No child should be locked out of a classroom because of a price tag. When you help a student step through that door today, they commit to holding it open for someone else tomorrow. You arenāt just funding a degree, youāre building a doorway that never closes.
A Promise for the Future
Mali Nieta Foundation
Imagine looking into the eyes of a child who has the heart of a leader, the mind of a scholar, and the potential to change the world, yet sees a future that feels like a dead end.
Among the vibrant Maasai communities, there are children whose dreams are being silenced by the heavy weight of poverty.
For years, the Mali Nieta Foundation has stood beside the Maasai people, providing the essentials needed for survival. But today, we are dreaming bigger. Instead of helping for only a day, we are building a future that can sustain itselfāa circle of support that continues moving forward long after we are gone. Our vision is to expand this mission to many regions.
We have learned that while food and water sustain life, education transforms it.
We are no longer offering only a temporary handoutāwe are offering a promise.
We are seeking out brave, brilliant students who are ready to break the chains of their circumstances. Through our new āPay It Forwardā mission, we provide financial aid and the tools needed for success. Our goal is simple: help a student succeed, and then empower that student to help a younger child in the same way they were helped.
We have seen what happens when a child is finally given a chance: they do not just succeedāthey lead.
Your support today is the first step in a lasting journey of students lifting up other students. It is a beautiful, simple chain of humanity that ensures no child has to face the future alone. Once that ripple of help begins, it can grow into a powerful wave of hope.
Do not just donateāmake a difference that grows.
We Refuse to Let the Story End There.
With gratitude,
Richard Jackson Mali Nieta Foundation
We provide the financial aid needed to get bright, disadvantaged students into the classroom. Your gift removes the barriers of poverty and gives a child the chance to finally focus on theirfuture.
Every student we help makes a promise to eventually reach back and support the next studentin need, creating a beautiful cycle of kindness that lasts forever.
Every student we help makes a promise to eventually reach back and support the next student in need, creating a beautiful cycle of kindness that lasts forever.
We have already built a library with 7,000 books and a computer lab to help our children see the world beyond their villages. We have also partnered with Promise Village Academy to build a dorm and housing for 200 students and their teachers. But the truth is simple: a building is only a building until a child is inside it.
Right now, many of our students walk more than three miles every morning just to reach a classroom. After an eight-hour day of learning, they walk those same three miles back home. It is exhausting work for a child.Sadly, many are forced to drop out, not because they lack ability, but because their families cannot manage the $10 monthly tuition or the $700 yearly cost for a safe place to live. When they leave school, their childhoods often end too soonāreplaced by forced labor, hardship, or early marriage.
We believe that no childās future should be cut short because of a $10 fee.
Through our āPay It Forwardā mission, your donation does more than pay for a bed or a mealāit rescues a dream. Our goal is to find the students who are struggling the most and give them the chance to stay in school.
In return, we ask for one promise: that one day, when they have built their own careers and earned their own income, they will reach back and help another student who is standing where they once stood.
If you are someone with an unfulfilled dream and a commitment to “Paying It Forward,” we want to hear from you.
We select several individuals each year to join our foundation family. We cannot answer everyone, but we will let those who fit our scheme know on a specified date every year.
Beyond scholarships, we build the infrastructure needed to create sustainable educational environments.
Access to clean and safe drinking water is essential for healthy communities. Our clean water initiatives focus on installing deep borehole wells and improving water infrastructure in remote villages.
Providing access to quality education is one of our core missions. Through building schools, offering scholarships, and supporting teachers, we ensure that children from underserved communities have the opportunity to learn, grow, and succeed.
Our healthcare programs deliver essential medical services to communities that lack proper healthcare facilities. These initiatives include health assessments, medical camps, nutrition support, and preventive care.
Education has the power to transform a life. Through our āPay It Forwardā initiative, every student who receives support becomes part of a growing circle of change.
When a student is given the opportunity to learn, they gain more than knowledge ā they gain confidence, hope, and the ability to uplift others in their community.
We believe that every student who rises through education can help lift another student tomorrow.
A timeline of impact, growth, and lives changed.
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My name is Daudi Rafael, am a standard three pupil at Promise Village School. I’m ten years old. I live with my parents in Lenjani. Iām the last born in our family having ten children, am studying at Promise Village School, sometimes my parents fail to use our needs such as clothes and paying school fees for us because we are too many. That is a challenge to me because I like to study and pass my exams very well. Iām glad to be at PROMISE VILLAGE SCHOOL because in school we get exercise books, school uniforms like tracksuits and so many things. Also from the day I came to school, I became a better person. Let me appreciate our founders for giving us this opportunity to be here.
I am EINOTH SUMUNI PARBOI. I am now ten years old. I am in grade two at Promise Village School. Our family has five members and I am the first born. My father has two wives and he wants to bring more of them. This makes me sad because I don’t get some of the school’s needs on time. I am studying hard so that one day I will change our lives by educating my Maasai community to stop practicing bad customs like FGM and the REFUSAL OF TAKING GIRLS TO SCHOOL. Hopefully, I will be a great teacher in the future.
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My name is JOSHUA PETRO, I am ten years old and I am a Maasai. I have three brothers and one sister.
My father is a drunkard man. Most of the time he comes back home very late and when arrives he beats my mother without any reason. He also don’t support me in my school needs. But my mother is a strong woman as she works hard so that I can get everything I need in school.
I am now in grade two at Promise Village School and I am very happy because the school helps me a lot with some needs that my mother can’t afford I get a quality education that will make me a good PILOT and I will fly all over the world.
Thank you very much.
My name is TAYAI PARBOI. I attend Promise Village School and now I am in grade two. I am ten years old now. My teachers love me so much because I am a hardworking boy.
My father has four wives and twenty-two kids. We face different economic hardships. My father always tells me to graze our few goats and not to attend school every day. I Will be happy if one day I get the support of staying in the dormitories at school because I would like to be a good nurse in the future.
I like Promise Village School because it is a wonderful place.
Hello, my name is PENINA MOSSES. I am in grade FOUR at Promise Village School. My mother is my role model. She wakes up early in the morning and does a lot of work by herself. When I go back home, I usually help her to do cleanliness, washing dishes, and milking cattle.
The distance from home to school is a challenge to me because I usually walk on foot three kilometers daily because of my passion for education.
I am a nurse to be and I hope I will be. I am asking each and every one to take part in this journey.
Thank you very much.
My father has four wives and twenty-two kids. We face different economic hardships. My father always tells me to graze our few goats and not to attend school every day. I Will be happy if one day I get the support of staying in the dormitories at school because I would like to be a good nurse in the future.
I like Promise Village School because it is a wonderful place.
Whether you want to donate, volunteer, or just say hello, we’d love to hear from you.
