In one of the schools in South India we run together with our local NGO partner (Karl Kübel institute for development education) and a social entrepreneur from our network a large hygiene program. During one of the last visits we had a conversation about various topics, among them a very simple to solve but risky…
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From doing more health at the ground to the United Nations – and meeting some Indian stakeholders of health and innovation.
Today, we are with Making More Health in Genève: „Health is about changing mindsets and about connecting people. About facilitating and promoting partnerships across countries to co-create, it’s about delivering a better future based on innovation and innovative thinking and doing….“ Thoughts we exchanged today in a panel session at UN. I’m very proud for…
When managers and self- help group members learn from each other
By end of our Making More Health Leadership week our managers run a training with self- help group members to improve their marketing and presentation skills. Because creating wins for everyone is key… also our colleagues learned a lot while preparing and implementing such a training. It’s not enough to teach on how to produce…
Inauguration of a children park at the tribal hospital
“Today there will be a big surprise,” my two Making More Health team members from South India announced and smiled widely. “Which surprise?”, I ask while we continue with our leadership week program going with the participants to the tribal hospital in Kottathara in Kerala, India. As usual we want to learn how this hospital…
Understanding more about values, people and nature – a visit at Ooty
During our leadership week under the umbrella of Making More Health we look also into the power of values and what is important to people living here. Have a look at the video and learn about a tribe, called Todas, Tea production and about roles and responsibilities.
Visiting Nasscom, one of the big tech startup hubs in Bangalore
From field visits in tribal villages in Tamil Nadu to one of the biggest and most known Innovation hubs in Bangalore: just a 50 minutes flight away. A short flight that connects ancient times and the future! Today, I had a meeting with Nasscom startup warehouse and I have met some startups who are part…
A change that the world needs – that’s why experiencing through leadership weeks counts
The 9th “MMH Insight leadership week” in India. Together with our Animal Health and Innovation weeks more than 200 managers from all the world have now participated in this learning experience and many of them have started their own social entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial (from within) projects – in their home countries or in our Indian…
When women meet women – a nice time with Vimuktha women
I have met them often in the past years – the Vimuktha women. Strong women who have built self- help groups to empower themselves. They have worked hard, saved money together to be able to give some credits to each other. Some of the have opened small business units, small shops, chicken farms, clay work,…
Also this is our world: a Toda village and a sacred stone
Toda tribes live in the highest altitude of the Nilgiris mountains in South India, mainly in the surroundings of Udhagamanalam (Ooty) and Kunda taluks. They are part of the pastoral tribes and worship buffalos. The ‘hamlets’ of Todas comprise only a few houses. Todas normally live in half barrel houses. Nowadays there are only ca….
Looking for an Indian chocolate paradise? Welcome to the hill station of Ooty
When we leave Coimbatore in the morning it’s already getting hot although it’s still very early in the morning. We, the core team members, are on the way to Ooty, one of the famous hill stations in South India. We want to explore some places to be well prepared when in the next week our…
Go India, go future! 