Maji Mazuri


Duara assists Maji Mazuri to build a community and education
center right in the slum but with vital frontage on the main road that
skirts it (click here for the image of the community centre). This
means that secure access to the building will be available day and
night. This 30,000 square foot facility will house all of the existing
Maji Mazuri programs – the Head Start school, with places for 350
children, the micro-business loan program, the Talent Program for
youth from 4-22 years - plus a new clinic, a community hall, a
library, and an Internet café. 2 floors will provide modern, spacious
classrooms, and we will have a large and secure playground on
the roof. There will be an elevator for the disabled children, solar
panels to generate electricity and a rain water harvesting system.
Besides assisting Maji Mazuri in the construction of the building
and raising funds for the educational facilities, Duara focuses in
particular in assisting Maji Mazuri on realising the Talent Program
(see 'Stop the Bullet!' on this site, our campaign to raise funds for
the Talent Program).
Maji Mazuri offers a viariety of projects to the community of
Mathare:
- Maji Mazuri Center
- Head Start Nursery
- Mavuno Micro-Credit Programme | Mavuno youth programme
- Upper Matasia Academy
- Kiserian Primary and Vocational school
- Teenz group | the Maji Mazuri Youth group