
health and prosperity
socially conscious company committed to championing for
and inculcating a culture of active citizenship and social
responsibility for health and general well-being.
Redefining culture for health and prosperity
Ryculture Health and Social Innovation is a forward-looking socially conscious company committed to championing for and inculcating a culture of active citizenship and social responsibility for health and general well-being.
Our Programmes
We run different programmes in line with our mandate to create healthy and prosperous societies. These are designed, optimized and executed with the communities with which we work.
Where We Work
As Ryculture Health and Social Innovation, we work with institutions, organizations and communities for the betterment of health outcomes and to improve livelihoods of the people.
Get Involved
You can also contribute to our agenda for the betterment of communities by donating to a program of interest or volunteering to help make a difference in communities together.

About Us
Incorporated in 2017, Ryculture Health and Social Innovation is a forward-looking socially conscious company committed to championing for and inculcating a culture of active citizenship and social responsibility for health and general well-being.
We believe that every individual has a right to lead a healthy and productive life and we strive to make it a reality through health research, health advocacy, health communication, health systems strengthening and human capacity development. We strive to enable you to thrive.
Where we work
We work with institutions, organizations and communities for the betterment of health outcomes and to improve livelihoods. We co-create and co-implement our programs with different stakeholders with a focus on the intended outcomes of such interventions which is to improve health and livelihood of the communities.

Health and Allied Health Organizations

We work with hospitals, pharmacies and health organizations in programming and strategic optimizing of their offering for improved health outcomes for their beneficiaries/clients.

Universities

We work with universities through faculties, student clubs and societies and student welfare departments for skills development programmes, health promotion and personal development initiatives.

High Schools

We work with high schools through the school health programmes for mentorship and health education programmes for the students. We also conduct school based facilitation for teachers on different student well-being initiatives.

Rural Communities

We work with rural communities in Kenya to institute and implement community empowerment programs such as medical outreach and sign-posting services, community health programmes and skills development programmes.
Our Programmes
We run different programmes in line with our mandate to create healthy and prosperous societies. These are designed, optimized and executed with the communities with which we work.
Ryculture Health Advocacy
Our health advocacy program is designed to address underlying system shortfalls in access to quality healthcare services. We are involved in health research, health communication, health advocacy and health systems strengthening initiatives.
Ryculture YouTH Voices
The YouTH Voices programme is a skills development, mentorship and coaching programme that seeks to enlighten, empower and evoke young people to take action for the health and well-being of their communities.
Ryculture Social Innovation Hub
Our social innovation hub is an incubation hub that nurtures innovative ideas focused on solving social problems with an impact on health and well-being. We support ideation, prototyping & implementation of the innovative ideas for social impact.

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