After launching an own center in 2023 for fisher communities who live at the poverty line investing in more health, income generation activities, education and environment , now the next steps are happening. Close to Homabay in the next weeks a new building with 4 classrooms will be finalized: tailoring, beauty, soap and detergent production…
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Impressions and voices from a visit to our latest SCN Kenya member in Mukuru slums, Nairobi
Yesterday, together with a colleague and some supporters from India and UK we visited VICCO, a young social and social entrepreneurial organisation in the middle of Mukuru slums in Nairobi. Shakur, the leader of VICCO. And his team are supported by the Making More Health initiative from Boehringer Ingelheim. Recently he joined also our national…
How basic business skills and a small micro credit make a difference in life
While visiting many farmer women and men, selfhelp groups and generally people in informal settlements in the cities who live close or even below the poverty line I’m confronted often with the same challenges: No business skills, no self- confidence and no small investment money. How we could overcome:
Making More Health activities in our centers in Webuye and Tongaren, Kenya to prevent teenage mothers and support children
During and after the Covid crises the number of teenage mothers in Western Kenya has increased significantly. That’s why we run a lot of prevention and awareness training sessions for girls and young teenage mothers in our two MMH centers in Webuye and Tongaren area in Bungoma county, and at our Solasa MMH center in…
More Mental Well-being for young “acrobats” in Nairobi’s informal settlements
An outstanding, nearly cost- free, but very impactful and creative program for the mental well-being of children: acrobats lessons in Nairobi’s slum Mukuru Sinai. One of our 8 NGO partners, VICCO, runs many diverse projects to support youth and women in one of Kenya’s largest slum areas: from urban farming and nutrition to health and…
Gender equity and entrepreneurship training successfully completed!
News from our local NGO partner Core Health and Wealth in Bumgoma county in Western Kenya at Mbakalo ward: “We had a graduation ceremony for 173 people we trained in Gender and entrepreneurship. Six members of our CHW team was trained by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and certified as trainers in Gender and Entrepreneurship….
Biogas training started for our farmer communities in Bungoma county, Kenya – an important step to make more health happen!
Good health requires also access to energy We analyze regularly the different challenges our farmer communities and underserved families in Western Kenya to understand better the barriers to more health and to identify what needs to be done to bring in the right solutions at the right time. We measure also the impact of the…
First Aid trainings spread in our communities in Kenya
Our Making More Health Farmer Cooperatives in Western Kenya comprise ca 12000 farmers and their families. In average 8 people are part of each household. That’ about 100 000 people. The need for basic health and health prevention is very high. That’s why some months back one of our Boehringer employees, being a healthcare professional…
Road safety and an ambulance car are key for health
In our project areas in Western Kenya we run a lot of health awareness projects with farmers and their families. However, besides specific health and hygiene education it is also about reducing risks that impact people’s life day by day – in the houses, at work and on the road. And what if there is…
The MMH teens club, cakes and joy
The MMH Teens club The MMH teens club in Mukuru slums, Nairobi, is a regular meeting point for teens who live in the area where our partner organization VICCO is active and runs a lot of different activities in projects, especially with women, but also youth. Young people from the age of 13 – 16…
A cooking competition in our farmer communities – a joy that matters!
Vera who runs the family activities and is one of our local NGO partner (NGO Core Health and Wealth International) under the MMH umbrella has organized a cooking competition among the farmer women. It has been definitely a highlight and a big joy to all! The women are part of the communities in Bungoma County…
Ready to be challenged? Where marginalized people and managers meet and act together. Our MMH guesthouses in Webuye, Kenya
In WEBUYE, Kenya, close to our MMH house where every day health and hygiene training sessions, but also income generating activities take place and especially families with albinism and elderly come together, we are building also some guest houses. These guest houses will serve people with albinism coming from an outreach of over 400 km…
Go Kenya, go future! 