I was never confronted with the poverty of non- existence, the full ignorance by officials to exist. But exactly that was the case I experienced in Romania Often poor families and individuals stay just among others, in crowded living surroundings, in the middle of the cities. Some are even more ‘visible’ and stay in suburbs in between, in…
Category: change
Bangkok: immigration, better life and the luxury of a burger
Bangkok has a lot to offer. It has amazing temples, monuments, skyscrapers, a colorful life, the tourist roads, vivid markets and the refreshing express boat rides on the Chao Phraya. No doubt, for tourists a great city. What about the normal life? What I like a lot is that the basics for a living are…
Happiness does not mean to be rich – a travel to Phuket
The next weeks I will stay in Phuket and Bangkok. Touristic destinations, nice landscapes, dream beaches, swimming flower markets, colorful world, diving, fun. Holidays! But there is another world, too. Have you ever heard of the slums of Phuket? The environmental issues? The poverty in the homes for children and battered women? Not good…
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…
CSR and individual social engagement need to be concrete and simple
It is a strange symptom, but it happens to all of us: if we get used to a negative situation, be it that we observe that old people need to collect empty bottles out of the waste to earn some money, children who fail at school because they miss the right support or homeless people…
Making an impact means having a purpose – we all will win, wherever we stay
CSR, corporate social responsibility in business is no longer a “nice to have”, but it is becoming a part and even an important one of the core business. The social request from inside/from the employees and the external push to behave differently, to take responsibility for others, to engage “beyond the borders” is obvious. Time…
Digital potential to combat poverty – there is still a big gap
Wherever I have been during my Indian stay, even in small tribal villages, while talking to people, it happened after a while: People came closer, interested to find out more on what I was doing with the smartphone. Nearly everyone of the younger generation (not just the youngest, but also men and women up to…
NGOs of the future: innovation, business skills and thinking across traditional borders needed
The fact that the business world is changing is well known. Continuous business innovation is requested – everywhere. No doubt. There are all kind of efforts going on such as continuous training offers for business people, be it for employees, be it for employers: trainings around administration, marketing and computer skills, the call for innovation,…
Education in India- Tribal girls go for more goats, a lipstick and microbiology
We stay in one of the tribal villages close to Coimbatore where in the last years a lot of change has happened. It is a village with about 350 people/hundred families. Three women Self Help Groups have been set up six years ago and since then a huge number of trainings and awareness programs…
Nearly a fifth of all women are Indian. Where are they going? A book recommendation
In India, there live more than 17% of all women in the world. The rate of women below the age of fifteen is even higher: 20%, this corresponds to 174 million young women. Have you ever thought what this could mean economical- and development-wise if these women got a chance of a good education and…
Go India, go future! 