Projects - Mama Makeka House of Hope

Mama Makeka House of Hope
MMH Hope
4921 E. Townsend
Fresno, CA 93727

Phone:

(559) 452-0455

E-mail:
Pakisa@mmhhope.org
Info@mmhhope.org
Visit our website: http://www.mmhhope.org

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Program Priorities for 2007 - 2009

As Mama Makeka House of Hope moves forward as an organization, we are beginning to focus in terms of our outreach priorities. The last two trips to Africa and the attention the Youth Theater Project is getting in Fresno led the Board of Directors on its regular meeting of 24 March 2007 to define its priorities for 2007 to 2009 as follows:

KAJIJI HEALTH ZONES IN DRC

We will provide continued support that will involve not only provision of medicine and supplies but also guidance in dealing with management and policy issues. MMH Hope will work with other partners such as Northpark Community Church in the area of education. Furthermore, MMH Hope
hopes to partner with an Italian NGO in developing a reference laboratory for both Kajiji and Kahemba Health Zones.

WALUNGU HEALTH ZONE IN SOUTH KIVU

This is a region that has experienced serious consequences of war, especially sexual violence against women. MMH Hope involvement will include trauma healing for women who have been victims of sexual violence, micro-loans to help these women start businesses and become self-sufficient, and a weapons destruction and transformation project. The weapons destruction and transformation project will encourage individuals and rebel militia members to turn in their weapons in exchange for a bicycle or roofing materials. A machine to destroy the weapons has already been purchased, and in turn the metal from the destroyed weapons will be used to develop agricultural tools.

Photo of building upon which the center will be based.

KINSHASA MAMA MAKEKA HOUSE OF HOPE CENTER

Logistics for lodging and transportation is a nightmare in Kinshasa. As more and more people are beginning to join Mama Makeka House of Hope in its ministries in Congo, hosting volunteers can become an impediment to involvement in some of these ministries. The center will consist of two buildings to serve as guest rooms, a reference library, conference, reading, meeting, and reception rooms, restaurant, and offices. MMH Hope is also seeking donated vehicles to assist volunteers in their travel, as transportation in Kinshasa is very difficult. The center will provide safe and convenient lodging for volunteers, income generation opportunities, and jobs for the surrounding community.

See Mama Makeka House of Hope Center for more information.

ZIMBABWE

Although our involvement in Zimbabwe has recently been limited due to political issues within the country, we continue to keep Zimbabwe as a priority. Two pieces of land have been secured in the Victoria Falls area to build two community centers which will offer Bible studies, AIDS education and counseling, sports, tutoring, and a safe place for youth to spend their time. We wait and pray for doors to open in Zimbabwe for us to continue in our “One Child at a Time” project and the building of community centers there.

FRESNO: ONE STORY YET SEVERAL CHAPTERS

In February, members of MMH Hope met with the Fresno Parks and Recreation Department to see what Mama Makeka House of Hope could contribute to our community here in Fresno. With the success of working with McLane students to confront the issues of violence in our community through our Youth Theater Project, it was decided that a similar Fresno wide program would be beneficial. Together with Randall Cooper and Mary J. Fitzpatrick of Fresno Parks and Recreation, the idea of “Fresno: One Story Yet Many Chapters” was born. Partnering with Fresno Parks and Recreation, Kaiser Permanente, Fresno Pacific University, and several area churches, the goal of this project is to target the issues of violence and health care in each of Fresno’s unique areas through the performing arts. Youth and young adults will be given the platform to write plays, music, and poetry, and essentially tell their stories. We are excited about the opportunities this project will bring to our local community, and the partnerships that we are building.

“My hope is that whatever you do to make a good life for yourself – whether you become a teacher, or social worker, or business person, or lawyer, or
poet, or scientist -- you will devote part of your life to making this a better world for your children, for all children. My hope is that your generation will
demand an end to war, that your generation will do something that has not yet been done in history and wipe out the national boundaries that separate
us from other human beings on this earth.” - Howard Zinn

See Brochures and Booklets for further projects and information as well as a downloadable PDF of the information above.