The travel from Delhi to Ghat takes nearly 2 days. It’s a long, difficult travel – the roads are bad, landslides, hundreds of curves. When I arrive there – thanks to the help of Karuna Social Service Society (KSSS), a Social Service Wing of Diocese Bijnor, I discover an amazing and – at the same…
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My top learnings 2015 – Social world: give business a chance!
It is a fascinating world, the social world and the work of NGOs. No doubt: there are a lot of good projects ongoing and the need for the activities they run is obvious.The world needs to change. The challenges are huge. There is a lot to do: environmental issues, climate, human rights, poverty, refugees, development…
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…
Back from India – issues with ‘development’
Coming back to my home town in Germany after seven weeks in India was not really characterized by a “big shock”. Although many friends have asked exactly that question during the last days: “Isn’t it a big difference and somehow strange to come back to a completely different, developed and modern world?” It is cold,…
7weeks in India – 5 EUR/Dollar can mean that much. First funds arrived…
When I ask about their wishes, the ca. 50 tribal women from Tamil Nadu, India give me a quick response. “Due to the support of a local NGO, the KKF in India and the Karl Kübel foundation in Germany we could found our Self-help groups two years ago. Since then a lot of things have…