Together with a film team we visited recently our SCN partner organisation Core Heath and Wealth (CHW) in Tongaren, a very remote and rural area in Bungoma county. Organic farming fields which serve local, but also farmers from other locations and neighbor countries to learn about different farming solutions, a solar driven solar water system,…
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More mental health for our farmers in Kenya
“On Tuesday we did our first mental health programme. The topic was about goal setting and how the farmers can contribute to mental wellness. These goals help us to face the future with anticipation and not apprehension. It’s was so exciting, people didn’t want us to conclude”, explains Vera Wanyonyi leading the Family part of…
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…
A government delegation visits our MMH Gardens
Today, a government delegation visited our MMH Kibisi Gardens in our farmer communities in Bungoma county, where also one of our MMH centers is located. The delegation was led by the Deputy County Commissioner in charge of Tongaren subcounty. “We had over 15 chiefs in attendance and the new Member of County Assembly. We shared…
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…
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…
Where business meets social: Welcome to our MMH guesthouses – feel good, do good!
What if your next (global) meeting Recently, we have inaugurated the MMH guesthouses in Webuye, Westkenya – in the middle of traditional villages and African rural life. The guesthouses are a few steps away from our MMH center where – together with our local NGO partner GAASPP – we run a lot of training sessions…
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,…
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…
There was really nothing in 2019?
“Wasn’t there really nothing in 2019?”, I was asked several times during the first Leadership week day by my colleagues when we visited our Making More Health center in Webuye which is at a 5 minute distance from our MMH guesthouses. Indeed in 2019, we have just started our first projects together with our two…
Go Kenya, go future! 