We help these children through scholarships or vocational trainings, medical and psychosocial support and by finding the right foster parents. We empower these families, leading them and the children under their care into self-sufficiency. “We help you to help yourself” is at the center of all our activities in personal and economical matters, for the people to gain independence. We also lead programs for school support, people living with HIV/Aids, family planning, trainings and guidance to lead people into self-sufficiency, lend a helping hand in realising sustainable agriculture, small businesses and village savings and loaning groups, trainings for our executive […]
Support us without money
Donations in kind: We are always happy about donations in kind, which are in good condition and usable. For more information, please contact us at: office@makemesmile-int.org or +43 (0) 676 898 776 309 Voluntary social work: People who would like to volunteer for MMS are always welcome! Please send us a letter of motivation or contact us if you need further information office@makemesmile-int.org or +43 (0) 676 898 776 309 Volunteer program abroad: Since 2012 Make Me Smile offers volunteer programs in Kenya for teenagers and young adults. The participation gives you an insight into a completely different world and […]
AIDS Support Group
This group was formed in the year 2006 by a group of people who were infected and affected by the scourge and faced a lot of discrimination and stigmatization from the fellow community members. […]
Adult Education
The programe “Adult Education” is a reaction against analphabetism and helps even older people to get the chance to stand on their own feet. […]
Dennis Otieno
Through the help of Make Me Smile, Dennis is no longer living on the streets and started to study electrical engineer. […]
Alfred
Alfred is HIV positive and a single father with five children. Thanks to the Make me Smile Festival we helped him to start an agriculture project to sell vegetables. […]
Socialworker Motivation
Every day our Social Workers have to walk long distances to visit various vulnerable families. They are rewarded a bicycle to motivate and help them multiply the smiles. […]
Mercy Atieno Odoyo
Mercy Atieno Odoyo is 30 years old, a mother of two boys and an incredibly strong woman. In her mid-twenties she decided to continue her education and started to go to school again. […]
Elisa Sarsteiner (AT)
In summary I can say that the 2 months I spent in Kenya with Make Me Smile was an unforgettable and really formative time… […]
Welcome to the Blog!
It all started with a big Karibuni! Now its time to say Asanteni! Through this way we first of all want to speak out a big thank you and our sincere appreciation to all the most wonderful volunteers and helpers who dedicated their time, efforts, hard work and commitment, creative ideas and all their inputs through their unique and diverse contributions to the Make Me Smile Kenya! With our Blog we want to create a space for all our former volunteers and constant helpers to share their thoughts, their most memorable, most challenging moments and their overall experience at Make […]
Valerie Lovrek (AT)
There is no specific moment treasured that I can describe right now… […]
Roger Winandy (LUX)
There is not a single thing that is more worth than putting a smile on other peoples’ face… […]
Karin Scheibenpflug (AT)
I already miss the MMS Kenya team and all the people I met there especially the kids! It feels like I’m a bit homesick. ☺ […]
Make Me Smile (Benefiz) Festival
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, liebe Freunde von Make Me Smile! Schon sehr bald wollen wir den kalten Winter anhand eines Benefiz-Festivals mit einem Lächeln erwärmen. Nämlich dem „Make me Smile Festival“1zu Gunsten von Make Me Smile Kenya. Das Make me Smile Festival ist ein Benefiz-Event zu Gunsten von Make me Smile Kenya. Sämtliche Einkünfte des Festivals werden direkt an konkrete Projekte von Make me Smile Kenya spenden und somit deren höchst unterstützenswerte Arbeit fördern. Wir möchten durch direkte Aktionen in Wien und Umgebung mit Euch gemeinsam das gesunde Lächeln fördern, und es durch Unterstützung sozialer Projekte auch in Regionen schicken, […]
Annual Report 2013
2013 was a year with a lot of smiling faces. Read more about our achievement 🙂 […]
Girl Child Education & Empowerment
Every month many Kenyan girls stay home from school because of their period. […]
Support of kenyan Widows
The women of Chiga Good Choice combined their creativity, skills and hard work to produce beautiful art and utility objects through hand crafted work. […]
Children Clubs
Trainings for Socialworkers and CHVs
Experts from Kenya, Austria and Columbia led trainings about nutrition, first aid, family care, children rights, and psychosocial care. […]
Miwani
The ‘Make Me Smile’ project started off in 2009 with the founding of the ‘Miwani Childrens House’. […]
Whitney Akinyi
Whitney is a 13 year old girl who, four years ago, suffered from a severe stroke leaving her paraplegic and blind. […]
Mollyn Wanjiku and Clinton Ochieng
Mollyn is a 20 year old girl and has a two years old son. Mollyn is paralyzed from the waist down and also her son was born with very weak legs. […]
Maxwell Mathew Mbola
Maxwell is in his last one and a half years of school. His dream is to study either medicine or biochemistry. […]
Anjiko
Anjiko is a 19 year old girl who lives with her Parents and two cousins in a town near Kisumu. She is blind, deaf, mute and suffers from immense mental limitations. […]
Village Savings and Loaning Clubs
“Village Savings and Loaning” is a savings club with microcredit distribution to strength the community an to help them to stand on their own feet. […]
Shelter Renovation
[…]
MMS Greenhouse Miwani
Due our Greenhouse in Miwani we support self-perservation and we get fresh and substantial meals for the Lunch Programe in Miwani. […]
Make Me Smile Kenya – Summary of Achievements September 2012
25th of August till 28th of September 2012 […]
Collaboration with USAID and Path-Kenya
GOOD NEWS
Make Me Smile in collaboration with USAID and Path-Kenya has signed an agreement,
which increased MMS’s responsibility from taking care of our 10 girls to 3155 Children. […]
FICE Kenia
Nachdem das MMS Team erfolgreich als Hauptreferent beim FICE Congress 2010 (“The Courage to Care in a Diverse World”) in Süd Afrika teilgenommen und das Thema “One Project – Three Partners – and Ways to Cope with Culture Clash” präsentiert hat, wurde das MMS Team beauftragt, den Verein “FICE Kenya”, als NGO in die Welt zu setzen. Wie alle weltweiten FICE Vereine, soll “FICE Kenya” dazu dienen, alle nationalen NGOs (in Kenia mehr als 3000), zu vernetzen und dadurch eine effizientere Basis zur humanitären Hilfe in Bereichen wie Medizin, Bildungswesen, Kinderbetreueung und v. a. zu schaffen. “FICE Kenya” sollen Herman […]
FICE Congress in Süd Afrika 2010
Von 7. bis 9. Dezember 2010 wurde der Internationale FICE Kongress (International Federation for Educative Communities) in Süd Afrika, mit Thema “The Courage to Care in a Diverse World” abgehalten. Wir (Das Kinderhaus „Miwani“ Projekt – mit Organisationen – „Therapeutische Gemeinschaften“ Österreich und “Make Me Smile Community Based Organization Miwani” Kenia – Siehe Newsletter) waren als Hauptreferenten mit dem Thema “One Project – Three Partners – and Ways to Cope with Culture Clash” angemeldet. Wir präsentierten diese Arbeit am 9. Dezember. Referenten sind Mag. Hermann Radler (Obmann TG) und Simon Otieno (Sekretär Make Me Smile). Die beiden haben unser Projekt […]