Engagement for vulnerable communities can be done in many different ways. Besides activities and projects in health and hygiene, infrastructure set up and income generation as well as education there is one very important area which often is neglected: digital expertise just because when hunger, poverty and other basics are so obvious, it does not…
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A tower, a solar pump and Paul, the special backpack – Kibisi clean water project in Kenya inaugurated
“This lady was hesitant about ever drinking water from the Kibisi dam because it was dirty and contaminated. She said it smelled bad also. So when she came to the dam one of her neighbours gave her some purified water to drink teasingly saying it was from Kibisi dam. At first she refused because the…
Fighting water scarcity in Bungoma County, Kenya with a community-based approach
Water scarcity is often treated as underrated issue in a world where half of the population is predicted to face unstable access to clean water sources by as early as 2025. While safe water is not only essential for drinking and aspects of basic hygiene, it is also indispensable for sanitation and disease prevention. Therefore,…
How school bags help farmer families to survive and create additional benefit
Our farmers, close to Webuye in Western Kenya are organized in cooperatives. They are one of the communities we work with under the umbrella of our Making More Health initiative. When I visited the Kibisi Farming cooperative group the last time we launched together with employees from Boehringer Ingelheim and local trainers regular farming training…
Go Kenya, go future! 