Understanding patients’ needs, care that goes beyond medical treatment and technical aid – we all have heard about it, but what it really means to be and to conduct a meaningful life as a stigmatized patient is often still not researched enough and definitely underestimated. I had a chance to learn about a special training…
Category: health
Kindergarten teacher platform launched -because digital is key to all!
A few weeks ago we have launched a platform for all kindergarten and anganwadi teachers in India, called mymmh.org. If you are interested to have a look at it or to collaborate, please feel invited to join us. The Mymmh platform is open and accessible to everyone – all over the world. How it started…
Is India normal? A day in Delhi – a day of contrasts
I’ve come to Delhi for a business meeting. While walking from the hotel in Oklah, an industrial zone in Delhi, to the company I’m meeting with, I see a lot of people living in very small houses. Houses? A kind of building, houses is exaggerated… Obviously, the people staying here have a very low income….
Digital knowledge for kindergarten teachers in rural India
It was an amazing 2 days learning experience to all of us when the kindergarten teachers from the rural area in Kerala and Tamil Nadu (South India/ATTAPPADI) started the devices, learned how to handle it, how to write emails and got access to Internet for the first time in their life. Probably one of those…
Make it simply happen – Blood pressure testing in a tribal village
It was an amazing experience and an unexpected one – yesterday we could not run a health awareness program as planned, because the chief minister of Tamil Nadu had passed away the day before and it was not possible for the participants to travel to our learning center. That’s why – two friends (one of…
Leprosy in India is still a big issue, but a smile does not cost anything
Just a day back… They are sitting and having dinner. In the dining hall – many people. This is nothing special, I know. But this time it is different. I see it when I watch the people and it will keep it in my mind for a long time. But let me explain first: I’m…
Understanding realities – bringing business and social world together
I lead a disruptive leadership experience for international Corporate business managers in rural India this week. That’s what they say: Today, we visited two tribal hospitals (1 primary care and 1 specialty care). Amazing how agile they are to treat so many patients always with the same kindness. One of the major remaining problem for…
Just a few impressions from a visit at an Ayurvedic factory and a wise man’s speech
Today, with business managers I visited an ayurvedic factory and listened to the speech of a wise man who has studied more than 70 years about plants and healthcare and a very particular but meaningful view on the world. He underlined the close connection between human beings and the nature, the destruction of areas where…
DELHI, where are you going?
I had read about it even in Europe, several times: The bad smog in Delhi. Even got some advice via email before leaving that the air pollution has reached high levels after Diwali and even before. I do not want to explain the mixture of adverse weather, farmers burning leftover paddy straw, Diwali and subsequent…
Delhi, Leh, Coimbatore – ready for the next social entrepreneurial experience
There are just a few days left before travelling to India again. This time there are a lot of interesting activities and projects on the agenda. A few hours in Delhi, a weekend in Leh, back for business to Delhi, and then to the South. A 7days leadership experience with international managers will take place…