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…
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There is a lot of hope now – Our system changer network starts into the 2nd phase
If you build a house you need more than materials, the ground and builders. You have to put things together in a certain sequence, you need to connect them. The craftsmen have to come in at the right time and place – and in a specific order. You need a good plan on how the…
An app for more women health in Kenya – a collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute
“Yesterday, we had a wonderful time with Clarissa,“ shares Vera, the leader of one of our partner NGOs (Core Health & Wealth Family) in Bungoma county, Kenya. Clarissa, an employee of the Frauenhofer institute in Germany builds – together with the Making More Health Team from Boehringer Ingelheim – an app with all basic knowledge…
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…
Gaaspp about the work with PwA and how they were accepted by society
Communities have different members and this diversity has its own share of challenges. At Gaaspp we focus on people with albinism and the aged. Time and again people with albinism face unprecedented challenges ranging from social discrimination, family rejection, limited sun protection, no income source for those from humble backgrounds and biases at levels no…
“Rural is cool!” – Tony, one of our Making More Health fellows, about a special week with our colleagues in Kenya
Tony Joy is a social entrepreneur and MMH fellow from Nigeria where she runs a very interesting and disruptive social enterprise, called Durian. It is important to her to create an environment to women and the rural youth that they do not migrate to the cities. She creates sustainable and green solutions – in a…
Impact is not about measuring activities and projects, but what vulnerable communities make really out of it
Two years ago, Addis has started to come regularly to the Making More Health GAASPP center in Webuye, Kenya. This center offers a lot of skill training sessions around (animal) health and hygiene, but also basic digital and business skills. It’s a place where people learn, exchange, consult, produce and also enjoy staying together. Addis…
Miguel Neiva, MMH fellow, joined our Insights week for managers in Kenya & shares about the win- win
Miguel Neiva is one of our Making More Health fellows. His own social enterprise, ColorAdd, is very successful and helps people with colorblindness. He trained also some of our communities on the effect of colorblindness and shared his successful business model. The awareness level among our local teachers about this topic was not there. Now,…
Our colleagues train communities in Webuye, Kenya, about unconscious bias and an unusual visit
More than 15 participants (colleagues from all over the world and also two Ashoka and MMH fellows) have participated in the first of two Making More Health Insights weeks in Webuye, Kenya. As a part of the experience that included many field visits to learn more about our programs with parents, farmers and teachers, marginalized…
When farmers form a choir it means a big step forward
This week – during our Making More Health Insights Week in Kenya – we visited also the Farmer cooperative Kibstar in Mbakalo ward, one of the cooperatives where we run – together with our local partner NGO Core Health & Wealth – a lot of programs and activities. Water purification and access support through an…
Investing in networking and relationships makes a visible difference: An Indian – Kenyan exchange visit (part 2)
During the past days our two local Indian MMH partners Selvaraj and Shibu from KKID (an Indian NGO partner) have had a lot of exchange and networking opportunities with many community members, NGO leaders, social entrepreneurs, teachers and other local stakeholders in our MMH locations in Kenya – from Machakos county to Uasin Gishu county…
Go Kenya, go future! 