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…
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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…
Curious about Kenyan cuisine? Cook & Care!
The indigenous ´Chakula Chetu´ recipes from one of our partners in Kenya, the Inter Region economic network (IREN) has developed a very nice cooking book. We partner – Cook & Care! Are you interested in trying out a recipe? No problem. You can download a recipe and while doing so you help also women in…
Soccer means so much …
This is Jasa Starlets (Jamaica Soccer Accademy) under 13 years team, celebrating their win during the Mukuru slums Street Soccer Tournament. This is an event that has been bringing various children and youths from the vast Mukuru Slum together to showcase their talent on football. „This is a way to bring the community of young…
Masks and beans for the poor – difficult situation in the slums
In Mukuru slums , Nairobi, the situation is really bad. “Children are at the verge of dying due to hunger. Three children died in the neighborhood,” says Francis, our local partner and social entrepreneur who in the past weeks had already organized a lot of soap making and mask production as part of our Making…
Listen to Voices from the slums in Eldoret
In the past months, together with our local NGO partner SOLASA we from Making More Health have supported people living in the slums of Langas in Eldoret, Kenya. The COVID crises and lockdown has taken away a lot of informal jobs and has led to a high uncertainty among the population. People stay without any…
Food, hygiene, houses to live in – it’s basic needs for each human being
Our people in our MMH community in Bungoma county, West Kenya who have been affected by floods and lost their jobs due the Covid crises today received their 2nd month food support. The situation is still critical, especially for the elderly and marginalized people. The lack of sanitary towels “Another big challenge our women and…
Is this soap eatable? Dying from Covid 19 or from hunger?
People will not die from COVID 19 but die from hunger – can you help? Please read then! The situation is very critical. And it gets worse every day. In Webuye, a rural town in Western Kenya and in the surrounding many people have no access to food anymore. No jobs, no money, the prices…
