Experiencing how people in informal settlements really live is key before engaging in projects. Supporting farmer communities in Western Kenya
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After 4 years our first MMH center in Kenya becomes financially self-sustainable – a landing place for many solutions and solution makers who look for sustainable investments and impact
Only if many solutions come together in one place a real empowerment, a real change in people’s life is possible. The MMH community center are points where good social enterpreneurial solutions and solutions from other organizations and players “land”.
Simple Knitting sessions can make a huge difference on your project plans and the final impact – listen and build trust first if you work with underserved communities
Many NGOs, but also governments and many companies invest in social and social entrepreneurial projects. Around the globe. Also in Africa, in informal settlements, in farming, in education. Digital platforms, health insurances, tree planting and water projects, women health projects of various kinds … all good. But how much time do we reallly invest to…
SCN Kenya leaders share about the network impact and innovative approaches to support underserved communities
2023 September, 11/12 During the Light Impact conference in Nairobi some of our System Changer Network (SCN) members shared in a panel session about the impact they could achieve through this innovative SCN model of collaboration. The SCN Kenya was launched in 2021, comprising 8 national NGOs/ social enterprises who work directly with underserved communities…
Raising a SMART generation! Empowering Kenya’s Youth
We are in the middle of a dedicated youth week in August 2023. A week for underserved children and teenagers in Kenya. Besides regular activities in CHW’s parents and youth center, health and mentoring lesson and many other activities with young people during the whole year, this week is a very particular one…
News from our system changer network in Kenya
A lot of things are going on in our system changer network in Kenya where eight NGOs are connected and exchange skills: At the school in our MMH Solasa campus we celebrate the day of African Child in Uasin Gishu county in Eldoret. At the Core Health and Wealth NGO in Bungoma County the first👆🏾👆🏾products…
Planting trees with our young students at the Making More Health school in Kenya
29 May 2023 “On Monday our Gaaspp Team, together with some school students, has planted trees and flowers in the MMH school compound. We have planted indigenous trees to provide shade, protection of wind and as resting place for pupils, for beautification, and for soil erosion protection,” informs Chrisantus, our local NGO partner from GAASPP….
Starting the week with two news of hope
1. Children plan and harvest in our MMH garden in Mukuru Slums We got some nice pictures from the MMH urban farming garden in Mukuru Slums in Nairobi where children actively are involved and learn how to grow plants: “We engage children in planting as they prepare to go back to school.. we managed to…
Our Cultural Exchange Club is a real highlight for many community members
“They (our community members) are very excited learning about other cultures and will want to share their experience in the next session…we shall do an interview with them on a variety of topics…it very nice hearing their wealth of experience..”, this is how one of our NGO partners has shared feedback on today’s cultural exchange…
Together we will win! Vulnerable communities of our system changer network take the initiative to change their lives themselves
Only if vulnerable communities own skills, different ways of doing and start to make it happen, real impact and change happens. Trust, innovation in how we do what we do, System change, networks and change engineering is key to make this happen.
Our MMH school is growing
Three years back we have constructed new school buildings for 700 children living in poor families around Webuye. They had visited a semi governmental school with very poor and also dangerous classrooms. No windows, no doors, bad or no boards and too less desks and chairs. Rain has been a huge challenge – because of…
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…
Go Kenya, go future! 