For almost 20 years St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Edmonton Canada has been sending funds to Maji Mazuri in Kenya. What started in a small way in 1988 with the proceeds from craft sales run by Patricia Halligan-Baker and several helping hands, has recently grown tremendously.

A couple of years ago the Church decided to include Maji Mazuri among its official ministries and total funds raised jumped from $19,700 in 2005 to over $55,200 in 2006. In 2007 the Highbury Foundation very generously provided the Church with $77,500 for Maji Mazuri projects - $27,500 to equip our Upper Matasia School with a borehole and pump, and $50,000 to provide capital for the Maji Mazuri Mavuno micro business loan program which operates in the Mathare Valley slum area of Nairobi.

Meanwhile, last December, the parishioners of St. Paul’s raised $39,000 in a Christmas appeal to fund the purchase of a tractor for our farm in Kiserian. All in all in 2007 St. Paul’s and the Highbury Foundation sent $145,800 to Maji Mazuri in Kenya. This wonderful achievement is having a huge impact on the quality of life and well being of many children and families in Upper Matasia, Kiserian and the Mathare Valley.

Everyone involved with Maji Mazuri is deeply grateful to the Highbury Foundation, to Dudley and Pat Baker and to the many members of St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Edmonton who have given so freely and faithfully to our programs.