Above is the spring water well that is being used by over 300 household’s here in the surrounding of Webuye in Western Kenya. The people have been drawing stagnant water, and used it as drinking water. The consequences were often water with a high bacteria level right from the water source thus leading to diarrhea…
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Solasa and Making More Health reach out to elderly in the slums
Our local partner Solasa NGO is located in the 2nd biggest slum in Kenya, called Langas in Eldoret. Together, we have engaged a lot to help the most needy people during the last weeks when Covid 19 has led to a complete lockdown even in the slums. In the past we have been working together…
COVID-19: stigma has become a critical issue in Africa – an animation that makes a difference!
Overwhelming and disjointed information about the novel COVID-19 has caused misconceptions and raised fear among people in the world, also in Africa. What was originally meant to be meaningful information has been misconstrued to mean that being infected with the virus automatically leads to a death sentence. With the outbreak of COVID-19, stigma has become…
The 1st edition of the Albinism magazine is live and Making More Health is part of it!
As Our Positive Exposure-Kenya partner and Family shared:“We would wish to present to you the first ever publication of our digital magazine dubbed ALBINISM & I . The magazine is going to be a product of our broader digital campaign that continues beyond Covid-19 as we change the narratives that surround albinism by owning our…
Just imagine people from another planet come and promise to make your world a better one …
Just imagine people from another planet would come and “help” you with a lot of things and ideas. Things and ideas THEY think are needed and THEY steer strategically “to create a better life for you”. Would you like it and trust? Even if they promise you a so much better future? What does it…
When people in need empower each other and share learnings – that’s what we call impact!
“We visited Positive Exposure today, donated masks. The masks will be shared to Jane’s team. We also held a training session taking her through the process of making Liquid Soap. She was exited as, just like the women and youths from Mukuru Slums, who have already benefited with this training, And are now earning a…
Listen to Voices from the slums in Eldoret
In the past months, together with our local NGO partner SOLASA we from Making More Health have supported people living in the slums of Langas in Eldoret, Kenya. The COVID crises and lockdown has taken away a lot of informal jobs and has led to a high uncertainty among the population. People stay without any…
They are made to shine – join our live session on 13 June
Made To Shine” is the theme for this year’s International Albinism Awareness Day (13 June 2020). The theme was chosen to celebrate the achievements and successes of persons with albinism worldwide. As the UN states: “It is also a call to stand in solidarity with people with albinism through their challenges. In this unprecedented time,…
We care … impressions from the youth project in Mukuru slums
„We walked around the streets distributing liquid soap to the shops, hotels and small business traders that have installed hand washing points as we encouraged them to keep doing this. We were greeted with joy, smiles and appreciation as no other group had done such since the first case was announced by the Kenyan Government…
Why HOPE for the young generation in the slums makes a difference!
If there is hope, the sky is the limit! Francis Gikufu, a social entrepreneur, has grown up himself in the slums of Nairobi. After some very difficult years as a young adoloscent he got support and learned on how to make real impact happen – for himself first and from there he started to engage…
Imagine there is the virus crises, you share your home with bedbugs, cockroaches and fleas… and food is rare
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…
Join our international albinism day activities – because your support counts!
On 13 June is the international albinism day. Together, with our local NGO partners Positive Exposure Kenya and Golden Age Albinism Support Program (GAASP) we have started 2 years ago to support people with albinism in Kenya. With health trainings, but also supporting them to grow with income and general knowledge. And awareness campaigns in…
Go Kenya, go future! 