MALAYAKA HOUSE MISSION

Malayaka House rescues endangered Ugandan children and provides them with medical attention to heal their physical wounds, as well as the love and nurturance that they need to grow, learn, and thrive.  The house employs Ugandan women empowering these women by establishing identity, bank accounts, and healthcare.

 OUR GOALS:

 1)       To rescue orphaned and abandoned children.

 Since its inception, Malayaka House has saved the lives of nine malnourished, abused, or abandoned children.  None of the children would have survived without our intervention. 

 2)       To help these Ugandan children build lives of hope and opportunity.

 Malayaka House has legal custody of these children, and our goals are to provide them with good health, a sound education, and a warm and loving environment.  We hope eventually to find a permanent home for each child.  IPSE is building relationships with adoption agencies, but in the event a child reaches school age in the care of Malayaka House, we will cover the cost of a Ugandan boarding school.  Malayaka House emphasizes the worth of each individual and is dedicated to teaching the children, and the Ugandan women on the staff, the values of kindness, love, and tolerance.  We hope our project will contribute toward the larger goal of helping to ameliorate racial, tribal, religious, and geographic animosities.

 3)       To improve the lives of Ugandan Women who’s lives are mired in poverty.

 Currently, the Malayaka House employees four Ugandan women from different areas of Uganda.  IPSE has set up a bank account for each of these women with monthly wages applied.  In addition these women receive healthcare as needed, and have developed a sense of pride as they grow with our organization.

 Working with these women is a priority.  Through employment and education we can help these women escape poverty and make positive changes within their community.  IPSE has long term plans in areas of micro-lending and education to further help these women who we know can make a difference.

 4)       To encourage global citizenship among young Americans.

 Robert Fleming led groups of college students to India and Africa, where they participated in service projects.  Visiting and working at the Malayaka House can provide an unprecedented opportunity for young people who have for the most part been raised free of poverty and want.

Students from Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont have been fundraising all year and will visit and volunteer at the Malayaka House in May of 2007.