“We thought every woman was aware about where and how to put on masks, we were wrong, she confidently put it on to cover her eyes”, tells our local social entrepreneurial partner from WAWA NGO in Kenya. In the last days – due to the infection growth of COVID-19 – there is a high need…
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Is this soap eatable? Dying from Covid 19 or from hunger?
People will not die from COVID 19 but die from hunger – can you help? Please read then! The situation is very critical. And it gets worse every day. In Webuye, a rural town in Western Kenya and in the surrounding many people have no access to food anymore. No jobs, no money, the prices…
In these times giving a little bit of safety to the elderly makes a huge difference – thanks to my colleagues!
In crises times the most vulnerable human beings often suffer even more than others. So do also the elderly in our project area in Kenya. No one has thought to inform them, to give them specific device and care on how to protect themselves from Covid-19! That’s why it is important to involve them in…
COVID-19: Our trained people with albinism start to help others to protect from the virus!
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…
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…
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…
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…
Christmas Donations for People with Albinism in Kenya needed! Please help!
You might have seen already that I engage a lot for people with albinism in Kenya. In Kenya and the countries around in south East Africa the average number of people with albinism (PwAs) is much higher than the world average. These people live under very poor and life threading conditions. Often they are victims…
Young mothers with children with albinism empower themselves and upcycle – connecting the dots
Last week I visited Jane again in Nairobi. Jane has founded “Positive Exposure Kenya”, a NGO that cares about people with albinism (PwA) and inclusion. I visited her together with my Social worker from Western Kenya who also engages a lot for PwAs in Webuye. Together, we try to make the impact bigger, to build…
Changing perceptions and more skills for PwAs – on health and farming
During a farmers’ training in West Kenya people discussed on the stigma and discrimination from People with albinism (PWAs) point of view. Changing perspectives is key Changing perspective helps to create more understanding for people who seems to be different. The more visible the differences are the more difficult it becomes to be seen as…
A chair for life – thanks, colleagues!!! By
I met Molly in Homabay. A young woman with three children and a 27 years old husband who had an accident recently. With huge consequences. Paralyzed. Molly who needs to care for him. Molly who tries to earn some money with growing some small fish eggs. Still waiting that this business will start soon (…
Go Kenya, go future! 