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KEY 2: FOOD
Malaika has developed a permaculture project focused on subsistence production.Organic food is grown locally on Malaika’s premises, and the produce is used to provide each student with two nutritious meals per day, in an environment where the girls may only eat two meals a week. The project also serves as a learning tool for the students and community members, enhancing the school’s holistic learning experience. In 2016, Malaika launched the Sustainable Pathways as a vocational training program to teach out-of-school youth about conservation farming, entrepreneurship and enterprise development.
KEY 3: THE COMMUNITY
CENTER
In 2013 Malaika collaborated with FIFA to build the Kalebuka Football for Hope Center. This community center uses health, education, and football programs as social development tools to improve the quality of life of 5,000 people in the region. Offerings include classes and workshops focused on a range of subjects, such as the Village Health Worker trainings, Mothers First family planning program, and Drop Malaria program, which focuses on raising awareness around malaria through the distribution of 11,000 bed nets. The Mama Ya Mapendo project is offered through the community center, provides vocational training in sewing and embroidery. Additionally, the program provides financial literacy and family planning education to women so they can open home based businesses in order to contribute to their household income and the economy of Kalebuka. Over 70 women have already graduated from the program. The center also offers literacy, sewing, math and computer classes and gives students access to the internet.