Sonja

Sonja is a volunteer from Germany who stayed with us for one month and got very
attached to our little mtoto Sarah who came to our center during last month.
Sarah is only 3 months old and has a very young mother who is only 17 years
old and is an orphan herself. The mother of Sarah found some people in the
community who have paid for her education and she will take her little angel
back as soon as she is finished with her studies. We are very grateful to Sonja for showing Sarah such love and care while she has stayed with us.

Federica

Federica is with us at Malaika until the end of 2009! Wow!! She is involved with office work as well as working directly in care of the children. She is a very dedicated volunteer; spending all of her time at Malaika. Thank you Federica!

Naomi

Naomi has been with us since mid February. She is very dedicated to our kids; always spending her time with them and teaching them different skills like painting and singing. She especially enjoys playing games with the kids! We are very lucky to have her. Thank you Naomi!

Founder's Portrait

We can never honour our founders enough, so here is the most recent picture of Jutta, Francesca and the watoto. We love you Jutta and Francesca; thank you so much for everything you do for us!

Spring Updates

Just as April showers bring May flowers, so is your patience rewarded at long last with an update on all our goings on here at Malaika Children's Home. We have had a great many new additions to our growing farm as well as new volunteers to help things run smoothly in our home. Christina, a Volunteer from Sweden who came over with Babu John is about to finish her sojourn here and we are so sad to see her leave us. We have greatly enjoyed her company and we are all very proud of the work she has accomplished during her stay. Thank you Christina!

Our garden has also had some new additions. In the picture you can see the changes as well as the cow and chicken huts in the background. If you look carefully, you can also see the beautiful bench that was made by Babu John in memory of our dearest Matteo, the founder of the Malaika Farm Project. How very proud he would be...
And of course, with all this mention of our angel, Babu John; we would be loathe not to introduce him! Babu John has been working very hard for us here at Malaika. In the photo, you can see him proudly pushing his cart that he has made himself and donated to Malaika Children's Home. The cart is designed with the purpose in mind of transporting some small foodstuffs such as veggies, eggs and soon milk(!) from the garden to the house itself. We are so very grateful to our friend, Babu John and thank him again and again for his hard work and generosity.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to one and all from the Children of Malaika!

Minibus!!!

Maisha, Italy has gifted us with a new Minibus! As you can see from the photo, the kids are extremely excited about their new ride. Can we ever thank you enough, Maisha? Don't know, but we sure will try... Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!

KID NEWS: Our little Samuel is now going to school and looks like such a little gentleman in his uniform! Helen and Regina are getting so big and are learning how to give back to Malaika by helping out with little chores around the house... more news to come!