Irene, a young women has grown up in Mukuru Slums, in Nairobi: A large area with hundreds of thousands of people living at and below the poverty line. Waste, informal settlements, illiteracy, teenage mothers and bad water conditions are just a few challenges… health equity is not existing. I have known Irene during a visit…
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World Food Day – leave no one behind!
During the World Food today our local partner in Nairobi, the community based organisation VICCO in Mukuru slums led by Shakur Njeru, organized various activities. His organization supports underserved communities with urban farming in informal settlements, nutrition programs for children and elderly, women empowerment and shelter and a lot of programs for children and youth….
Raising a SMART generation!
We are in the middle of a dedicated youth week in August 2023. A week for underserved children and teenagers in Kenya. Besides regular activities in CHW’s parents and youth center, health and mentoring lesson and many other activities with young people during the whole year, this week is a very particular one…
Gender equity and entrepreneurship training successfully completed!
News from our local NGO partner Core Health and Wealth in Bumgoma county in Western Kenya at Mbakalo ward: “We had a graduation ceremony for 173 people we trained in Gender and entrepreneurship. Six members of our CHW team was trained by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and certified as trainers in Gender and Entrepreneurship….
First Aid trainings spread in our communities in Kenya
Our Making More Health Farmer Cooperatives in Western Kenya comprise ca 12000 farmers and their families. In average 8 people are part of each household. That’ about 100 000 people. The need for basic health and health prevention is very high. That’s why some months back one of our Boehringer employees, being a healthcare professional…
From cooking lessons to mental health – working with youth in slum areas
In the challenging environment of slum areas, where access to nutritious food is often limited, discussing food and nutrition becomes vital for the holistic development of children and teens. Like here in Mukuru Slums in Nairobi: “More than 1000 families living in Mukuru Slums have been impacted since we started the initiative ca. 18 months…
Planting trees with our young students at the Making More Health school in Kenya
29 May 2023 “On Monday our Gaaspp Team, together with some school students, has planted trees and flowers in the MMH school compound. We have planted indigenous trees to provide shade, protection of wind and as resting place for pupils, for beautification, and for soil erosion protection,” informs Chrisantus, our local NGO partner from GAASPP….
Together we will win! Vulnerable communities of our system changer network take the initiative to change their lives themselves
Only if vulnerable communities own skills, different ways of doing and start to make it happen, real impact and change happens. Trust, innovation in how we do what we do, System change, networks and change engineering is key to make this happen.
Our MMH school is growing
Three years back we have constructed new school buildings for 700 children living in poor families around Webuye. They had visited a semi governmental school with very poor and also dangerous classrooms. No windows, no doors, bad or no boards and too less desks and chairs. Rain has been a huge challenge – because of…
Coming back to a world where people have choices
I’m very grateful for the past two weeks. I had the opportunity to visit several local NGO partners in Kenya. I’m grateful for all the visits and warm welcomes, for a lot of new and deep insights. For seeing that under the umbrella of the Making More Health Initiative we proceed with our System Changer…
He4She and She4he – no longer prostitution and HIV spreading at Lake Victoria
1st February 2023 – Today, we visited selfhelp groups at Lake Victoria, Kenya. Besides running several centers together with local NGOs in Bungoma county and Eldoret, we are active also in several communities in Homabay county together with our local partner Wa-Wa, under the umbrella of the Making More Health Initiative. HIV infections are widely…
System changer network Kenya in it’s 2nd year – connect to impact!
We believe in system approaches and networking when it comes to the development of communities living at or even under the poverty line – that’s how we run the system changer network Kenya in co-creation with local NGOs, social enterprises and most of all with the local communities. Next week our 2nd system changer network…
Go Kenya, go future! 