In Mukuru Slums children of poor families come regularly to a children shelter that one of our local partners has set up. There they get a cup of porridge, can do some studies, relax and stay together. Here they learn also a lot about hygiene and health. Some of the children engage also in the…
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It’s today where we can make a change in children’s life!
Based on the donations of a few colleagues and friends we could support a children home in Bungoma, Western Kenya. There live sixty boys and girls. Recently, we could help with some additional beds as most of the children still had to sleep on the ground without any mats. This time, we have financed bricks…
Farmer women in our project area in Bungoma county- on the way to change their life for better
Together, with our local NGO partner Core Health and Wealth (CHW) Family, in the past year we had started to run health and hygiene training sessions, but also trained income generating skills. “The women are learning new agricultural practices to improve the health of their households and also to address food security. The women are…
A parents center in the slums – more care and health for children and mothers…
It’s the second parents club which has been added within a few months to our Making More Health activities and centers in Western Kenya. This was possible through the very active and appassionate support of one of our social entrepreneurs in our network and MMH fellow Eszter Harsyani. She and her team have come several…
When a 1/3 box contains your belongings – visit at an orphanage and boarding school in Bungoma, Kenya
During a church visit close to Bungoma town where also some of our children with albinism belong to I have met Baba Bishop and Mama Bishop who lead and founded the ecumenical Catholic Church in Kenya. Not officially recognized as such from the official Roman church, but Baba and Mama Bishop still feel part of…
Admission of our children for albinism – a happy day!
A few days back, the children of our communities in Bungoma County, Western Kenya have started school. Among them also our children with albinism were warmly welcomed. In the past two years we have raised a lot of awareness on the situation of these children, who very often suffered because of superstition and misunderstanding. This…
When 700 people run an unforgettable day for you…
Today, I visited our school in Webuye, Western Kenya. Nearly two years have passed since I had been here and we had decided to abolish the old, dangerous and extremely poor school building and to build a school that allows a real teaching – with teachers rooms, toilets and classrooms where two classes can be…
Our MMH school is getting more classrooms – desk making by our people with albinism
The second building phase of our Making More Health school is coming to an end. In 2020, we have started to constructed the Making More Health school with first three classrooms, the teachers room and the first washing rooms. In addition, we have set up a huge tent in May 2021 to host all students…
Early childhood protection in our Kenyan communities – an important puzzle piece for a holistic and sustainable system change
Our MMH Fellow Eszter Harsanyi and her team from NestingPlay have started to engage onsite with our MMH communities in Western Kenya. They are experts when it comes to early childhood development. They train pre-primary teachers on learning through play and on noticing if a child shows signs of atypical development. Their PlayBank stores 300+…
KEnDIA, Kenya and Care for children
With KEnDIA, my not profit oriented online shop, I support a small center for children in Mukuru slums in Nairobi. The children center and library is more of a larger tin hut, but there is protection (at the moment the temperatures in Nairobi are 10-15 degrees in the morning, rainy season) and there is a…
A special day for children who live in Nairobi’s slums – a day full of fun and joy
The children live in Nairobi’s Slum. Their life has become even more difficult in the past months – due to the pandemic and the consequences. Their parents have often no jobs any more, food is very limited, lockdowns have led some children leave school for ever. Violence, poverty and children abuse and child work have…
A small engagement with huge impact
VICCO is not one of our main communities I work with under the Making More Health Initiative. However, where it is possible we share materials on safety, health and hygiene. With some private donations we helped to provide some food and to build a children care center ( very basic) in Mukuru slums. Some hygiene…
Go Kenya, go future! 