Overwhelming and disjointed information about the novel COVID-19 has caused misconceptions and raised fear among people in the world, also in Africa. What was originally meant to be meaningful information has been misconstrued to mean that being infected with the virus automatically leads to a death sentence. With the outbreak of COVID-19, stigma has become…
Tag: digital
A digital game to improve handwashing around the globe
We are proud about Alive 365. Alive 365 is a group of Kenyan students who have participated in our Making More Health venture4change program a few months back in Nairobi have developed a game to bring more hygiene to children in the slums. And successfully implemented. In reality, not on paper only. A decisive moment…
First steps to support people with Albinism in Webuye
It started some years back when Jane became my friend. Jane is a person with albinism, Kenyan and leads Positive Exposure, a NGO that started recently to support People with albinism (PwAs). I learned about the challenges these people encounter in their life. Incredible and horrible. Often extremely poor, excluded from society, often raped or…
Partnering and a beauty salon in the slums contributing to sustainability
Sometimes just sitting together and exchanging experiences from NGO and Business backgrounds is really helpful. If we start working together not only in and for concrete projects with the target groups, but exchange knowledge also on our daily challenges, it creates a lot of impact – and a win to everyone. That’s what happened two…
