I know – it was not an easy year for you, for us. Lockdowns, no holidays outside the country, stress for parents, isolation. And now in the last day of the year even parties with friends and fireworks are not possible. But have you ever thought of those who live in very poor surroundings? Those…
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The impact of our albinism awareness program in Kenya
A few weeks ago we run several albinism awareness training sessions together with our local NGO partner Chris at the Making More Health house. The participants were teachers, nurses, governmental health workers and people with albinism and their families. Due to Covid 19 and the precaution measurements taken only 15 people could participate in one…
More Urban farming and mental health in Nairobi’s slums
„My names are Dedan, Shakur, and many others. I got them from the street. I am a second born of 4 raised by a single mother. Survived in the street of Nairobi for 11yrs. With all the things that you live there: hunger, abuse of drugs, crime, indignity. Later I was rescued and taken to…
Curious about Kenyan cuisine? Cook & Care!
The indigenous ´Chakula Chetu´ recipes from one of our partners in Kenya, the Inter Region economic network (IREN) has developed a very nice cooking book. We partner – Cook & Care! Are you interested in trying out a recipe? No problem. You can download a recipe and while doing so you help also women in…
A great day – an important school inauguration in Bungoma county
A few days back a great event has taken place: the inauguration of the school which we have built under the umbrella of Making More Health in Bungoma county, Western Kenya. The school for more than 750 students was in a very poor and even dangerous status when our local project partner and myself visited…
Our MMH house in Webuye – first constructions are done !
All started last November when we rented a small house to run the first training sessions on health and income generation. In the Covid crises it was A central place to share information on hygiene and to produce soap more than 130 families and people with albinism joined. And the number of interested people to…
Women taboos and a solution with a win win effect
The hygiene situation to manage well menstruating has never been good for girls and women living close to the poverty line. But now – with the Covid crises- the challenges get even worse. Often, the financial means are simply not there to buy menstruation pads or similar women hygiene articles. Still today in many areas…
‘With a little help of my friends’ – employees engage for people in Webuye
A few weeks ago the “red box donation activity” has taken place in Ingelheim, Germany. Now the donations already reached our Kenyan families in need. Thank you, colleagues! The red box donation activity has taken place several times already. It’s based on the idea that one time transport boxes that normally would have been recycled…
Soccer means so much …
This is Jasa Starlets (Jamaica Soccer Accademy) under 13 years team, celebrating their win during the Mukuru slums Street Soccer Tournament. This is an event that has been bringing various children and youths from the vast Mukuru Slum together to showcase their talent on football. „This is a way to bring the community of young…
Life saving drinking water & hygiene – Training sessions for more than 6000 farmers and families
After being trained by our Social entrepreneurial partner Helioz our three local social workers, Chris, Cleo and Pauline have started a bundle of trainings of drinking water disinfection with our communities in Webuye, Western Kenya. The quality of drinking water is a huge issue in our project area. The way on how water is taken…
Masks and beans for the poor – difficult situation in the slums
In Mukuru slums , Nairobi, the situation is really bad. “Children are at the verge of dying due to hunger. Three children died in the neighborhood,” says Francis, our local partner and social entrepreneur who in the past weeks had already organized a lot of soap making and mask production as part of our Making…
Training on Clean Water Initiative at Webuye started
The clean water initiative that we have launched a few days back has now been rolled out to our farmers and people with albinism community in Webuye. Impressions from the first training In our Making More Health house some of our future Community trainers (volunteers from the communities itself) learn about the usage of the…
Go Kenya, go future! 