Yesterday, the first hydroponic lecture took place in our MMH- GAASPP house in Webuye, Bungoma County. The group of 20 students comprised some of our MMH volunteers from our people with albinism communities, teachers, religious leaders, community group leaders, Some of our Making More Health Lastmile personnel, police officers and also the national administrator -chief….
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A huge celebration during world albinism day in our MMH house on Webuye
As of today, more than 200 people with albinism have joined our program in Western Kenya and are part of our Win- Win program. Many of them have come to Webuye today to celebrate together World Albinism Day. What a great thing! “It was a lot of experience sharing today. The community shared and discussed…
A trainings day at our MMH house in Kenya
While in 2020 the MMH center was set up, the buildings were constructed and first training sessions on health took place, now the activities have grown – in numbers and topics. Many people join for the training sessions, even living in neighborhood counties. Training sessions on health topics and safety, special care for people with…
Students should not sit in the mud … huge impact with small solutions!
Waaau! The school tent is ready. The pupils are happy and even for the school headteacher it is a big step forward. “What a great idea and salvation done to this needy pupils in this school! At least we can now teach in a classroom even though not permanent, but we are now covered with…
More schools get involved in our awareness programs about albinism and health
Today, our local GAASPP – MMH team visited one of the schools in the neighborhood that host our community children with Albinism together with our children who have vision problems. “We taught them on hygiene, enhanced advocacy and trained the staff on how to handle children with Albinism,” explains Chrisantus our local project manager. “These…
A trainings center based on care and love
It’s nearly a year now that- under the umbrella of the Making More Health initiative – the first constructions for the MMH center have started. A training hall, a production room, first sanitation facilities are in place. Actually, together with the local communities and our local NGO partner we finalize the furnishing and prepare the…
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…
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…
