System Changer network (SCN) Kenya Perspective Curiosity is often seen as something small or childlike. But within the System Changer Network Kenya, it’s one of the strongest forces we have for innovation, resilience, and community transformation. 🔹 Curiosity drives innovation.When we ask why, what if, or how else, we uncover new ideas that move us…
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Every Bag Tells a Story: How Sustainability Becomes Tangible
Tomorrow marks the start of the Making More Health Together Conference 2025 in Ingelheim, Germany — a global gathering that brings together changemakers, social enterprises, NGOs, and investors from around the world. For several days, participants will exchange ideas, explore new collaborations, and discuss how we can create more sustainable solutions for vulnerable communities. But…
Are We Measuring What Matters?(Series#12)
Collaboration Deserves a KPI of Its Own (Series#12) In today’s results-driven world, impact measurement has become a cornerstone of project management—especially in development aid and CSR initiatives. KPIs are everywhere. They help us track progress, justify funding, and demonstrate accountability. But here’s the catch: when we focus solely on fulfilling KPIs, we risk missing the…
From Soil to Society: The Foundation of Sustainable Health (series #11)
In Tongaren, Western Kenya, a network of initiatives supports 12,000 farmers and their families in parallel — from clean water and mental health to youth and women’s empowerment. At the center is the farming project with Core Health & Wealth International, ILD, and BMZ — because without wealth, there is no health. Better farming means…
Series #5 : The Complexity of Need: Why Companies Must Learn from Communities and Social Innovation
Social engagement with local NGOs reveals what need based acting means Are we solving real needs—or just the ones we see? At System Changer Network Kenya, we’ve learned this truth: needs never exist in isolation. A farmer woman in rural Kenya doesn’t just need information about menstruation or pregnancy.She navigates life daily as a mother,…
series #2: Inclusive Innovation at Lake Victoria: A Business Case for Health, Livelihoods & Sustainable Impact
Series #2: Beyond tech: What can a fish cage teach us about inclusive growth and business sustainability? At Lake Victoria in Kenya, our System Changer Network partner Wa-Wa Kenya is advancing a transformative model that connects aquaculture, women’s empowerment, and healthcare access—with valuable lessons for business leaders worldwide. In partnership with Rio Fish Farm, Wa-Wa…
Exposure to Other Realities: A Key to Growth and Bridging Inequality
Series #1: Exposure to other realities is not a luxury—it’s essential for growth, development, and innovation. And it’s a powerful tool for bridging the gap between rich and poor! In the past weeks, I’ve shared insights from our colleagues and leaders , managers from different countries, who visited the System Changer Network India, engaging with…
Engaging for a better world – Are you a CSR leader or decision maker in a company?
Change starts with understanding the root causes and by building relationships of trust with vulnerable communities – key learnings from experiences onsite. Because understanding and listening before deciding how to engage makes a big difference! Every village differs. Women development is cool. But not if we forget about men development. Have you ever thought about…
Are you interested to invest in society, to support the most vulnerable and to make the gap between rich and poor smaller – while creating a win for you and your employees?
Then experience first what you invest in and then decide where you become active! This not about financing a project, it’s about understanding the needs, working on solutions together with communities and to see how you can make the biggest impact to enable the needy to empower themselves! From theory to practice – that’s what…
Change starts with understanding the root causes and by building relationships of trust with vulnerable communities – key learnings during our 2nd leadership insights week
Regularly, we invite our colleagues from Boehringer Ingelheim to one week Making More Health insights weeks in Kenya. Why? Simply to make them experience what you can never realize and understand while sitting in your offices or reading articles and presentation slides. Experiencing and interacting with vulnerable communities is key! As human beings we tend…
Our Making More Health centers in Kenya are becoming number 1 to develop vulnerable communities
Our Making More Health center, GAASPP, started in 2020. Today, it is a pilot center for the whole region to support vulnerable communities in many aspects.
When sustainability investments have some bad site effects…
Sustainable is good. Thinking sustainably, acting sustainably. Investing sustainably and, above all, in an impactful and socially entrepreneurial manner is a big trend. But what if there are unwanted side effects? Yesterday, I was in a children’s home in Tarikere, India. 25 girls between 11 and 17 years live there.“There are still food supplies for…