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The building of the village
| The smallest unit in the village is the family house. A family house offers room to 10 children: 5 boys and 5 girls. Each house consists of two dormitory buildings, so that the boys and girls can sleep separately, and a living room. In this living room the children and their carer can play games, read or just chat. In short, they can live together as a family in the family house. In the living room there is space reserved for the carer to sleep. | ||
| Clusters | ||
| The family houses are built in clusters. A cluster consists of four family houses, a central meeting room and a shower block. The family houses are to be built around the central meeting room, where there is a communal dining facility. Each ‘family’ will eat together at their own table. There is also sufficient space to organize communal activities. The meeting room also has a kitchen. In the beginning meals will also be cooked here, but once the village has grown to its full size, there will be a central kitchen where the food can be picked up, so that it only needs to be warmed up in the cluster. | ||
| Each cluster will have one shower block with toilets, showers and a space for doing the washing. That is the only place in the cluster where there is running water. By placing the shower blocks on the edge of the village, the village can easily be supplied with water via one ring main. All parts of a cluster and their linking walkways are covered and therefore always easy to reach, even in the rainy season. | ||
| A nice detail is that, by linking the clusters, a courtyard is formed between the dormitory buildings of two clusters. Such a courtyard offers a secure space where the smallest children can play peacefully and safely. At the same time, by linking the clusters with attractive covered walkways where the residents of the various clusters can easily meet each other. | ||
| Playing and learning | ||
| In the middle of the village there is space for sports fields. The children can play football there – by far the most popular sport in Africa – and other sports and games At the entrance of the village classrooms will be built where the children can go to school. There are also plans for a computer building to give the village children extra opportunities to develop. | ||
Magnify image- Dossier Mkuranga
- Malaika children’s village Mkuranga
- The building of the village
- Made to measure for the terrain
- Clean water
- Treating waste water responsibly
- Great progress in Mkuranga
- Building of the first cluster under way!
- Malaika Kids awarded the Uhuru Torch
- Building programme steps up as rainy season draws to an end
- Regional Commissioner lays Foundation Plaque at Village
- Building has begun!
- The first water tower is ready!
- The first well has been drilled
- The Infrastructure of the Children’s village is ready!
- Building can begin!
- It’s official; 99-year rights to the land in Mkuranga
- A start has been made on foundations for the village
- Preparing the site in Mkuranga
- Compensation of farmers Mkuranga
- The future Malaika children’s village mapped
- A visit to the Chairman of Mkuranga
- Support from the district commissioner in Mkuranga
- The first building blocks!
- The President’s wife is supporting us!
- The Children of Malaika Kids
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- Jonathan Dimbleby, BBC television and radio reporter, author, president of VSO and Ambassador of Malaika Kids.
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- Clifford Chance funds a school building and more....
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