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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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…
The MMH teens club, cakes and joy
The MMH Teens club The MMH teens club in Mukuru slums, Nairobi, is a regular meeting point for teens who live in the area where our partner organization VICCO is active and runs a lot of different activities in projects, especially with women, but also youth. Young people from the age of 13 – 16…
Because even in bad environments beauty makes a difference…
“Last Saturday we joined a community self help group that we have mentored as Vicco organization in environmental and slum beautification activities. People in the slums like to have a more beautiful environment, too. It’s not just because of living in the slums that it does not matter. With the support from Making More Health…
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…
Third phase of men’s health project at Lake Victoria started – together with women
The big trend in developmental work are for sure programs to support women in need. Many NGOs, but also companies highlight the work they do for women. Nothing wrong with it. However, it is equally important to offer men also health awareness programs, trainings on income generating activities and also basic skill development. We do…
Linking up social enterprises and NGO partners to help girls to stay at school
In the past years the situation of needy communities has changed for the worse: also in Western Kenya, in the rural communities where we are active with our Making More Health initiative, the level of poverty grows, mental health issues have increased due to lockdowns and a general loss of hope has hit the population….
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…
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…
Cycle awareness tour in Nairobi‘s slums – for more food security & safety
With an unusual cycle awareness tour in Mukuru slum in Nairobi a few days back, young and elderly have raised awareness for the need of food safety and security. The awareness ride was organized by VICCO NGO, a NGO that cares for urban farming in the slums and organizes daily feeding for children in need….
Go Kenya, go future! 