Tendo – one of our System Changer Network Kenya Core NGOs – began its journey in the heart of the Mukuru slums in Nairobi. While still establishing itself, the team focused on empowering vulnerable communities through soap and detergent production, achieving certification from the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) early on.This gave the local people…
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Rising Together: How Teenage Mothers Are Turning Poultry Into Power
Discover how a simple backyard poultry project is creating big change in Kenyan communities. From empowering teenage mothers to improving family health and nutrition, this blog explores how SCN Kenya is turning practical skills into lasting resilience, independence, and hope.
Progress at the Teenage Mothers House in Gaaspp!
Just a few weeks ago, the Teenage Mothers House in Webuye was only an idea — bricks, dreams, and determination. Today, it’s already taking shape: a safe space where young mothers can rebuild their lives, learn, and care for their children. This transformation is powered by the Bungoma Outreach group and the incredible generosity of…
Each Prompt Is a Bridge: Rethinking AI and Positionality
What does access to ChatGTP & co mean for farmers, fisher communities and communities living in disadvantaged environments? Artificial Intelligence is transforming how people access knowledge — but not everyone starts from the same place. Our positionality — where we live, what we’ve experienced, and the opportunities we’ve had — still shapes how we can…
Every Bag Tells a Story: How Sustainability Becomes Tangible
Tomorrow marks the start of the Making More Health Together Conference 2025 in Ingelheim, Germany — a global gathering that brings together changemakers, social enterprises, NGOs, and investors from around the world. For several days, participants will exchange ideas, explore new collaborations, and discuss how we can create more sustainable solutions for vulnerable communities. But…
🎶 SCN Cultural Exchange Club: Music as a Bridge Across Continents
As System Changer Network in Kenya and in India we are convinced that cultural topics and exchange are essential to build partnerships and successful empowerment together with our local NGOs and vulnerable communities. Therefore, we run regularly cultural exchange club sessions. Each time with the focus on a different topic. On 22 October 2025, the SCN…
A Circle of Care: Building Inclusive Communities in Webuye, Kenya
In Webuye, Western Kenya, our partner NGO center GAASPP works with street boys, teenage mothers, people with albinism, and elderly people over 90 years old — creating a living example of inclusion, shared responsibility, and sustainable social change. The community model integrates care, learning, and empowerment in a way that connects generations and strengthens resilience:…
No Girl Left Behind: Menstrual Health as a Gateway to Systemic Change
No girl should ever miss school, feel ashamed, or suffer in silence because of her period. Yet for millions of girls and women across Kenya and beyond, menstruation remains a barrier—one that affects education, confidence, participation in daily life, and access to opportunity. Today, on Menstrual Hygiene Day, we reaffirm our commitment not only to…
Series #5 : The Complexity of Need: Why Companies Must Learn from Communities and Social Innovation
Social engagement with local NGOs reveals what need based acting means Are we solving real needs—or just the ones we see? At System Changer Network Kenya, we’ve learned this truth: needs never exist in isolation. A farmer woman in rural Kenya doesn’t just need information about menstruation or pregnancy.She navigates life daily as a mother,…
How quiet inclusion creates lasting business value / series #3
Series Beyond tech: From unseen lives to untapped value—rethinking sustainable investment #3 I just came across a new call for sustainability pitch applications, and it’s exciting to see how vibrant and active this space has become. Over the past few years, I’ve attended startup events in Berlin, Nairobi, and other cities worldwide. The energy is…
Exposure to Other Realities: A Key to Growth and Bridging Inequality
Series #1: Exposure to other realities is not a luxury—it’s essential for growth, development, and innovation. And it’s a powerful tool for bridging the gap between rich and poor! In the past weeks, I’ve shared insights from our colleagues and leaders , managers from different countries, who visited the System Changer Network India, engaging with…
Are you interested to invest in society, to support the most vulnerable and to make the gap between rich and poor smaller – while creating a win for you and your employees?
Then experience first what you invest in and then decide where you become active! This not about financing a project, it’s about understanding the needs, working on solutions together with communities and to see how you can make the biggest impact to enable the needy to empower themselves! From theory to practice – that’s what…
Go Kenya, go future! 