Malayaka House was formed with the birth of a child early in the morning of December 13 th 2005. The child was born to a homeless, mentally ill woman who immediately rejected her newborn by throwing the baby into a trash can. As fate would have it, Robert Fleming, and American who was working in Uganda, was there, trying to help the woman and now her newborn child. Robert rescued the baby, was given guardianship of the baby girl, and named her Malayaka. Two weeks later authorities asked Robert to help with another child, a boy of about two years who was suffering from broken bones, severe burns, and malnutrition. Malayaka House was begun. Ugandan Police soon brought more and more children, women were hired to care for them, and the whole operation was moved into a house – Malayaka House.

Once the house was operating on a self-sufficient basis, Robert began reaching out to other children’s homes that were in far worse shape than Malayaka House. He built efficient kitchens and ovens, installed solar panels and lighting systems, built fences for security, collected rain water, and developed farms to help with their nutrition, all while teaching the children skills they will be able to use in the future for employment or just plain survival.

Malayaka House rescues and cares for children caught in the crossfire of racial tensions, tribal hatred, and extreme poverty.  The house is located in Lunyo, a safe village within Entebbe, Uganda.  “The kids that are going to die—the ones that nobody wants—those are the ones that we want,” Robert Fleming says.

Malayaka House, established in the spirit of this greeting, offers a group of Ugandan children a safe home, peace, joy, and healing, as well as the hope of a better life.