“Understanding the needs, the wants , the good and bad things of a location, of a lifestyle, of challenges people might live is not easy. You can read about it, watch TV and listen to what some people say , but it is just a small part of the reality. The reality is multidimensional with…
Category: CSR
When children and parents start to smile – Inaugurating a Center for visually and multiple disabled children in Mumbai
Today, we have inaugurated a center for visually and multiple disabled children at the Bai Jerbai Wadia hospital for children in Mumbai. Have a look: In front of the Wadia hospital, Mumbai The Wadia hospital is one of the best pediatric hospitals in Asia where also people with less income are treated at very high…
Incredible things happen when managers engage on a long term level
We startet activities with schools 2 years back in collaboration with our local NGO partner KKID and one of our MMH ( Making More Health initiative) fellow as well as the German government. Everyone took care of a different thing, but always with the aim of completing hygiene awareness and practice. That approach is definitely…
Just imagine you need a toilet… and there is no one
Together with our local partner NGO, the Karl Kübel institute for development education and the land Hessen as well as with our MMH fellow Thorsten Kiefer (WASH) we from the Making More Health initiative run and support also some hygiene programs in our Indian project area. As part of it we build and renovate toilets…
Interim assessment and high blood pressure measuring for 40 health workers from Self-help groups in rural India
Under the umbrella of the Making More Health initiative, today and tomorrow we conduct a high blood pressure learning session. It is part of our ongoing health worker training program for our 40 Self help group leaders in rural India. We have distributed blood pressure devices and solar battery rechargers. Starting with a repetition of…
Make change happen! Are you really doing something for your target group?
Often when I talk about our learnings and success stories from our Making More Health projects in India and other countries I’m asked how companies can start sustainable projects in emerging countries or with target groups in need. One of the success factors is the win- win approach which is always relevant. For sure there…
A match across all borders – fun, learnings and surprises
“We have made it!!!” The students from a Middle School in a rural town close to Coimbatore, South India, are happy when the game ends. They are happy because it’s just two days till the holidays at school will start. And: they are happy because in the hygiene action game against ten managers from all…
A joyful day for managers, NGO colleagues, tribal people & goats
It has been a very special day today. A day when many managers, tribal people from the Anaikatti area (close to Coimbatore, South India) and last, but not least also 28 goats have been waiting for. Under the umbrella of our Making More Health initiative last November we had invited managers from our Animal health…
First Aid and Bone diseases prevention – a training that matters to people living close to the poverty line
A few pictures from our latest health worker trainings program on bone diseases and First Aid in rural South India. The Karl Kübel institute for development education in India, Corporate Managers from Boehringer Ingelheim and local doctors engage together under the umbrella of the Making More Health Initiative to make more health happen while focusing…
A goat training in a tribal village – when Animal Health managers create a win win for all
Let’s assume you are a high level manager. Can you imagine to run – in a rather spontaneous and very pragmatic way- a goat training in a tribal village? To get in very close contact with women who conduct a completely different life and where the daily family income is around 200 rupees ( ca…
Go India, go future! 