In Western Kenya (Mbakalo Ward), our Sustainable Collaboration Network (SCN) member & NGO partner Core Health & Wealth International is running a 2-year program with 1,000 smallholder households—diversifying crops and strengthening market access (incl. value addition) so farming becomes more profitable and resilient. More resilience and income means more health, more and better education and infrastructures, in short regional growth and longterm empowerment. The program is supported by the German government (BMZ) , the Making More Health Initiative /Boehringer Ingelheim and the international NGO ILD.
18-month results:
+42.9% estimated yield increase/acre; 57.5% of farmers harvested >7 bags.
Nutrition: households reporting 3 nutritious meals/day rose to 68.3% (from 28.26%).
Diversification: 45.5% grew vegetables in 2025; 28.26% grew 4+ varieties.
Income: monitoring (Nov 2025) shows ~KES 4,000 per-capita increase (~€26.6) supported by group marketing and reinvestment.
We’re packaging what works into a repeatable model (field schools, climate-smart practices, post-harvest handling, and market linkages) that can scale without long-term subsidy dependence.
In September, we’ll convene a 2-day learning conference to spread the playbook across the other 6 SCN NGO members and locations in Western Kenya.
Foundations & impact investors: if you’re backing sustainable scaling in Africa—nutrition, income, and resilience—let’s connect to support replication and continued measurement.
Interested local NGOs in Kenya and beyond are invited to join our SCN membership platform soon (start September 2026) – to share, learn and exchange. http://www.scn-kenya.org. Contact us!