What does access to ChatGTP & co mean for farmers, fisher communities and communities living in disadvantaged environments? Artificial Intelligence is transforming how people access knowledge — but not everyone starts from the same place. Our positionality — where we live, what we’ve experienced, and the opportunities we’ve had — still shapes how we can…
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From Slum Streets to Story Worlds – How a Small Library in Eldoret Is Turning Bystanders into Changemakers
Two years ago, in the heart of the Langas slum in Eldoret, a quiet but powerful transformation began: the creation of a small library at the Solasa Community Center, part of the System Changer Network (SCN) Kenya. For many children and adults here, books have always been rare treasures. In most homes, there’s no money…
Working with girls means changing lives. Working with boys, too, means changing generations!
When we talk about reducing teenage pregnancy and building resilient communities, the focus often falls on girls. At SCN Kenya, we know this is only half the story. True, sustainable change happens when boys are part of the journey too. Boys as Part of the Solution Take Webuye, for example. Here, our NGO partner GAASPP…
Systemic Change in Action: The V.I.C.C.O Knowledge Hub in Mukuru Slum
Safe, Skilled, Systemic: How Grassroots Innovation Builds Real Value In Nairobi’s Mukuru slums, where daily life presents countless challenges, the V.I.C.C.O Knowledge Hub is creating space for safety, learning, and transformation. Embedded in the System Changer Network Kenya, V.I.C.C.O takes a holistic approach to community-led change — turning local knowledge into scalable, systemic solutions. A…
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…
Working with youth communities in Kenya
If we want to make the world a better, a more sustainable one, we have to to start from where the people are and to understand their needs first. This means in community based countries as Kenya to understand the community structures, too! Community plays a central role in the Kenyan social fabric, influencing various…
How karate lessons and self help groups create a long lasting change in underserved communities
A woman in Eldoret’s Langas area shares about changes since she is part of a Making More Health self-help group.
Impressions and voices from a visit to our latest SCN Kenya member in Mukuru slums, Nairobi
Yesterday, together with a colleague and some supporters from India and UK we visited VICCO, a young social and social entrepreneurial organisation in the middle of Mukuru slums in Nairobi. Shakur, the leader of VICCO. And his team are supported by the Making More Health initiative from Boehringer Ingelheim. Recently he joined also our national…
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….
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…
More Mental Well-being for young “acrobats” in Nairobi’s informal settlements
An outstanding, nearly cost- free, but very impactful and creative program for the mental well-being of children: acrobats lessons in Nairobi’s slum Mukuru Sinai. One of our 8 NGO partners, VICCO, runs many diverse projects to support youth and women in one of Kenya’s largest slum areas: from urban farming and nutrition to health and…
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…
Go Kenya, go future! 