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Description

The prevention or relief of poverty by providing services to families in crisis so they will be supported to develop new skills and abilities which will encourage them to engage more effectively with the labour market. Maisha: Foundation hopes to help families to help themselves by assisting small businesses and encouraging entrepreneurship. investing in local people to create financial independence. The advancement of education by offering a free nursery/pre-school programme where local parents can bring their children to learn English, Swahili, numeracy skills, basic science and social studies. as well as nurturing social skills, play, hygiene and personal development. Sponsorship will then assist families to send their children to school with the necessary materials to support them. Maisha: Foundation hopes to eventually create a residential school where children will receive an education, healthy diet and peer support. Strong links have already been established with local residential high schools to then allow children to advance their education further. Informal adult learning will also underpin most of the activities which will be developed at the community centre. The advancement of health by developing an outreach programme to ensure families have access to nutritious meals and food sources. Furthermore, through collaborative partnership working with local government agencies and voluntary organisations, Maisha: Foundation intends to support local people with their basic health care needs. We can provide health care checks, and assistance with referrals, in addition to helping with travel costs and medical bills. This would be greatly beneficial for the children we currently work with who suffer from HIV, and various levels of disability. The advancement of citizenship or community development by initially creating a community centre and outreach programme. Through participatory practice Maisha: Foundation will work with local people to establish n

Also known as

Life: Foundation

OSCR Charity number

SC044623

Registered

30 January 2014

Removed

03 December 2015

Postcode

BA11 4PR

Website

maisha-foundation.org

This organisation record is based on data from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator Charity Register Download published by Office of Scottish Charity Regulator.

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Maisha Foundation

GB-SC-SC044623

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Registered Office in the UK

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Maisha Foundation

GB-SC-SC044623

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

Activities (OSCR)

It carries out activities or services itself

Beneficiaries (OSCR)

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Purposes (OSCR)

The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of education
The advancement of health
The advancement of citizenship or community development
The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

Community and economic development activities F20

UK Charity Activity Tags

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