If you ever want to see the beauty of tea fields in all variations you should come to the Mūnan area in Kerala, an area where old tribal families live. There are many woods around and the green covers most of the homes. It takes time to understand how many people live here. There are…
Category: culture
Video of the month: Building a culture of health
A culture of health: The world is complex and making health, as well. Building a culture of health means more than just giving a medicine, a doctor’s visit or building hospitals: it is also about finding and implementing solutions to fight against poverty, to create jobs and to deliver education. At all stages of life….
Women in rural India, day 3 – 7 impressions, 7 days
A week dedicated to women in India: every day find here a photo on how women live in rural India. Women who are not just poor, illiterate or unhappy. Just look twice at this lady. Enjoy! Day 3
Women in rural India, day 2 – 7 impressions, 7 days
A week dedicated to women in India: every day find here a photo on how women live in rural India. Women who are not just poor, illiterate or unhappy. But full of energy and strong. Incredible how they manage all. Enjoy! Day 2:
Women in rural India, day 1 – 7 impressions, 7 days
A week dedicated to women in India: every day find here a photo on how women live in rural India. Women who are not just poor, illiterate or unhappy. But there is so much power, pride and joy, too – if we just open our eyes. Day 1: In a rural village in Maharashtra Enjoy!
Twoandahalfweeks in India – tribal dance (video)
I have taken this video during the stay at the tribal village in Tamil Nadu, India. The lady is 75 years old. Unbelievable how she moves and spreads energy … Without doubt, that is my video of the month in April 2014: By the way: It is the same old lady who made me eat…
Twoandahalfweeks in India – field visit to MGR Nagar, Karamadei and housing project
One of our field visits has taken place on 9th April 2014 at MGR Nagar, Tholampalayam. Here, in the very rural areas in Tamil Nadu just a very few years ago the families were unorganized and lived in Purambokku land which belongs to the government. They lived in thatched huts – with very little hope…
Twoandahalfweeks in India – beautiful decadent backwaters tour
Alleppi is a small town and the starting point for our backwaters tour in Kerala. ‘A tour you should not miss’ – that’s how travel guides describe it. It is one of our last days here in India. After having visited many projects in rural and tribal villages, explored Indian ways of life from Mumbai…
Twoandahalfweeks in India – Cochin, Chinese Fishing Nets and waste
Cochin has some interesting traditions, buildings and Chinese fishing nets to offer. Kochi (colonial name Cochin) is a vibrant city situated on the south-west coast of the Indian peninsula in the region of Kerala. It has had strategic importance over the centuries and is also referred to as the Gateway to Kerala. The Arabs, British,…
Twoandahalfweeks in India – from Coimbatore to Cochin by train
It is 4.20 hrs am when we leave our KKSD training center where we stayed the last days. A beautiful location, just half an hour away from Coimbatore. Our next destination is Cochin – by train. Whoever had been to India and seen trains passing by knows that this is an adventure – included into…
Go India, go future! 