inspiring journey of six-year-old poet Tamira Tamara.
Posted by Wanjiku Kironyo
2024 Update: Recent highlights from Headstart School
Headstart School had a highly productive academic term, with achievements ranging from a new computer lab boosting digital skills to introducing the cultural game Kho-Kho. Community partnerships beautified the campus and provided learning opportunities. Importantly, the school supported families affected by floods, enabling students to continue their education.
Posted by Wanjiku Kironyo
2023 Food Programme
We're trying to raise $4k to fund Maji Mazuri's food programme, which provides 550 pupils with breakfast and lunches.
Posted by Wanjiku Kironyo
Maji Mazuri 2022 Annual Report
2022 has been a year of great success in our mission to help people escape poverty and become thriving individuals’. Despite several challenges, our programs made a huge difference in the lives of many children, youth and families that we served in 2022.
Posted by Wanjiku Kironyo
Partnership with Global Fund For Children (GFC)
From July 2022, We are partners of Global Fund for Children (GFC), a global nonprofit that supports community-based organizations to advance the rights of children and youth worldwide. Global Fund for Children supports our organization with flexible funding. The flexibility of GFC funding is important to our work because it gives us the freedom and ability to meet our priority needs and challenges to accelerate our impact.
Posted by Dr. Wanjiku Kironyo
2021 Annual Report
2021 has been a fair year despite the numerous challenges brought by Covid-19 pandemic. We are glad that despite those challenges, our projects stood strong and continue to transform the lives of young people and families in our community. We share sincere gratitude to all our well-wishers and partners for continued support and believing in us. Your support continues to empower Maji Mazuri to make a difference in the lives of many children, youths and families that we serve.
Posted by Maji Mazuri Team
An Update On Maji Mazuri's COVID Activities
A short video update on how the COVID fund has paid for food parcels that were disbursed to the families of pupils at the school.
Posted by Wanjiku Kironyo, Maji Mazuri Founder
A fundraising appeal for Maji Mazuri's activities under COVID-19
During these uncertain times, Maji Mazuri is stepping up to provide food to the families of all of the 500 pupils and to continue to cover staff salaries in an effort to minimise the hardships of coronavirus.
Posted by Maji Mazuri Kenya
Maji Mazuri Project Update: March 2020
A short look at what the Maji Mazuri team has been up to in the past few months, including an update on the School Management Committee, a school trip, and this term's goals for the Children's Centre.
Posted by Maji Mazuri Team
Introducing Eugine: an ICT centre success story
“Going through Maji Mazuri program not only equipped me with the technical skills and competencies that I needed to become a graphic designer but completely transformed me to the person I am today. The program equipped me with social skills, entrepreneurship skills and other soft skills that made my life easy after college. The trainers were very kind and supportive, they helped me discover my full potential.”
Posted by Maji Mazuri Team
Introducing Francis: From Student to Programme Officer
Francis is a role model for young people and an inspiration to everyone he meets. He is resilient, hardworking, ambitious, and objective-driven. He is passionate about positive change in the community and believes in the power of education to change the world. Today, he is a Program Officer at DIGNITAS - an organization that works with community schools in informal settlements of Nairobi to build teachers capacity so that they can transform children’s’ opportunities.