Milango Ya Tumaini Organization is dedicated to eradicate poverty through Empowerment on Education, Economic and Health Care.

Motto:

MYTO’S prime motto is Community Empowerment and Capacity Building to the deprived and marginalized people of the society.
To alleviate poverty, improve access to education, health care services, mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDs among orphans, vulnerable children and the poor in general.

Vision

To care, serve, give hope and change livelihood.

Goal

To alleviate poverty, improve access to education, health care services and mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDs among orphans, vulnerable children and the poor in general.

who are we

The Milango Ya Tumaini is registered with Government of Kenya at the office of the President under the Ministry of Interior & Co-Ordination of the National Government NGOs and Co-Ordination Board Act with the Registration No OP.218/051/20-167/11924
Introduction and Background
Milango Ya Tumaini Organization (MYTO) is an inter-independent registered non-governmental organization. The Phrase “Milango Ya Tumaini” is Kiswahili word meaning “Door of Hope” It is a non-profit making organization. It is based at the Kenyan Coast, Mombasa County. In 2019 a group of dynamic and like-minded persons got together and establish an organization. Their backgrounds and experiences were anchor in deferent sectors within the community. This unique combination was very essential in addressing the most urgent and pressing needs of the community. True to this spirit the organization was named Milango Ya Tumaini Organization (MYTO) and was officially registered on 17th December, 2020. Considering their association with the community, the group was cognizant of the plethora of problems plaguing the Community. Consequently, the organization’s focus was not kept limited either in in terms of geography or sector. Whilst anticipating to operate in different Counties of the Country, MYTO currently has created 110 small entrepreneur’s empowerment projects interventions targeting women and youths in addition, It has reached out to more 1000 youths by educating or creating awareness on HIV/AIDs across Likoni Sub-county in Mombasa County.

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Our Overall Goal

To alleviate poverty, improve access to education, health care services and mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDs among orphans, vulnerable children and the poor in general.

Core objectives

• To promote access to acceptable standard education to orphans, vulnerable children and the community at large
• To facilitate Financial empowerment to the community
• To improve, expand and promote access to affordable quality healthcare services
• To create awareness and sensitize the community on HIV/Aids programs
• To raise, secure and utilize funds for the attainment of any or all objectives of MYTO
• To do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of any of the above objectives.

General Approach

In the process of social mobilization, MYTO adopts a participatory, self-help, self-sustainable approach through community involvement and formation of community and volunteer groups in targeted areas.
On big projects MYTO partners with two or more stakeholders to form a consortium to ensure that we deliver speedily, timely and quality output.

Thematic Programme / Areas of Focus

  • Community Empowerment (Women, Youths, and the poor in general)
  • Education
  • Health (Nutrition for PLW H/Aids, Personal Hygiene, Sensitization)

What MYTO Does (How we work)

Influenced by the new development paradigm, which puts people before things, MYTO follows a maximum participatory team approach in every sphere of its work. The Community knowledge and culture is valued and respected, and there is confidence that the community are capable of self-reliant. On a practical level, the fundamental thrust of this approach is decentralization and empowerment.

For a community to be able to work for its own development and reduce its dependency there is a need for full involvement at all stages of the development cycle. The participation of communities in identification, planning, management, implementation and evaluation of projects is a key factor in MYTO work. Internally a participatory approach is adopted in managing the affairs of MYTO. This creates a sense of ownership for the project and programmes MYTO undertake at the community level.

Externally, MYTO role as a “change agent” helps to develop community management structures that are capable of managing their own development. This increases the ability of the community to demand accountability in all their affairs, from leaders and officials. It reinforces the community's belief in the value of their own development choices and efforts. These community management structures are not parallel structures, but are built upon community institutions, promoting equitable representation and participation.

Human resource development is an essential part of our development work. This means ensuring that the community is trained and skilled, as well as organized, to maximize the potential of the community to take hold of its own development.

MYTO strongly believes in maximizing its impact by transferring field experiences into knowledge to influence the development policies and practices of NGOs, donors and government agencies. This is important for working towards the long-term goal of eradicating poverty.