Today our community in Webuye prepared for the first time liquid soap. In our community which consists of many people with Albinism (PwAs) and their relatives in that rural town in Western Kenya soap is not available and the means to buy a piece are not there at all. So, in our Making More Health…
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Good news from our farmers and school project in Western Kenya
I got some news from our local social worker and our projects in Bungoma county, Western Kenya: “Today, together with the trainers of Boehringer Ingelheim’s Lastmile Team we did a field review on the farmers who participated in a training that was applied 3 weeks ago. It was quite amazing and farmers are very much…
Also we celebrated Christmas – for the first time!
This is our Making More Health house in Webuye, West Kenya where since a few weeks our community for people with albinism meets regularly for vocational trainings, for health awareness programs and just for staying together. A few days before Christmas our community decided that they wanted to celebrate Christmas together. here in the Making…
Our school grows in West Kenya and we engage. Because a good school needs more than just a good building
We are happy to see that the school construction which we have started under the Making More Health Initiative is going on. After the ground work the first walls are visible now. More than 700 students and teachers will be hosted here. Education needs a wealthier home, too In the meantime, we have started also…
When it rains cats and dogs in Nairobi, where do you stay- hotel or slums ?
It’s close to midnight when I get this WhatsApp message: “I can’t get to the house due to raining water. The river has cut off our access for tonight😢“ The friend texting me is a social entrepreneur, one of the people in the slums (and still living there). He has achieved so much in life…
Young mothers with children with albinism empower themselves and upcycle – connecting the dots
Last week I visited Jane again in Nairobi. Jane has founded “Positive Exposure Kenya”, a NGO that cares about people with albinism (PwA) and inclusion. I visited her together with my Social worker from Western Kenya who also engages a lot for PwAs in Webuye. Together, we try to make the impact bigger, to build…
Pictures from our School building in Kenya
After demolishing the old school building in Webuye, Western Kenya now the preparation for the new building have started. In three month the first building will be ready. Teachers and students as well as students are looking forward. And we, too.
This was different from other hackathons – what students think about our V4change program 2019
The winners of our Making More Health Venture4change program 2019 in Nairobi have been announced. Congratulations to the the team Alive365!!! The students from the Kenyatta and Strathmore University have participated in six learning modules, visited the slums, developed an idea on hygiene for slum habitants, pitched in front of a high level judging board…
Changing perceptions and more skills for PwAs – on health and farming
During a farmers’ training in West Kenya people discussed on the stigma and discrimination from People with albinism (PWAs) point of view. Changing perspectives is key Changing perspective helps to create more understanding for people who seems to be different. The more visible the differences are the more difficult it becomes to be seen as…
Great news for our Making More Health school in Bungoma – construction works for school in rural West Kenya have started
Today, I received the first pictures from our local partners: the construction works for the new school building which we plan under the Making More Health Initiative have started. The old school building needs to be destroyed. In a few days the first stone for the new building will be laid down. In February, the…
Safety trainings for schools in Kenya – that’s health, too!
The Making More Health safety book for schools and students in Kenya The safety book is our basic training material for teachers, students and parents in Kenya. The book contains topics such as how to ensure to make schools safer, eg that there are no strangers in the school yard, how to teach about safety…
Human rights starts on the ground – People with albinism meet farmers
It’s always on the ground, in the reality outside offices where change starts or not. When messages change ways of thinking, perceptions and, most of all, behaviors. When information and change goes beyond sectors and is not clear only to people who deal with it on a daily basis. When it reaches the ground. When…
Go Kenya, go future! 