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…
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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…
“Sun lotion chicken“ for our people in Kenya
This week the people with Albinism who are in our Making More Health community received some chicken. This will help them to generate some income. The days before they got some training on how to make sure that the chicken are treated in the right way and how to grow them. The poultry is an…
Trainings at Kenyan school with students and parents started
Two days ago, parents of the school in Kibisi (Western rural Kenya), have been trained on safety in their homes and on the importance of maintaining cleanliness at home to make more health happen. These parents are the parents of about 750 students visiting a very old school in a very bad condition which we…
Suncream for two children – thanks to the sponsors!
Two children with Albinism could receive today hats, sunscreen lotion and washing liquid soap. Because two of my friends helped with some money to make this happen. Thank you!! The children have been without lotion for 4 months as the family cannot afford. When we did the visit at the family’s house the children had…
Raising awareness at schools about albinism
Chris, my local social worker visited schools in Bungoma county in Western Kenya. Here we run a lot of projects with farmers and people with albinism. Chris went also to the schools where our children with Albinism learn and had staff meetings and discussions with teachers on how to handle children with Albinism. Some basic…
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…
Also we celebrated Christmas – for the first time!
This is our Making More Health house in Webuye, West Kenya where since a few weeks our community for people with albinism meets regularly for vocational trainings, for health awareness programs and just for staying together. A few days before Christmas our community decided that they wanted to celebrate Christmas together. here in the Making…
Christmas Donations for People with Albinism in Kenya needed! Please help!
You might have seen already that I engage a lot for people with albinism in Kenya. In Kenya and the countries around in south East Africa the average number of people with albinism (PwAs) is much higher than the world average. These people live under very poor and life threading conditions. Often they are victims…
Our school grows in West Kenya and we engage. Because a good school needs more than just a good building
We are happy to see that the school construction which we have started under the Making More Health Initiative is going on. After the ground work the first walls are visible now. More than 700 students and teachers will be hosted here. Education needs a wealthier home, too In the meantime, we have started also…
Young mothers with children with albinism empower themselves and upcycle – connecting the dots
Last week I visited Jane again in Nairobi. Jane has founded “Positive Exposure Kenya”, a NGO that cares about people with albinism (PwA) and inclusion. I visited her together with my Social worker from Western Kenya who also engages a lot for PwAs in Webuye. Together, we try to make the impact bigger, to build…
This was different from other hackathons – what students think about our V4change program 2019
The winners of our Making More Health Venture4change program 2019 in Nairobi have been announced. Congratulations to the the team Alive365!!! The students from the Kenyatta and Strathmore University have participated in six learning modules, visited the slums, developed an idea on hygiene for slum habitants, pitched in front of a high level judging board…
Go Kenya, go future! 