In November 2023, fourty colleagues from Boehringer Ingelheim worldwide have participated in the Making More Health Insights weeks in Kenya. Here in Kenya, we run a lot of different activities in eight locations and have built exchange structures among the locations and local partner organizations so that the need of vulnerable communities can be covered…
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After 4 years our first MMH center in Kenya becomes financially self-sustainable – a landing place for many solutions and solution makers who look for sustainable investments and impact
Only if many solutions come together in one place a real empowerment, a real change in people’s life is possible. The MMH community center are points where good social enterpreneurial solutions and solutions from other organizations and players “land”.
Where business meets social: Welcome to our MMH guesthouses – feel good, do good!
What if your next (global) meeting Recently, we have inaugurated the MMH guesthouses in Webuye, Westkenya – in the middle of traditional villages and African rural life. The guesthouses are a few steps away from our MMH center where – together with our local NGO partner GAASPP – we run a lot of training sessions…
Step by step creating a better life – additional income sources for our farmer men and women
September 2022: The farmer men and women in the kibisi cooperative in West Kenya have started two years ago to learn about various income generating activities, such as dying, carpet making, tailoring. These activities are executed in addition to the field work. The outcome of the farming is not sufficient. This has many reasons: too…
With employee donations our third MMH center starts to “live”
How our Making More Health center in Kenya developed so far We have opened our first Making More Health center in Webuye in 2020 to support people with albinism and elderly in Western Kenya and the second center in 2021 in Eldoret to support women and families in Langas slums. In both centers a lot…
Turning Flies into Food: Empowering Farmers with Innovation
Did you know that black soldier flies can transform farming? These incredible insects help produce organic feed for poultry and fish—and even create natural fertilizer. It’s a game-changer for smallholder farmers who often struggle to afford animal feed. Meet Tobi Adgebite, a passionate social entrepreneur from Nigeria and founder of Entojutu. After an inspiring year…
It’s today where we can make a change in children’s life!
Based on the donations of a few colleagues and friends we could support a children home in Bungoma, Western Kenya. There live sixty boys and girls. Recently, we could help with some additional beds as most of the children still had to sleep on the ground without any mats. This time, we have financed bricks…
A cooking competition in our farmer communities – a joy that matters!
Vera who runs the family activities and is one of our local NGO partner (NGO Core Health and Wealth International) under the MMH umbrella has organized a cooking competition among the farmer women. It has been definitely a highlight and a big joy to all! The women are part of the communities in Bungoma County…
Ready to be challenged? Where marginalized people and managers meet and act together. Our MMH guesthouses in Webuye, Kenya
In WEBUYE, Kenya, close to our MMH house where every day health and hygiene training sessions, but also income generating activities take place and especially families with albinism and elderly come together, we are building also some guest houses. These guest houses will serve people with albinism coming from an outreach of over 400 km…
The first “fruits” by the system changer network Kenya
Today, let me just share what one or better two of our 11 partners within the system changer network reported: ———— “BITE OF CHANGE”MUKURU ANGAZA FILM ACADEMY recently concluded a two week intensive training on #mentorship, #Leadership, #Communication and #SocialChange in #WEBUYE, BUNGOMA. The training which was in partnership with Golden Age Albino Support Program…
Farmer women in our project area in Bungoma county- on the way to change their life for better
Together, with our local NGO partner Core Health and Wealth (CHW) Family, in the past year we had started to run health and hygiene training sessions, but also trained income generating skills. “The women are learning new agricultural practices to improve the health of their households and also to address food security. The women are…
Digitalization is key and a huge benefit for our school in rural Kenya
This week, our MMH school teachers received digital gadgets, 5 tablets and a projector. They were very happy and are ready to learn more. “Now even the pupils will have an opportunity to watch videos that are related to what we teach as per the curriculum”, they said. Soon training session will start In a…
Go Kenya, go future! 