Malayaka House is a US-based orphanage that provides a home and family for the most desperate and vulnerable orphans in Entebbe, Uganda. Malayaka House founder, Robert Fleming – a Vermonter – will be speaking in the Mayo Residential Care library on Tuesday, October 4 at 6:30 pm.

Unlike traditional orphanage homes, MH operates as a family. The children are not “adopted out”, rather, they become lifetime brothers and sisters.

Education is crucial in Uganda, where unemployment is at 40%. But education must go beyond traditional schooling. The children must be prepared to find suitable employment. The best way to do that is through the creation of in-house businesses. Currently, Malayaka House operates several craft businesses, an IT department, a pizza restaurant, a mozzarella cheese making business, a permaculture farm, a coffee business, a bakery and culinary center, a fish hatchery, and their newest endeavor, a safari business. These businesses provide vocational training opportunities for the children, and a growing stream of income for Malayaka House.

Join us on Tuesday, October 4 to hear this inspiring story, meet Robert Fleming, and learn more about this entrepreneurial-orphanage home in Uganda.

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