News from our local NGO partner Core Health and Wealth in Bumgoma county in Western Kenya at Mbakalo ward: “We had a graduation ceremony for 173 people we trained in Gender and entrepreneurship. Six members of our CHW team was trained by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and certified as trainers in Gender and Entrepreneurship….
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Biogas training started for our farmer communities in Bungoma county, Kenya – an important step to make more health happen!
Good health requires also access to energy We analyze regularly the different challenges our farmer communities and underserved families in Western Kenya to understand better the barriers to more health and to identify what needs to be done to bring in the right solutions at the right time. We measure also the impact of the…
The MMH Basket of Love and dignity as driver of sustainable impact
The “MMH Basket of Love” is an initiative that helps the poorest with food. The very particular element in it is that the food is produced at our MMH farms by the local farmer cooperative members. Farmers who themselves struggled in the past to survive… “Especially in these months of June and July here in…
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…
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…
“What I have seen in Nairobi only in former times, has reached our farmers now” – Impressions from our farmers visit in Tongaren, Kenya
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Putting together right solutions and partners to support community development
A visit from India at our Kenyan women self- help groups As many of you may know I work together with local NGO partners in India and Kenya to better the life of vulnerable communities. One essential part of this work is not just to invest in various projects and activities, but we invest also…
Go Kenya, go future! 