The world is in crisis. People are scared in our “rich” world because of many issues. But what’s going on in Africa, what happens in our project area in Kenya? In the last days the virus with all consequences has reached also our local self-help groups, students and schools, the people in the slums and the…
Category: Rural life
About farmers and life in the villages
Our people with albinism construct desks for our school
„Yes, I received the donation and by yesterday already 5 desks were ready, built by our community with people with albinism. Thanks to your employees who made this possible”, said Chris, our local partner and social worker from Ampath/GASAAP in Webuye, a town in Bungoma county in Western Kenya. There is a lot of energy…
Census 2019 in Kenya – 1st data- overview on youth, livestock , housing and more
In 2019, Kenya launched its first digital census. Here some data published at the Kenyanwallstreet, Feb. 2020. The statistics are really interesting: – the population grew by 26% from 37.7 million in 2009 to 47.6 million in 2019 – The total urban population makes up 31.1% of Kenyans, totaling 14.83 million. Nairobi city ranks highest…
“Sun lotion chicken“ for our people in Kenya
This week the people with Albinism who are in our Making More Health community received some chicken. This will help them to generate some income. The days before they got some training on how to make sure that the chicken are treated in the right way and how to grow them. The poultry is an…
Trainings at Kenyan school with students and parents started
Two days ago, parents of the school in Kibisi (Western rural Kenya), have been trained on safety in their homes and on the importance of maintaining cleanliness at home to make more health happen. These parents are the parents of about 750 students visiting a very old school in a very bad condition which we…
Suncream for two children – thanks to the sponsors!
Two children with Albinism could receive today hats, sunscreen lotion and washing liquid soap. Because two of my friends helped with some money to make this happen. Thank you!! The children have been without lotion for 4 months as the family cannot afford. When we did the visit at the family’s house the children had…
Raising awareness at schools about albinism
Chris, my local social worker visited schools in Bungoma county in Western Kenya. Here we run a lot of projects with farmers and people with albinism. Chris went also to the schools where our children with Albinism learn and had staff meetings and discussions with teachers on how to handle children with Albinism. Some basic…
Liquid soap for a better life made in our MMH house
Today our community in Webuye prepared for the first time liquid soap. In our community which consists of many people with Albinism (PwAs) and their relatives in that rural town in Western Kenya soap is not available and the means to buy a piece are not there at all. So, in our Making More Health…
Good news from our farmers and school project in Western Kenya
I got some news from our local social worker and our projects in Bungoma county, Western Kenya: “Today, together with the trainers of Boehringer Ingelheim’s Lastmile Team we did a field review on the farmers who participated in a training that was applied 3 weeks ago. It was quite amazing and farmers are very much…
Also we celebrated Christmas – for the first time!
This is our Making More Health house in Webuye, West Kenya where since a few weeks our community for people with albinism meets regularly for vocational trainings, for health awareness programs and just for staying together. A few days before Christmas our community decided that they wanted to celebrate Christmas together. here in the Making…
Our school grows in West Kenya and we engage. Because a good school needs more than just a good building
We are happy to see that the school construction which we have started under the Making More Health Initiative is going on. After the ground work the first walls are visible now. More than 700 students and teachers will be hosted here. Education needs a wealthier home, too In the meantime, we have started also…
Pictures from our School building in Kenya
After demolishing the old school building in Webuye, Western Kenya now the preparation for the new building have started. In three month the first building will be ready. Teachers and students as well as students are looking forward. And we, too.
Go Kenya, go future! 