In these times I struggle a lot when people tell me that this year there is not enough money to buy a new car or they have to cancel the weekend trip, that traveling is so limited, that hip concerts and street festivals cannot take place…. and that we loose so much money. Don’t get…
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Two worlds – same planet
That’s our world – We hope that restaurants can re-open soon, that the days with work and children at home will end soon. We hope that the economic loss will not be too big and our standards will not change. And that our holidays will be possible – what if not? But it will get…
Covid19 – does not create new, but escalates numerous problems in the slums of Nairobi
Francis Gikufu, a Social entrepreneur who cares about young people in the Mukuru slum in Nairobi where he also lives himself, explains about the daily challenges people in the slums have to overcome right now: Fears, growing prices, the lack of food and failing support. And wrong assumptions by the people who never understood life…
If you care for us we have a little of hope to survive
“I had to make some stands for mounting the vessels. I educate them about personal hygiene and handwashing procedures as well as other ways of preventing the covid.19. I told them about the need for safety and keeping distance.” In our Making More Health communities – farmer cooperatives, villages and neighbors, especially the elderly- we…
Is this soap eatable? Dying from Covid 19 or from hunger?
People will not die from COVID 19 but die from hunger – can you help? Please read then! The situation is very critical. And it gets worse every day. In Webuye, a rural town in Western Kenya and in the surrounding many people have no access to food anymore. No jobs, no money, the prices…
Our school – a hygiene hub in crisis times
In the last months under the umbrella of Making More Health we have finalized the first building block for a school in Bungoma county. The inauguration was planned for end of March. But now this has been postponed. At school 750 students and their families around benefit from the new infrastructure which includes also hygienic…
In these times giving a little bit of safety to the elderly makes a huge difference – thanks to my colleagues!
In crises times the most vulnerable human beings often suffer even more than others. So do also the elderly in our project area in Kenya. No one has thought to inform them, to give them specific device and care on how to protect themselves from Covid-19! That’s why it is important to involve them in…
COVID-19: Our trained people with albinism start to help others to protect from the virus!
The world is in crisis. People are scared in our “rich” world because of many issues. But what’s going on in Africa, what happens in our project area in Kenya? In the last days the virus with all consequences has reached also our local self-help groups, students and schools, the people in the slums and the…
Liquid soap for a better life made in our MMH house
Today our community in Webuye prepared for the first time liquid soap. In our community which consists of many people with Albinism (PwAs) and their relatives in that rural town in Western Kenya soap is not available and the means to buy a piece are not there at all. So, in our Making More Health…
See some results from our soap training with farmers in Kenyaki
A few weeks ago we started a first soap training with farmers in Webuye, WestKenya. Now the first results are here and ideas on how to raise more awareness for hygiene and income generation. Sometimes it’s just a small skill training that can make a huge impact ! Besides that the soap training helps in…
Farmers enjoy soap making – a disruptive health and wealth program in Kenya
Life in the rural areas is not easy. Farming itself, but also hygiene practices and income generation are huge challenges. That’s why we offer practical trainings on how to produce soap and cremes. This helps to get access to hygiene articles, but also to create some extra income source for the rural population. Just see…
Go Kenya, go future! 