Today, I received the first pictures from our local partners: the construction works for the new school building which we plan under the Making More Health Initiative have started. The old school building needs to be destroyed. In a few days the first stone for the new building will be laid down. In February, the…
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Safety trainings for schools in Kenya – that’s health, too!
The Making More Health safety book for schools and students in Kenya The safety book is our basic training material for teachers, students and parents in Kenya. The book contains topics such as how to ensure to make schools safer, eg that there are no strangers in the school yard, how to teach about safety…
Human rights starts on the ground – People with albinism meet farmers
It’s always on the ground, in the reality outside offices where change starts or not. When messages change ways of thinking, perceptions and, most of all, behaviors. When information and change goes beyond sectors and is not clear only to people who deal with it on a daily basis. When it reaches the ground. When…
A chair for life – thanks, colleagues!!! By
I met Molly in Homabay. A young woman with three children and a 27 years old husband who had an accident recently. With huge consequences. Paralyzed. Molly who needs to care for him. Molly who tries to earn some money with growing some small fish eggs. Still waiting that this business will start soon (…
Health trainings for farmers – diary farming, tippy taps and safety
Under the umbrella of our Making More Health Initiative in rural Western Kenya the trainings with farmers and farmer cooperatives have started. There are regular meetings where our colleagues from the Last Mile program teach farmers about Animal Health and farming. And sessions where daily health topics such as hygiene and safety issues are on…
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…
Yes, we can make more health happen – and more hope for people with albinism
Thanks to all our colleagues at Boehringer Ingelheim!!! With a Making More Health donation of our employees we can make the next steps happen! Directly, short term and with a huge impact for some people with albinism in need! The first big step for people with albinism is ongoing What has happened? Already two weeks…
News from our Engagement for people with albinism
Sometimes change happens slowly, sometimes it can just take a few days. But always it depends on people who decide to make a difference. Thanks to my colleagues at Boehringer Ingelheim and the money they donated. And thanks to Chris, our social worker and Making More Health partner on the ground. For sure, we cannot…
When girls suffer and drop out of school because of menstruation
By end of September 2019 the newspapers in Kenya reported about a suicide of a teenager girl. She had committed suicide after having been blamed at school because of bleeding… Many girls and women in Kenya and many other parts of the world. have huge challenges – every month, again and again. They don’t have…
Why managers need exposure on the ground and what is the learning for a NGO?
There are a lot of presumptions when managers talk about emerging countries and how it might look on the ground. Often the knowledge is a learned one only – through facts, figures or third parties who do research. But is this enough to really understand what is needed, what can create a benefit and maybe…
First steps to support people with Albinism in Webuye
It all began a few years ago when I met Jane Waithera, a remarkable Kenyan woman with albinism who leads Positive Exposure, an NGO dedicated to supporting People with Albinism (PwAs). Through her, I learned about the incredible—and often heartbreaking—challenges faced by people with albinism in Kenya. Many live in deep poverty, excluded from society,…
Managers on tour: loosing control, gaining disruptive insights, creating shared value! Join us!
The Insights weeks, started in 2015 under the umbrella of the Making More Health Initiative, are making a difference for the participants and for society. These are leadership & disruptive innovation driven weeks with a Shared Value! Now opening up to managers and decision makers from your companies! Because we can change the world for…
Go Kenya, go future! 