It was a week that we will not forget. Many learnings about South India, getting insights into rural and tribal areas, talking to tribal hospital doctors and NGOs who care about HIV infected children in the city. Drumming welcome by tribal people, dancing with kids in a home shelter. And looking at all this with…
Category: diversity
A nun, petrol station friends, Clint Eastwood and a fisher boat
“Can we stop for a short visit to a friend, here at the petrol station?” the nun who sits besides me in the car is asking. We are on the way from Pollachi to Valparai in the Nilgiris mountains in South India. After a few minutes the car stops. A friendly, maybe 40 years old…
Selfhelp groups: Everyone says women are social drivers, but men are active, too!
Everywhere strong women are changemakers in the society. In rich and in poor countries. Many publications and articles pay attention to their achievements. Social organizations set up programs around women and support self-help groups for women, women are celebrated as social entrepreneurs, women taking care on health and children education are interviewed and celebrated. Women…
A new year starts… How cold, rainy days and a colorful India fit together
It is one if those days in Germany where you just want to stay in bed, while outside the grey continuous toc, toc, toc of raindrops hits continuously against your window and there is nor real difference between seven o clock in the morning or three o’clock in the afternoon. The world seems to be…
The beauty of old tribal women
The beauty of old tribal women – and their role as change agents Isn’t it amazing? In many big cities, with the ongoing globalization and higher education, huge changes of family structures are taking place – also in India. Young families need to go for work in other areas and personal independence gets higher rated…
7weeks in India – When the elephants come
We all know them: the famous “painted and decorated ” elephants from India. Elephants are much respected and many celebrations can’t be done without them. But there is also a “normal elephants’ life” aside. On the roads in the rural parts of Tamil Nadu (what means most of the region) you will find signs saying…
7weeks in India – Momos in Ooty
I see them and can hardly resist: momos, veg balls in garlic sauce, boiled in water. One my preferred foods in India. I spend the weekend in Ooty, a hill town in the Nilgiri mountains at 2.240m. Talking with the momo lady The lady is preparing momos at a cooking stand when I pass by….
7weeks in India – The world is crazy
Tonight I bought almond oil as I forgot to bring some body milk with me. The shop assistant told me to use it only in the early morning or even better, just in the evening as with the sunlight the oil could darken my skin… ??? … In Europe we stay hours and hours under…
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:
The world is big. Why just becoming a chicken farmer?
The world is asking for more education. Wherever you go, the call for more, for a better education is obvious. Be it in the developed or in the developing world. But what often is underestimated is that we do not need just education, but diversity of education for ensuring economic growth and change making people….
Go India, go future! 