Club House


 
 

Some of the activities going on in Clubhouse:

Sports. We have two boys' team who are playing in a league there, a small boys' football team, and two girls' team - all in Soweto.  We also hope to have some light athletic activities running, and a volleyball team. 

                     See the article  Shooting Goals!


Choir. In Soweto, we have a choir consisting of children from the slums.  They are occasionally performing in churches, and have been a great success.

 

Dancing. A team in Soweto is performing several places.  They rehearse in Clubhouse with great enthusiasm. 

 
Drama. When the children are playing a drama, it is much easier to understand - and pass on - a message.  Popular topics may be about alcoholism, drugs, HIV, family-life and so on.  We have also acquired a digital video camera (private money, not the project's!), so that we can be making films with the kids as actors. 


Art and Craft. In Clubhouse, the children are encouraged to do some art and crafts. In this way, they get a better self-image when they see they can master this, and also get some skills for the future. 

 
Bible Studies. Through down-to-earth-level Bible-studies coupled with singing and other activities, we want the children to know the Bible in order for them to take a stand for Jesus and achieve good moral standards. 

 
Outdoor Activities. Camping and other outings are on the program!  These activities mainly go on during the school holidays, and are partly depending on donors to make a contribution towards this.


Environmental Care. Clean-ups in the slums are regularly exercised. The children - but also their parents - are made to be aware of their environment and develop good attitudes. Ultimately, this is benefiting the whole community. 

 

Blue Cross Clubs. Please check out the Blue Cross page for information about these!


The Clubhouse in Soweto and the activities around this, is our main outreach work, and started late 1999.  The Clubhouse is first of all a social meeting-place for the children in our program.  They get some help with homework, some simple tuition, participate in sports and games, and do some art and craft. 

As many of these children are seriously affected by the poor sanitary conditions in the slums, we often have to treat them for ringworms or internal worms in addition to dressing wounds and exercising first aid. All the children - either they go to school or not - are covered by this medical security. The children are also participating in singing, arts and crafts and sports


The team in Soweto consists of Florence, who is also the overall social worker in Maisha Mema, Florence, Julius, Kwame and Fred.

Per December 2003, altogether 80 children from the Soweto slums are in school supported by MAISHA MEMA!

Football and other sports activities make sure they use their bodies in a healthy and friendship building way.  Especially some of the girls, who otherwise are more or less treated like dirt according to the customs in the slums, have seen their self-image grow considerably through these activities!  And as the same activities also run in the school holidays, we hinder the kids in falling back to destructive habits like drugs, casual sex and roaming around.  This way, the Clubhouse activities are definitely also a social rehabilitation program.  
 

 

 

 

 

If you want to read some stories about some of these children, look here:

Case Studies

 

 

 

Do you have any ideas about what other activities we can do with the children?  Write to us and tell us about it!

 

Maisha Mema, 

P.O. Box 5564, 00100 Nairobi GPO

KENYA

 

E-mail: jonny-m@online.no, or

marianne-h-m@gmx.ch

 

Enviromental Clean up with Maisha Mema Clubhouse.

  Soweto Club house clean up.

Environmental care is one of the steps of becoming responsible!

  
 

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