Two years ago, Addis has started to come regularly to the Making More Health GAASPP center in Webuye, Kenya. This center offers a lot of skill training sessions around (animal) health and hygiene, but also basic digital and business skills. It’s a place where people learn, exchange, consult, produce and also enjoy staying together. Addis…
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Our MMH house in Webuye – first constructions are done !
All started last November when we rented a small house to run the first training sessions on health and income generation. In the Covid crises it was A central place to share information on hygiene and to produce soap more than 130 families and people with albinism joined. And the number of interested people to…
What do you think of when you hear about slums?
When you think about slums do you think about poverty, waste, and poor education? When I was in slums in India and Kenya the first time I realized that it is much more than what I thought. Yes, there are a lot of poor people, a big issue with waste and hygiene and many other…
COVID-19: stigma has become a critical issue in Africa – an animation that makes a difference!
Overwhelming and disjointed information about the novel COVID-19 has caused misconceptions and raised fear among people in the world, also in Africa. What was originally meant to be meaningful information has been misconstrued to mean that being infected with the virus automatically leads to a death sentence. With the outbreak of COVID-19, stigma has become…
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…
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…
Farmers enjoy soap making – a disruptive health and wealth program in Kenya
Life in the rural areas is not easy. Farming itself, but also hygiene practices and income generation are huge challenges. That’s why we offer practical trainings on how to produce soap and cremes. This helps to get access to hygiene articles, but also to create some extra income source for the rural population. Just see…
Schools for poor are poorly managed – time to change
As one project of our work under the umbrella of the Making More Health Initiative, Boehringer Ingelheim and in close partnership with Ampath we invest in education for children from disadvantaged backgrounds in rural communities in Western Kenya. Schools for poor are managed poorly, schools for rich are managed in a rich way Investing in…
When NGOs co-create with Business – thoughts from our local NGO partner in Kenya
Listen to the thoughts from our NGO partner. Chrisantus works as a local social worker in Bungoma county where we run several projects together for farmers, teachers, parents and people with albinism. In this interview he talks about the added value on the ground when NGOs and companies work together: Video
A welcome dance by elderly women in Langas slum, Eldoret, Kenya
It was a very emotional day today. A day where we met children and elderly women in the center of Solwodi (a non- governmental organization) in the slums of Langas in Eldoret, Kenya. When we arrived we were welcomed by the women in tribal clothes and a real nice dance: Have a look here (video,…
When students learn from people living in slums – time to rethink on how we run idea competitions
The ongoing Venture4 change competition*, a kind of hackathon for students in Nairobi is close to an important milestone. After having developed over weeks an idea on how to make more health in slums happen, after having participated in six different modules and meetings with social entrepreneurs, professors and business people, 5 student teams from…
When students collaborate with my friends in the slums of Nairobi…
Francis Gikufu and his team are doing a lot in the slums of Nairobi to empower young people – through teaching them about filming, theater play and staying together in a community. We are running a hackathon with Nairobi’s students to develop social entrepreneurial ideas and hygiene programs for Slum habitants. Instead of doing it…
Go Kenya, go future! 