Together with a film team we visited recently our SCN partner organisation Core Heath and Wealth (CHW) in Tongaren, a very remote and rural area in Bungoma county. Organic farming fields which serve local, but also farmers from other locations and neighbor countries to learn about different farming solutions, a solar driven solar water system,…
There is a lot of hope now – Our system changer network starts into the 2nd phase
If you build a house you need more than materials, the ground and builders. You have to put things together in a certain sequence, you need to connect them. The craftsmen have to come in at the right time and place – and in a specific order. You need a good plan on how the…
An app for more women health in Kenya – a collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute
“Yesterday, we had a wonderful time with Clarissa,“ shares Vera, the leader of one of our partner NGOs (Core Health & Wealth Family) in Bungoma county, Kenya. Clarissa, an employee of the Frauenhofer institute in Germany builds – together with the Making More Health Team from Boehringer Ingelheim – an app with all basic knowledge…
More mental health for our farmers in Kenya
“On Tuesday we did our first mental health programme. The topic was about goal setting and how the farmers can contribute to mental wellness. These goals help us to face the future with anticipation and not apprehension. It’s was so exciting, people didn’t want us to conclude”, explains Vera Wanyonyi leading the Family part of…
System changer network Kenya in it’s 2nd year – connect to impact!
We believe in system approaches and networking when it comes to the development of communities living at or even under the poverty line – that’s how we run the system changer network Kenya in co-creation with local NGOs, social enterprises and most of all with the local communities. Next week our 2nd system changer network…
Road safety and an ambulance car are key for health
In our project areas in Western Kenya we run a lot of health awareness projects with farmers and their families. However, besides specific health and hygiene education it is also about reducing risks that impact people’s life day by day – in the houses, at work and on the road. And what if there is…
Christmas impressions from our communities in Kenya and a call for help
Special moments, a little of Christmas stress here and there, but also joy, peace, family time and food without borders – that’s how many of us have lived the past days. From our communities living at the poverty line Kenya I received also some impressions full of joy, but also sadness: Christmas art and food…
A government delegation visits our MMH Gardens
Today, a government delegation visited our MMH Kibisi Gardens in our farmer communities in Bungoma county, where also one of our MMH centers is located. The delegation was led by the Deputy County Commissioner in charge of Tongaren subcounty. “We had over 15 chiefs in attendance and the new Member of County Assembly. We shared…
Digital skills are key – also for rural and vulnerable communities
We have more than 1 million (!) health apps in the world, digital knowledge is the access to knowledge and key for business success. Still there are millions of people who don’t know how to use the Internet, how to do calculations with excel or how to write a letter on the computer. That’s why…
Gaaspp about the work with PwA and how they were accepted by society
Communities have different members and this diversity has its own share of challenges. At Gaaspp we focus on people with albinism and the aged. Time and again people with albinism face unprecedented challenges ranging from social discrimination, family rejection, limited sun protection, no income source for those from humble backgrounds and biases at levels no…
“Rural is cool!” – Tony, one of our Making More Health fellows, about a special week with our colleagues in Kenya
Tony Joy is a social entrepreneur and MMH fellow from Nigeria where she runs a very interesting and disruptive social enterprise, called Durian. It is important to her to create an environment to women and the rural youth that they do not migrate to the cities. She creates sustainable and green solutions – in a…
Impact is not about measuring activities and projects, but what vulnerable communities make really out of it
Two years ago, Addis has started to come regularly to the Making More Health GAASPP center in Webuye, Kenya. This center offers a lot of skill training sessions around (animal) health and hygiene, but also basic digital and business skills. It’s a place where people learn, exchange, consult, produce and also enjoy staying together. Addis…
Go Kenya, go future! 