Quinn has a brother and a sister, all living with the condition of albinism. She is 45 years old, single mother and lives together with her child and sister in a rural village close to Webuye. “Life has been very hard for us. As children no one wanted to play with us. Never anybody from…
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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…
Running a business without business skills is not possible but who teaches it to the people at the poverty line?
What might seem to be that obvious for people with a full school education, is very often not to people who live close to the poverty line. Business terminology such as differences between turnover and profit, business planning and business models, simple accountancy … but isn’t that essential if the gap between rich and poor…
Do you think your house is not good enough? Well, think twice!
My house is not big enough, my house faces only a small terrace, my house needs definitely a fitness room and sauna, my house needs to be perfect… People in the “rich” world are often unhappy and dream of better, bigger, individual luxury. Are they happy? Difficult to say. It seems that the level of…
A very special magazine…
Only a few days back Jane Waithera and her team from the Positive Exposure Organisation, located in Nairobi, have published their second magazine on people with albinism. In this Magazine you find stories of resilience and strength shared by persons with Albinism as they dealt with the challenges brought by the pandemic. You can download…
Our MMH house – a house of trust, inclusion and partnering
The MMH house – a place that brings more health and happiness to the people This week, at our Making More Health house the training sessions re-started. The Making More Health house was built last year in a town in Western Kenya to teach people with albinism and to give them a place to meet…
Back to school in Kenya – or better staying at home?
Last Monday schools in Kenya re-opened. All children had to go back to school. Probably a good and not too difficult thing to do for all children from wealthier families but not so for children of the poor… The big challenge of payments Going to school means paying school fees, books, uniform. But how should…
Because the last day of this year could become the starting point of a better 2021 – for you and children in need!
I know – it was not an easy year for you, for us. Lockdowns, no holidays outside the country, stress for parents, isolation. And now in the last day of the year even parties with friends and fireworks are not possible. But have you ever thought of those who live in very poor surroundings? Those…
Christmas is when people celebrate together who never did it before
After our first year of engagement in Webuye, Kenya we are happy that for the first time our community members, comprising more than 170 people with albinism and their families and also elderly, could come together in the Making More Health GAASPP Center to celebrate Christmas. Great achievements and inclusion The work that has been…
Some good news from our MMH house. But generally the situation is getting worse – help please!
Our Making More Health house is getting known in Western Kenya. After the awareness training sessions on albinism that we offered together with GAASP NGO to teachers, health care workers and other local stakeholders, now even more people with Albinism are joining. We have registered and involved in our program now ca 155 people with…
The impact of our albinism awareness program in Kenya
A few weeks ago we run several albinism awareness training sessions together with our local NGO partner Chris at the Making More Health house. The participants were teachers, nurses, governmental health workers and people with albinism and their families. Due to Covid 19 and the precaution measurements taken only 15 people could participate in one…
A training with huge impact – albinism in Kenya
Last week we conducted our 3 days of Albinism Awareness training in Webuye. With the help of our partners Golden Age Albinism Support group and Positive Exposure we from Making More Health educated county officials, police officers and other community opinion shapers on the fir treatment of Person with Albinism. With the knowledge and resource…
Go Kenya, go future! 