Self-Sufficiency & Empowering People - Young Muslim Association

Making our own bricks with the Hydraform machine saves money on our construction projects

Hydraform

Generating income to run even more projects

Income Generating Projects

Provides free training to local communities

Training & Apprenticeship

The YMA aims to help people get themseves out of poverty

Micro-Traders

Latest News

Braille Quran Classes

The YMA has successfully launched the ‘Al-Basaair School for the Visually Impaired’ at our Garissa Centre. At the school, we provide classes for the blind including full lessons in Braille and Quran and Islamic lessons. Student Sponsorship includes: Classes Equipment Clothes Food Transport Medical Aid Currently, due to boarding limitations, we can only cater for […]

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50th Anniversary – Young Muslim Children’s Home (YMCH)

The Young Muslim Children’s Home (YMCH – formerly GMCH) is an orphanage that was started in 1969 as a couple of bare brick rooms in the middle of a field of undeveloped land. To date, the YMA has facilitated the sponsoring of almost 2,000 orphans. Many among these children have gone on through university or […]

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YMA Launches Fruit Tree Project

Our Fruit Tree Project is a lasting charity (Sadaqah Jaariyah) which will benefit children under the care of our orphanage and schools. The project was launched in June 2019, with the first batch of assorted saplings (100 Tommy Mangoes, 50 Avocados) ordered from growers in the Embu area. It is a great example of a […]

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