In Mukuru slums , Nairobi, the situation is really bad. “Children are at the verge of dying due to hunger. Three children died in the neighborhood,” says Francis, our local partner and social entrepreneur who in the past weeks had already organized a lot of soap making and mask production as part of our Making…
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…and who cares about them?
Kenya, 10 June 2020. There are 2989 confirmed infections officially registered. The lockdown of the last weeks had many consequences: many informal jobs got lost. Lack of money, lack of means to protect themselves, more people suffering from hunger. Children are begging and who is not successful looks for food in the garbage places. Launch…
Awareness campaigns in slum areas
“We are continuing with community sensitization and Covid19 awareness in the slum. We are making use of social media platforms, from various groups within the informal settlement, community Radio station and also door to door in order to reach out to as many households as possible. Happy that out of the 13 sectors we have…
Census 2019 in Kenya – 1st data- overview on youth, livestock , housing and more
In 2019, Kenya launched its first digital census. Here some data published at the Kenyanwallstreet, Feb. 2020. The statistics are really interesting: – the population grew by 26% from 37.7 million in 2009 to 47.6 million in 2019 – The total urban population makes up 31.1% of Kenyans, totaling 14.83 million. Nairobi city ranks highest…
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…
Great news for our Making More Health school in Bungoma – construction works for school in rural West Kenya have started
Today, I received the first pictures from our local partners: the construction works for the new school building which we plan under the Making More Health Initiative have started. The old school building needs to be destroyed. In a few days the first stone for the new building will be laid down. In February, the…
Childhood in the slums
October,10th is a national holiday in Kenya. Today, there is no school. It has rained last night. The small pathways are muddy, when I walk through the Mukuru slums today to visit my friends. There are many children around the shops and in the front of small huts. What they do? They look out for…
WA-WA and the women at Victoria Lake
Today, I have spent time in Homa Bay, Southwestern Kenya. It was a long, very emotional and amazing day with Cavin and his team. And a nice evening in a huge family of amazing people: WA-WA means “fishing women” Cavin Odero has established WA-WA, a social entrepreneurship organization. Cavin and his team take care of…
Beautiful waterfalls at Webuye, Kenya
Just a few impressions from a very impressive place in Western Kenya. Listen and see These waterfalls (Nabuyole falls) are close to Webuye, a rural town in Bungoma county that has definitely a lot of challenges and poverty, but also amazing landscapes and very helpful, smart people. There is not really tourism around, even this…
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…
Students in the slums – because experiencing means creating better solutions
Yesterday, as part of an ongoing social entrepreneurial program and pitch (Venture4Change) that we run in Nairobi, Kenya with students from two universities, an exciting event was on the agenda: A tour through the slums – together with young people living there. An eye-opening experience and a win for students and young people living in…
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! 