Mailisita Foundation

2012

Open for business! Stella Maris Executive Lodge offically opens for business! Until the hotel's website is up, you can book your stay by emailing Stan at: stanton.j.taylor@alumni.nd.edu. You can also follow the project and updates via his blog at Mailisita.tumblr.com.

If you are in Tanzania, stop by for a meal or enjoy a drink and the view from our roof-top restaurant.

Adam is currently teaching at the school and is writing about his experiences. You can read about it here.

2011

Summer visits: The groups are able to see an operating school and a guesthouse near completion. Read more here.

2010

12/01/2010 Winter Visit: Arriving to warm weather, the group visits with the children and assesses progress on the guesthouse. Read more here.

7/5/2010 Summer Visit: The group heading out to visit this summer made it successfully. It sounds like they are very busy. Read more here.

1/31/2010 St. Joe's Link: We have added a page dedicated to St. Joseph's of Libertyville. This page will help us keep in contact with a local parish and see updates from their trip. Click on the link in the upper right of the page to read more.

1/11/2010 Big milestone: Today the school opened. 42 kids began class! The guesthouse is still underway. Thank you to all who are making this possible! Read more here.

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100% of donations go directly to purchasing of building materials, food, and labor for the construction of the education center. View plan summary here.

Mailisita Foundation is an IRS designated 501(c)(3) charity.

School enrollment: 280 kids.

It costs 40 cents a day to feed each student.

Please contact Stan Taylor at mailisita.foundation.us@gmail.com or Terry Mulligan at terry.mulligan24@gmail.com with any questions.

The Mailisita Foundation was created to develop a financially self-sustaining Education Center to serve the needs of a growing orphan population in rural Tanzania.

Mailisita is a village in Tanzania six miles outside of the town of Moshi. "Mailisita" is Swahili for "mile six". Mailisita is along the main road connecting Arusha, Moshi, and the Kilimanjaro International Airport.

Fr. Kawishe (right) is the Mailisita parish priest within the Catholic Diocese of Moshi, Tanzania. In addition to his many other responsibilities, Fr. Kawishe has been running a pre-school at the parish center serving about 100 children -- many of whom are orphaned or from families otherwise unable to pay for their children's education.

Building to serve the educational needs of a growing population of orphans and impoverished in rural Tanzania.

The proposed education center, shown left in its early building stages, will help children learn English. Learning English is needed to have a chance to compete for scarce secondary school openings. Learn more...

School Begins! Read more here.

Meet the children. Watch with your own eyes. These and others like them are the children Mailisita Foundation is helping. You can help them too. Donate today.

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To see all who seek education to be educated

To see orphan & underprivileged children in Mailisita are able to effectively compete for scarce secondary school openings

Create an English Primary School

Create a self-sustaining revenue source for the school