During the World Food today our local partner in Nairobi, the community based organisation VICCO in Mukuru slums led by Shakur Njeru, organized various activities. His organization supports underserved communities with urban farming in informal settlements, nutrition programs for children and elderly, women empowerment and shelter and a lot of programs for children and youth….
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SCN Kenya leaders share about the network impact and innovative approaches to support underserved communities
2023 September, 11/12 During the Light Impact conference in Nairobi some of our System Changer Network (SCN) members shared in a panel session about the impact they could achieve through this innovative SCN model of collaboration. The SCN Kenya was launched in 2021, comprising 8 national NGOs/ social enterprises who work directly with underserved communities…
Raising a SMART generation! Empowering Kenya’s Youth
We are in the middle of a dedicated youth week in August 2023. A week for underserved children and teenagers in Kenya. Besides regular activities in CHW’s parents and youth center, health and mentoring lesson and many other activities with young people during the whole year, this week is a very particular one…
Together we will win! Vulnerable communities of our system changer network take the initiative to change their lives themselves
Only if vulnerable communities own skills, different ways of doing and start to make it happen, real impact and change happens. Trust, innovation in how we do what we do, System change, networks and change engineering is key to make this happen.
There is a lot of hope now – Our system changer network starts into the 2nd phase
If you build a house you need more than materials, the ground and builders. You have to put things together in a certain sequence, you need to connect them. The craftsmen have to come in at the right time and place – and in a specific order. You need a good plan on how the…
System changer network Kenya in it’s 2nd year – connect to impact!
We believe in system approaches and networking when it comes to the development of communities living at or even under the poverty line – that’s how we run the system changer network Kenya in co-creation with local NGOs, social enterprises and most of all with the local communities. Next week our 2nd system changer network…
Investing in networking and relationships makes a visible difference: An Indian – Kenyan exchange visit (part 2)
During the past days our two local Indian MMH partners Selvaraj and Shibu from KKID (an Indian NGO partner) have had a lot of exchange and networking opportunities with many community members, NGO leaders, social entrepreneurs, teachers and other local stakeholders in our MMH locations in Kenya – from Machakos county to Uasin Gishu county…