We are a faith-based organization like no other. Community-driven and grassroots-led. Justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) are at the heart of our work. In everything we do, we ensure equity of voice and a place to belong.
Founded and led by survivors of persecution and poverty, we support children experiencing learning poverty to read and write, mentor NextGen leaders to innovate and thrive and uplift families living on the margins to meet their basic needs.
We call our unique theory of change, Spirituali-TEA.
65% of our donors are alums of our programs. They give from a sense of duty to fellow humans rather than charity. 95% of all our donors are regular people making less than $60,000 a year who believe regular giving creates a better world as a natural consequence of our daily actions rather than altruism.
Your generosity opened doors: 15 San Francisco youth traveled to Kenya to discover identity, culture, and leadership, while hundreds more thrived in MLIFE programs in Kilifi, Nairobi, and Accra. Come, and hear their stories on center stage.
Join us every 4th Saturday for MLIFE’s Meal2Lead Program. This one-year Afrocentric journey in Bayview, Mission, and SoMa nurtures youth ages 14-24 through Mental Health, Education, Arts, and Leadership.
Step into a year of transformation. Applications are now open for the 2027 MLIFE Fellows Program, which will select 15 youth in Accra and Nairobi. Fellows ages 18–34 will master communication, leadership, entrepreneurship, and fundraising, emerging ready to launch careers or build enterprises.
Jun 8, 2026 - Jun 16, 2026
Discover Kenya with MLIFE June 8 - 16, 2026. Traverse Nairobi’s vibrant streets, track the Big Five in the wild, and breathe renewal on Kilifi’s sunlit shores. More than travel, this is a homecoming where heritage awakens, identity deepens, and possibility rises.
Join us every 4th Saturday for MLIFE’s Meal2Lead Program. This one-year Afrocentric journey in Bayview, Mission, and SoMa nurtures youth ages 14-24 through Mental Health, Education, Arts, and Leadership.
Step into a year of transformation. Applications are now open for the 2027 MLIFE Fellows Program, which will select 15 youth in Accra and Nairobi. Fellows ages 18–34 will master communication, leadership, entrepreneurship, and fundraising, emerging ready to launch careers or build enterprises.
Jun 8, 2026 - Jun 16, 2026
Discover Kenya with MLIFE June 8 - 16, 2026. Traverse Nairobi’s vibrant streets, track the Big Five in the wild, and breathe renewal on Kilifi’s sunlit shores. More than travel, this is a homecoming where heritage awakens, identity deepens, and possibility rises.
Join us every 4th Saturday for MLIFE’s Meal2Lead Program. This one-year Afrocentric journey in Bayview, Mission, and SoMa nurtures youth ages 14-24 through Mental Health, Education, Arts, and Leadership.
Step into a year of transformation. Applications are now open for the 2027 MLIFE Fellows Program, which will select 15 youth in Accra and Nairobi. Fellows ages 18–34 will master communication, leadership, entrepreneurship, and fundraising, emerging ready to launch careers or build enterprises.
Jun 8, 2026 - Jun 16, 2026
Discover Kenya with MLIFE June 8 - 16, 2026. Traverse Nairobi’s vibrant streets, track the Big Five in the wild, and breathe renewal on Kilifi’s sunlit shores. More than travel, this is a homecoming where heritage awakens, identity deepens, and possibility rises.
500+
familiessupplied with water and basic needs
200
studentsand their families supported with direct cash assistance during COVID-19
2,010
students servedstudents served through Learning Enrichment & Acceleration Program (LEAP)
300+
leadersleaders empowered through training in entrepreneurship and job placement services.
150+
Spaces of GraceSpaces of Grace conversations convened to guide communities through difficult times.
10
financial grantsto partner organizations.
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience."
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J.
Our programs are holistic and tailored-specific to those we serve to ensure we are not a one-size-fit-it-all organization. We are a home that welcomes, affirms, and honors the complexity of each person's story. We are religious and secular. BIPOC and White. LGBTQ+ and not.
Your donation today supports us in creating opportunities where none existed: education for children left behind, a community for those ostracized, and belief in those who scarcely believe they belong.
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