Last Saturday the participants of the leadership week in rural India did a basic business and communications training for Selfhelp group members who are interested in generating more income. The Selfhelp group members are mostly women, but also some men who live close to the poverty line. It’s part of the week challenge for the…
Category: empathy
A new leadership week for managers in rural India is ongoing
“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…
Mumbai‘s coast – a walk between rich and poor
Bandra West, Mumbai, seafront. It’s a place to remember. A place where rich meets poor There are many young people, some locals, but also Indian tourist just enjoying the fresh ocean water. Fully dressed they sit in the water and enjoy the waves. A father and his son have a nice walk, obviously both being…
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…
Visiting an elderly home in India – moments of emotions
India is a very young country in terms of demographics and in the next years they will be at the top of the world statistics. However, society is changing and the needs to take care for elderly is growing. In the last years I have observed that in many cities elderly homes have been set…
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…
Sponsoring for medical education for a girl in our project area needed
Dear All, as you know – together with friends and colleagues – I engage in a bundle of social entrepreneurial projects and put a lot of engagement to support selfhelp groups, kindergarten teachers and people in tribal villages in South India. Sometimes, I meet HIV affected women and their children and students from Abhaya children…
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…
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…
Managers experience how to provide good food when they can spend 50 rupees per day only…
After the visit of our MMH kindergarten in Rural South India today our managers got the task to buy nutrious food for a very small amount of money (50 INR – that is what most of the families living close to the poverty line can spend per day per food). This experience gave them an…
Go India, go future! 