Updates from Kenya

Construction plans, building sites, and construction work – these challenges have been with us in one form or another since 2015, but an end is in sight. Thanks to the support from Sternstunden e.V., the Maisha Mazuri Academy now has four boarding school buildings, enough to accommodate all students on campus. Additionally, since summer 2023,

There was great joy in Maisha Mazuri when the pump brought the first water from the ground in 2017. Finally, there was a reliable water supply; water no longer had to be transported by trucks. And it wasn’t just the children in Maisha Mazuri who benefited, but also the surrounding residents. It was clear, beautiful

“A dream came true,” says home economics teacher Madam Anita at the Academy of Maisha Mazuri, looking happily around the new school bakery. After three months of planning and renovations, they hit the ground running with rolls, bread, muffins, and chapatis—though the list of baking requests and sales ideas is naturally much longer. Customers were

Wednesday, October 25: it was a big day for the students at Maisha Mazuri Primary School, as three classes gathered for their graduation ceremony. The so-called PP2 class graduated from kindergarten into primary school. Under the new school model, Class 6 has now completed primary school and will start Junior School in January; although this

The children run excitedly behind the house. A truck with playground equipment has just arrived. The kids watch the assembly with anticipation. But for now, they have to wait for the cement to harden. A few days later, they get the “green light.” The children rush to the playground. Everyone wants to try the slide

News from the Shamba Temperatures have been rising to over 90°F since I arrived four weeks ago. It is February and the last rainy season was much too short. The river near the farm is slowly drying up—yet the shamba is still green! This is partly because farmer Boniface is hard at work watering the