"On 17th April, Michael & I hosted a Black Tie Dinner at "Buckeys Creek" Augathella, Australia to fund raise for rain water harvesting at Malaika. 32 of our loyal friends gathered at our home to enjoy a night of Tanzanian food and fun. The night included auctions of 3 paintings done by my friends, a Tanzanian table cloth purchased from The Blue Heron, and a Tanzanian shawl. We were entertained by 2 exceptional young girls whose talents were auctioned - one sang and one played the violin.

As well as an outline of the happenings at Malaika our friends were treated to fun games...prizes included a pair of maasai shoes for the winner of the thong throwing competition!

The night was financially rewarding with 4,000,000 TSH raised for Malaika. Thank you to our small community (population 660) for their generosity and support.

I was delighted to be able to inform Mama Jutta to proceed with the project and to purchase rain water tanks for Malaika. I cannot wait to return...."
-Mama Sue

THANK YOU Mama Francesca!!

Our wonderful Mama Francesca organized a course for developing communication skills for the Malaika staff. They were informed as to what children are capable of at certain ages. For themselves, they were taught how to identify their own feelings, accept and express them in a safe way and decide what is needed to feel better. They were also trained to adapt a positive attitude to better deal with and understand personal stress and develop stress management skills. Thank you Francesca!

Our newest Volunteer, Marcia

Marcia is visiting us from England and plans to stay for the next couple of months. We are so glad to have her stay with us and help with the children's activities.

Our Wonderful Volunteers!

Sharon is back home to Australia. She was helping a lot with farming and caring for the cows. We will all miss her very much.

Lise, Anna & Malene are volunteers from Denmark, Anna and Malene had to go back home but we are pleased that Lisa will stay at Malaika until June.



















Willeke is back to Malaika, (much to our delight) and she is helping greatly with farm activities.
Beth was our volunteer from England, and she has had to head back home. She was helping us all here at Malaika by doing homework with children among other wonderful contributions.









Thank you so much to all of our gracious and generous volunteers. We just couldn't do it without you!

BEPPE IL VETERINARIO

We are so grateful to Beppe, our veterinarian for taking such good care of our cows. Thank you Beppe!

More Pictures for our Readers!

This first photo is a group pic with two members of Maisha Italy, Betty and Linda who visited Malaika with friends on Valentines Day.









The second pic is with Betty and Linda, Francesca and Jutta with the children of Malaika.

Mama Jutta na Ng'ombe

Our lovely Mama Jutta attending to the Ng'ombe (cows); with the children of Malaika watching on. Jutta, we are so grateful to you for your generosity and your care. Much, much, love and many thanks to you.