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…
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Where business meets social: Welcome to our MMH guesthouses – feel good, do good!
What if your next (global) meeting Recently, we have inaugurated the MMH guesthouses in Webuye, Westkenya – in the middle of traditional villages and African rural life. The guesthouses are a few steps away from our MMH center where – together with our local NGO partner GAASPP – we run a lot of training sessions…
KEnDIA, Kenya and Care for children
With KEnDIA, my not profit oriented online shop, I support a small center for children in Mukuru slums in Nairobi. The children center and library is more of a larger tin hut, but there is protection (at the moment the temperatures in Nairobi are 10-15 degrees in the morning, rainy season) and there is a…
Business skills are crucial to overcome poverty in a sustainable way
July, 29, 2021 – This week our second virtual business trainings program under the umbrella of the Making More Health initiative started, this time targeting small entrepreneurs from rural and urban communities living at the poverty line in Western Kenya. The second wave The training is based on eight sessions, each dedicated to a different…
An interview I’m grateful for – thoughts about myself and my engagement for a better world
This is a very personal article, a very personal video about system thinking and change making and about what drives myself – I hope you enjoy and find something in it that also inspires YOU. Your comments & ideas are very welcome. Sometimes in life there are unexpected opportunities coming up – and we have…
Because the last day of this year could become the starting point of a better 2021 – for you and children in need!
I know – it was not an easy year for you, for us. Lockdowns, no holidays outside the country, stress for parents, isolation. And now in the last day of the year even parties with friends and fireworks are not possible. But have you ever thought of those who live in very poor surroundings? Those…
Curious about Kenyan cuisine? Cook & Care!
The indigenous ´Chakula Chetu´ recipes from one of our partners in Kenya, the Inter Region economic network (IREN) has developed a very nice cooking book. We partner – Cook & Care! Are you interested in trying out a recipe? No problem. You can download a recipe and while doing so you help also women in…
Soccer means so much …
This is Jasa Starlets (Jamaica Soccer Accademy) under 13 years team, celebrating their win during the Mukuru slums Street Soccer Tournament. This is an event that has been bringing various children and youths from the vast Mukuru Slum together to showcase their talent on football. „This is a way to bring the community of young…
COVID-19: stigma has become a critical issue in Africa – an animation that makes a difference!
Overwhelming and disjointed information about the novel COVID-19 has caused misconceptions and raised fear among people in the world, also in Africa. What was originally meant to be meaningful information has been misconstrued to mean that being infected with the virus automatically leads to a death sentence. With the outbreak of COVID-19, stigma has become…
Listen to Voices from the slums in Eldoret
In the past months, together with our local NGO partner SOLASA we from Making More Health have supported people living in the slums of Langas in Eldoret, Kenya. The COVID crises and lockdown has taken away a lot of informal jobs and has led to a high uncertainty among the population. People stay without any…
Call for testing at school in Mukuru slum
Together with the Mukuru Aganza film academy in Nairobi, and under the umbrella of the Makingmorehealth initiative we run a Covid19 awareness campaign to inform people about measurements they can take to protect themselves and for participating in free testing. For example with posters as the one shown above – targeting a lot of people…
A health and meeting center for women in the slums in Eldoret
Langas is the second biggest slum area in Kenya. Here in Eldoret, together with our NGO partner Solwodi/Solasa we build a Health and Meeting center for women and children. In a few months the old small houses where they meet and are trained at the moment cannot be used any more. We, under the umbrella…
Go Kenya, go future! 