Meanwhile all over India you find cows on the streets, here in Ladakh, you will meet also many donkeys in the middle of the roads and some Kashmir sheep in front of shops. However, there are many other interesting things you can discover. Kahwa tea with almonds For Kashmiris scattered all over the globe,…
Category: change and society
Exchange and exposure -accelerating solutions in the globalized world
German people are strict, Indian people are chaotic, some are rich, others poor, these people need this and others that …. Do you know these stereotypes? When these stereotypes are linked to emotions and become prejudices, when the media starts to highlight again and again the same negative or positive aspects, when thoughts how entire…
When poor girls learn about graphic design
It’s a small project, but one of those projects which makes a difference in the lives of young adults. Directly, without too much theoretical thinking how to do it, but just by starting and making a difference – step by step. The idea is simple, but effective . The location? An orphanage in Mangalore, India….
A billbed for homeless – How the advertising industry can create a better world
Just imagine how many people do not have a home, no house where to go and sleep at night. In India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, but also in many other countries of the world people must sleep on the streets, just lying on the ground. In the big cities several hundred of thousands of men, women and…
Splendid technology, but change needs much more
It is a very promising and interesting trend to invest into single social enterprises and into technology. If both “pieces”come together, it is even better and it does not take too long until everyone talks about it. Many conferences highlight these trends, especially when it comes to social enterprises and technical solutions – both are…
When teachers in the most colourful country of the world learn about colourblindness
“In the morning when I select my clothes it is a problem, I do not know whether the shirt I take is green or red or blue…” – this challenge of identifying well the colours should sound familiar to some of you or your friends and family members. Did you know that ca. 10% of…
Does business mean you loose a part of yourself?
Curious, open-minded, proud of what they have and at the same time keen to learn, community based – that’s what amazes me again and again when I visit tribal villages. “A huge part of me is not present any more, while focusing on the business perspective only it seems that I have forgotten and lost…
I was born with nothing, I was an Untouchable – and an early social entrepreneur
It’s one is the stories we all dream of: A very poor man of one of the most disadvanged villages in the world gets a chance to study at school and because he is very smart and lucky he gets even the chance to do studies abroad and becomes a doctor. The luck stays with…
What the lack of Internet means to rural Indian Kindergarten Teachers
At 10.30 am the Workshop should start. When I enter the meeting room at 10 am most of the 15 kindergarten teachers are already sitting in the room and waiting. Whoever says that all Indian meetings starts much later than fixed is wrong. We will work together on a health game and discuss the…
Talking to an artist from Cochin, India
I’m back in India. It’s Saturday morning and before going back to our project area in the hinterland of Coimbatore I talk to a few local people at Fort Cochin, in Cochin: Here are the famous Chinese Fishing nets and a tourist place, too. How does life look here? A young artist gives some…
Go India, go future! 