I’m very grateful for the past two weeks. I had the opportunity to visit several local NGO partners in Kenya. I’m grateful for all the visits and warm welcomes, for a lot of new and deep insights. For seeing that under the umbrella of the Making More Health Initiative we proceed with our System Changer…
Tag: youth
Frugal farming and engagement for children in Nairobi‘s slums
I’m back in Kenya for the next three weeks meeting with social organizations, social enterprises and also a huge conference and our Leadership weeks – in several locations across the country. Today, let me share some impressions and two videos from my visit to the Nairobi’s slum Mukuru. The social organization VICCO works there with…
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…
Cycle awareness tour in Nairobi‘s slums – for more food security & safety
With an unusual cycle awareness tour in Mukuru slum in Nairobi a few days back, young and elderly have raised awareness for the need of food safety and security. The awareness ride was organized by VICCO NGO, a NGO that cares for urban farming in the slums and organizes daily feeding for children in need….
Kenyans teach Kenyans – the beauty of working in networks
“I am so happy to have this week’s mentorship training with Elizabeth and her team at the MMH center in Eldoret. Today it’s the second day, I am humbled of how deep the training is turning to be…I formed already four groups of six members each here, they’ve identified a problem that they will work…
Early childhood protection in our Kenyan communities – an important puzzle piece for a holistic and sustainable system change
Our MMH Fellow Eszter Harsanyi and her team from NestingPlay have started to engage onsite with our MMH communities in Western Kenya. They are experts when it comes to early childhood development. They train pre-primary teachers on learning through play and on noticing if a child shows signs of atypical development. Their PlayBank stores 300+…
KEnDIA, Kenya and Care for children
With KEnDIA, my not profit oriented online shop, I support a small center for children in Mukuru slums in Nairobi. The children center and library is more of a larger tin hut, but there is protection (at the moment the temperatures in Nairobi are 10-15 degrees in the morning, rainy season) and there is a…
A small engagement with huge impact
VICCO is not one of our main communities I work with under the Making More Health Initiative. However, where it is possible we share materials on safety, health and hygiene. With some private donations we helped to provide some food and to build a children care center ( very basic) in Mukuru slums. Some hygiene…
A tree of hope in Nairobi‘s slums
In Mukuru Slum, Nairobi art boys have done a mosaics tree where community members join regularly alone to leave messages or in groups to discuss issues of Health and other issues that are emerging from the community. And the issues are a lot. Besides having heavy rains and floods, the lack of food and jobs…
More schools get involved in our awareness programs about albinism and health
Today, our local GAASPP – MMH team visited one of the schools in the neighborhood that host our community children with Albinism together with our children who have vision problems. “We taught them on hygiene, enhanced advocacy and trained the staff on how to handle children with Albinism,” explains Chrisantus our local project manager. “These…
Back to school in Kenya – or better staying at home?
Last Monday schools in Kenya re-opened. All children had to go back to school. Probably a good and not too difficult thing to do for all children from wealthier families but not so for children of the poor… The big challenge of payments Going to school means paying school fees, books, uniform. But how should…
Because the last day of this year could become the starting point of a better 2021 – for you and children in need!
I know – it was not an easy year for you, for us. Lockdowns, no holidays outside the country, stress for parents, isolation. And now in the last day of the year even parties with friends and fireworks are not possible. But have you ever thought of those who live in very poor surroundings? Those…
Go Kenya, go future! 