Changing How We Support Those Who Need It Most In times of growing uncertainty, real impact isn’t created by isolated projects—it’s built through shared knowledge, trusted relationships, and structured collaboration. That’s the strength of our System Changer Networks (SCN) in Kenya and India: intentional, values-driven networks of grassroots NGOs working together for holistic and lasting…
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Exposure to Other Realities: A Key to Growth and Bridging Inequality
Series #1: Exposure to other realities is not a luxury—it’s essential for growth, development, and innovation. And it’s a powerful tool for bridging the gap between rich and poor! In the past weeks, I’ve shared insights from our colleagues and leaders , managers from different countries, who visited the System Changer Network India, engaging with…
Engaging for a better world – Are you a CSR leader or decision maker in a company?
Change starts with understanding the root causes and by building relationships of trust with vulnerable communities – key learnings from experiences onsite. Because understanding and listening before deciding how to engage makes a big difference! Every village differs. Women development is cool. But not if we forget about men development. Have you ever thought about…
Are you interested to invest in society, to support the most vulnerable and to make the gap between rich and poor smaller – while creating a win for you and your employees?
Then experience first what you invest in and then decide where you become active! This not about financing a project, it’s about understanding the needs, working on solutions together with communities and to see how you can make the biggest impact to enable the needy to empower themselves! From theory to practice – that’s what…
Leveraging AI for Inclusive Impact in Vulnerable Communities
Artificial Intelligence can be a powerful tool for non-government organizations to drive change, particularly in vulnerable communities. In countries like Kenya, AI is already transforming sectors like agriculture, healthcare, and education. However, if access to AI isn’t democratized, it could widen the gap between rich and poor, marginalizing vulnerable populations further. To prevent this, investing in digital literacy and local capacity-building is crucial for fostering inclusive growth and sustainable development. Would you be interested in contributing to this initiative?
Change starts with understanding the root causes and by building relationships of trust with vulnerable communities – key learnings during our 2nd leadership insights week
Regularly, we invite our colleagues from Boehringer Ingelheim to one week Making More Health insights weeks in Kenya. Why? Simply to make them experience what you can never realize and understand while sitting in your offices or reading articles and presentation slides. Experiencing and interacting with vulnerable communities is key! As human beings we tend…
When sustainability investments have some bad site effects…
Sustainable is good. Thinking sustainably, acting sustainably. Investing sustainably and, above all, in an impactful and socially entrepreneurial manner is a big trend. But what if there are unwanted side effects? Yesterday, I was in a children’s home in Tarikere, India. 25 girls between 11 and 17 years live there.“There are still food supplies for…
Do you know already our MMH cereals shop?
In Nairobi’s Mukuru slum we have established a few months ago a Making More Health cereals shop. Our local Partner organization V.I.C.C.O works here on a daily basis with women and children living at or even under the poverty line. The MMH shop is supporting 100 young mothers with nutrition for children below 3 years….
How basic business skills and a small micro credit make a difference in life
While visiting many farmer women and men, selfhelp groups and generally people in informal settlements in the cities who live close or even below the poverty line I’m confronted often with the same challenges: No business skills, no self- confidence and no small investment money. How we could overcome:
Impact? That’s when victims have a chance to become heroes!
Recently, I met Elizabeth in her shop at the front of the Making More Health center in Webuye, Kenya. Elizabeth is a woman with albinism. Many years she – as many other people with albinism- she lived in extreme poverty, often discriminated and victim of crime. When she joined our center in 2021 her life changed from victim to heroe.
A day to remember: What happened at 4 October?
The center at Lake Victoria follows the concept of holistic and innovative solutions and programs for vulnerable communities while bringing constantly innovation into it through the systemic approach and the System Changer Network Kenya (SCNKenya).
Health equity in informal settlements in Nairobi? A young woman shares about the gaps in healthcare and her way to become a nurse
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…
Go Kenya, go future! 