The esteemed Ambassador of the Netherlands to Kenya, Maarten Brouwer, and the First Secretary of Food Security and Water, Pim van der Male, visited the FINISH Mondial Busia County faecal sludge treatment plant, a groundbreaking initiative supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Together with health officials from the County, they explored the Busia
FINISH Mondial Kenya is joining hands with ED partners Africa, a non-banking financial institution, to strengthen access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) products by offering innovative financial solutions to the Kenyan WASH sector. Present during the signing were Valentin Post, CEO of FINISH Mondial, Pamela Bundi, FINISH Mondial Kenya Country Coordinator and Amos Mwangi, CEO of
Our CEO, Valentin Post, and our COO, Nouria Ouibrahim, had the incredible honor of meeting Rachel Ruto, the First Lady of Kenya, on Monday, the 8th of May. The discussions with the First Lady and her delegation touched on several critical areas, Rachel Ruto being a thought leader on environment and climate action, financial inclusion
Mutunga next to an improved toilet he constructed Sanitation Options Expand in Kitui County Thanks to Artisans like Mutunga By Grace Okwisa, Communications Officer Kenya When Mutunga left school, little did he know that down the line, he would become a teacher, not for school children, but for his community. As a FINISH
Improved incomes for community health volunteers through the sanitation economy By Grace Okwisa, Communications Officer Kenya The Kiini community health volunteers’ group have committed and dedicated their lives to serving their community in Kitui County. The group started out in 2019 with 17 women and 5 men and is now on a mission to improve
Progress despite another unpredictable year Context Looking back on the close of the 2nd official year of the ambitious 5-year FINISH Mondial programme, we are celebrating the resilience of our teams. While life slowly started getting ‘back to normal’ for some of our teams based in Europe, our in-country programme teams (Bangladesh, Ethiopia,
Can a business approach link sanitation and curative health care? More than 50% of health ailments (in developing countries) arise due to poor sanitation. Out-of-pocket costs for health care can comprise upwards of 60% of total household expenditures for the uninsured. The bottom-line: It is expensive to be uninsured. Linking sanitation and health
To celebrate World Toilet Day this year, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) zoomed in on the successes of the public-private partnership model that the Financial Inclusion Improves Sanitation & Health in Kenya (FINISH INK) programme is built upon. Commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2013, the programme has made a huge
Koshalai Primary School was founded in 2012 to strengthen education to unlock the potential in the neglected Koshalai village (Busia, Kenya), an area which has been locked out of development for years. Every year as the rainy season arrives, the River Koshalai sweeps away everything lying near which has led to irrecoverable losses in
