Mama Makeka House of Hope Center

 
BACKGROUND

Several years of dictatorship by Mobutu followed by more than 7 years of civil war left Congo without basic infrastructures upon which development activities can be coordinated. With the end of war and many international institutions desiring to invest
in the country, there still remains an issue of logistical capacity to welcome them. As Mama Makeka House of Hope continues it involvement in Congo, many people from North America and Europe want to participate in our programs and projects and want to
get directly involved with them. We are therefore faced the issue of lodging, communication, and transportation for all these volunteers who are participating in our different activities in the country. Currently all the decent hotels in Kinshasa are too
expensive and the few guest houses do not provide transportation and a variety of meals for the guests staying for more than just a couple of days. Communication is major problem for all of them. The Kinshasa Mama Makeka House of Hope Networking Center
is being developed with all these issues in mind.

MISSION OF THE MMH HOPE NETWORKING CENTER

MMH Hope Networking Center is created to provide space for the coordination of MMH Hope program and projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo in particular and in Africa in general. Furthermore given the other activities being planned for the
center, it is intended to also serve as in-country income generation for certain activities being planned for Congo.

SERVICES BEING ENVISIONED FOR THE MMH HOPE NETWORKING CENTER

1. Coordination and administrative offices
2. Conference and reception rooms
3. Self contained rooms for lodging
4. Communication center
5. Transportation facilities
6. Reference library and reading room
7. Restaurant
8. Boutique for local produced products

WORKING STRATEGIES

1. MMH Hope shall raise fund to build the general infrastructure and set up the general management of the Center.
2. MMH Hope shall call upon different partners and individuals to invest in transportation, restaurant, library books and equipment, communication equipment, and boutique supplies.
3. MMH Hope shall sign agreement with the different partners and individuals indicated above that will define the nature of partnership and how benefits shall be shared.

BUILDING MODELS

The center will be built following a model of houses used as guest houses at the Nairobi Evangelical School of Theology as shown below. 

BUILDING 1 Offices Conference and meeting rooms Reference library Communication center

BUILDING 2 Private rooms with private bathrooms, office desk, wireless internet connection Restaurant Reception room Boutique

COST ESTIMATE: $400,000