After being trained by our Social entrepreneurial partner Helioz our three local social workers, Chris, Cleo and Pauline have started a bundle of trainings of drinking water disinfection with our communities in Webuye, Western Kenya. The quality of drinking water is a huge issue in our project area. The way on how water is taken…
Category: Rural life
About farmers and life in the villages
Good harvest does not mean automatically good income
Good farming depends on many factors: soil and climate, knowledge, good seed and … storage opportunities In Webuye, West Kenya we partner with two farmer cooperatives, named Naima and Kibisi. That‘s ca. 1000 farmers in total. Since October 2019 they participate in our animal health training sessions. Some farmer women have tailored hundred school bags…
Training on Clean Water Initiative at Webuye started
The clean water initiative that we have launched a few days back has now been rolled out to our farmers and people with albinism community in Webuye. Impressions from the first training In our Making More Health house some of our future Community trainers (volunteers from the communities itself) learn about the usage of the…
Simple solutions to make drinking water safe – 6000 people will benefit
A few days back, we have launched a pilot project to make more drinking water available to our communities in our Making More Health project area in Bungoma county, Western Kenya. More than 6000 individuals living close to the poverty line in rural areas will benefit from it. How it works? Helioz, a social enterprise…
Let’s have a drink together – or are you hesitant?
Above is the spring water well that is being used by over 300 household’s here in the surrounding of Webuye in Western Kenya. The people have been drawing stagnant water, and used it as drinking water. The consequences were often water with a high bacteria level right from the water source thus leading to diarrhea…
The 1st edition of the Albinism magazine is live and Making More Health is part of it!
As Our Positive Exposure-Kenya partner and Family shared:“We would wish to present to you the first ever publication of our digital magazine dubbed ALBINISM & I . The magazine is going to be a product of our broader digital campaign that continues beyond Covid-19 as we change the narratives that surround albinism by owning our…
Do we really invest enough and in impactful ways when it comes to developmental support for poor communities?
“This pic is of a borehole which had been left open. These boreholes you can find in many places. The communities get water from it. Often these boreholes have no cover which makes it very risky to small children and aged people. It’s all seasoned boreholes, ca. 40ft deep,” explains our local NGO partner. It…
They are made to shine – join our live session on 13 June
Made To Shine” is the theme for this year’s International Albinism Awareness Day (13 June 2020). The theme was chosen to celebrate the achievements and successes of persons with albinism worldwide. As the UN states: “It is also a call to stand in solidarity with people with albinism through their challenges. In this unprecedented time,…
Imagine there is the virus crises, you share your home with bedbugs, cockroaches and fleas… and food is rare
In these times I struggle a lot when people tell me that this year there is not enough money to buy a new car or they have to cancel the weekend trip, that traveling is so limited, that hip concerts and street festivals cannot take place…. and that we loose so much money. Don’t get…
Join our international albinism day activities – because your support counts!
On 13 June is the international albinism day. Together, with our local NGO partners Positive Exposure Kenya and Golden Age Albinism Support Program (GAASP) we have started 2 years ago to support people with albinism in Kenya. With health trainings, but also supporting them to grow with income and general knowledge. And awareness campaigns in…
Food, hygiene, houses to live in – it’s basic needs for each human being
Our people in our MMH community in Bungoma county, West Kenya who have been affected by floods and lost their jobs due the Covid crises today received their 2nd month food support. The situation is still critical, especially for the elderly and marginalized people. The lack of sanitary towels “Another big challenge our women and…
A ‚must see film‘ from a Nobel peace prize nominee about a visit in East Africa and kanthari graduates
One of the most amazing and inspiring people and friends I have met on my life are Nobel peace prize nominee Sabriye Tenberken and Paul Kroneberg, founders of Kanthari, a trainings center for all who want to change the world for better. That‘s why I share today a press release on a Documentary “KANTHARI –…