When I came across this video I thought this is really amazing – a bus ticket that serves not just as a a ticket but even as soap. Bus tickets – that’s an item everyone has access to. Every day there are a lot of opportunities to hold it in the hands. Independent from social…
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Indian Women migrating in search of work – some thoughts and a report
One of the most vulnerable workers are females who migrate in search of work away from their home areas.They often have a huge lack of skills and very low income gernating opportunities. Some are illiterate. COupled with exisiting social inequalities based on caste and ethnicity, it is often the poorest who leave and not seldomly…
Online Training in India – an interesting infographic and often free of costs
Online training – this might be a key for future learning – in developed and emerging countries. It does not matter where you live or how old you are. It does not matter who you are or what you have learned before, there is no access limitation (and if so, it might be the missing…
Combine Social entrepreneurship & charity activities!
The concept of social entrepreneurship is highly discussed: social labs, industries, universities and huge organizations from the social sector are very interested in it. The entrepreneurial idea behind is amazing: the promising win – win approach – that goes beyond the traditional charity events -, the potential sustainability behind and the innovative character are an…
Development hubs- a huge opportunity for big business to create market places in India
Huge economic reforms have taken place in India since the 90s. Institutions have been created for more market effectiveness, regulations have been established to make markets work better. The agricultural sector has been opened up to global competition. The development of the third sector, the so-called service sector has been going up. The most…
Simply be open – African people don’t want your T-shirts and other mythbusters
Talking about a country is always more than just telling a fact Very often the idea we have on a country or a continent depends just on an unordered and often unconscious collection of information we got from third parties, such as media, film and books. A single event, a fact is added to another…
Fantastic ideas to change the world – but no success?
Do you have an idea on how to bring more health or a better education into the world or on how to fight environmental issues? But then… you fail and it feels as if there is no way to make your idea happen. There might be several reasons behind it, but one reason I experienced…
Becoming a changemaker, working with young people
Young changemakers and learning from each other – an excellent example how it works
From India’s mountain of waste to fashion
When I went the first time to India I was shocked by all the plastic waste on the streets, in front of the houses, in the Indian Ocean… Plastic bags, a thousands and thousands of plastic bottles, often combined with a bad smell. It does not just look ugly, but is the source for disease…
The Five Key Learnings to provoke innovative thinking and Empathy within your organization
Social thinking, inclusive capitalism, even innovation based on community engagement – these all are valuable, important and future- oriented trends which are widely discussed, also within companies of each size. We all like these ideas – not because we are becoming more social than before, but because it is widely known that there is a…