About numbers. About values. About impact

Wow, that’s a statement. You might like it or not. You might say yes, but… anyhow, I would be interested to hear from you what you think about it: As Donna Meadows, a very famous system thinker, wrote in one of her books:” Our culture, obsessed with numbers, has given us the idea that what…

Coming back to a world where people have choices

I’m very grateful for the past two weeks. I had the opportunity to visit several local NGO partners in Kenya. I’m grateful for all the visits and warm welcomes, for a lot of new and deep insights. For seeing that under the umbrella of the Making More Health Initiative we proceed with our System Changer…

He4She and She4he – no longer prostitution and HIV spreading at Lake Victoria

1st February 2023 – Today, we visited selfhelp groups at Lake Victoria, Kenya. Besides running several centers together with local NGOs in Bungoma county and Eldoret, we are active also in several communities in Homabay county together with our local partner Wa-Wa, under the umbrella of the Making More Health Initiative. HIV infections are widely…

“What I have seen in Nairobi only in former times, has reached our farmers now” – Impressions from our farmers visit in Tongaren, Kenya

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,…

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…