Despite abject poverty, desperate living conditions and little or no education, local people are starting small businesses, sending their children to school and improving the quality of their lives. All this through a local program – Maji Mazuri (meaning ‘clean water’) – run by a dedicated Kenya team, with funding and support from people like you around the world.

More than 3 million people live in Nairobi, capital of Kenya in East Africa, and 2/3 of them live in slums like Mathare Valley, where Maji Mazuri operates. There, some 500,000 people live crammed together in huts made of bits of tin, wood and cardboard. There is no sewer system, no clean water, no electric power, no paved streets. Unemployment is very high; crime is rife; illegal alcohol and drugs are plentiful; violence is endemic; and HIV/AIDS is widespread.Maji Mazuri – ‘clean water’In 1987, a remarkable Kenya woman – Wanjiku Kironyo – stepped into this world, and began to work with some of the women to empower them to change their own lives. What started as a small micro-loan program has blossomed into seven projects: a head start program in the slum, two schools, an orphanage for disabled children, youth training and development programs, a farm and a greatly expanded business loan program – with several hundred members.

A partnership between dedicated caring individuals in Africa and people like you and meThe Maji Mazuri team in Kenya has no shortage of dedication, commitment, ideas and compassion. What they need from us is financial support, and to know that many people in the developed world care about Africa and want to help. Hope for the future is a powerful force for good!

Let’s show them that we care….and help them to transform their lives!Please take a look at the rest of the site and find out more about us, and about the good work of Maji Mazuri in Kenya.Maji Mazuri USA is a non profit 501 c 3 organization approved by the IRS. In 2005, more than 99% of the funds we received went directly to Kenya. (Our audited accounts are on the site).