That‘s a roof of one of the rooms hosting three families with a total of 12 members in Mukuru slums in Nairobi. There is a huge problem of unemployment, hunger and idleness in the slums. With the Covid crises things have worsened a lot. “Most people are unable to pay the monthly rent of such…
Category: Urban life
Life in the cities
Women health kits are on the road
Some weeks ago we ran a webinar where we shared information about our local projects on women health. Our local NGO partners and social entrepreneurs explained how the situation is getting even more difficult for women as the accessibility to hygiene pads for many of them is not given (any more). The situation has always…
A very simple day care center in the slums makes a huge difference
In the projects in Nairobi, in the Mukuru slum area where I engage on a private level we need urgently food for children. Food and care are provided by VICCO, a local NGO that is doing a lot to help these children. With the last donations (we were able to collect 690 EUR) 80 children…
Co-creating with local changemakers – more hygiene for the slums in Nairobi
Together, we can make more health happen – also in the slums in Nairobi. Students from Nairobi took part in one of our six month competitions a few months ago. In the meantime they have founded their own social organization (Uhai365) and do educational work on hygiene in schools in the slums. Then we brought…
A very special magazine…
Only a few days back Jane Waithera and her team from the Positive Exposure Organisation, located in Nairobi, have published their second magazine on people with albinism. In this Magazine you find stories of resilience and strength shared by persons with Albinism as they dealt with the challenges brought by the pandemic. You can download…
A cup of porridge in the morning – update for those who donated in our VICCO project
Welcome for a cup of porridge! Friday, 19 January. They are children who can’t afford breakfast in the morning. VICCO through your support provides healthy fermented porriegde for the school children in Mukuru slums in Nairobi and people with mental illness. It is very early in the morning and children enjoy the porridge, talk, read…
When porridge brings a smile to you – thanks for your donation!
Last week our first donation money reached VICCO, a NGO in the slums of Nairobi that cares for children and youth, but also elderly. The need for food, but also safety, a cleaner environment and mental health is high. VICCO has started programs such as libraries, urban farming, drawing sessions and soccer games in the…
Because the last day of this year could become the starting point of a better 2021 – for you and children in need!
I know – it was not an easy year for you, for us. Lockdowns, no holidays outside the country, stress for parents, isolation. And now in the last day of the year even parties with friends and fireworks are not possible. But have you ever thought of those who live in very poor surroundings? Those…
When good things start to spread outside our own networks and affects other communities … then impact starts
The NGO V.I.C.C.O in Mukuru slums is one of the NGOs that stays in the neighborhood of one of our official partner organizations and while knowing about the activities they started to connect. This is fantastic – because together we can make even more impact happen. Why not sharing materials to all where possible and…
More Urban farming and mental health in Nairobi’s slums
„My names are Dedan, Shakur, and many others. I got them from the street. I am a second born of 4 raised by a single mother. Survived in the street of Nairobi for 11yrs. With all the things that you live there: hunger, abuse of drugs, crime, indignity. Later I was rescued and taken to…
