I’m back in India. It’s Saturday morning and before going back to our project area in the hinterland of Coimbatore I talk to a few local people at Fort Cochin, in Cochin: Here are the famous Chinese Fishing nets and a tourist place, too. How does life look here? A young artist gives some…
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The soap bus ticket – an idea that can change a lot
When I came across this video I thought this is really amazing – a bus ticket that serves not just as a a ticket but even as soap. Bus tickets – that’s an item everyone has access to. Every day there are a lot of opportunities to hold it in the hands. Independent from social…
The light bag – simple idea, huge impact
Light is essential. And has a huge impact also on education and how poor children can study. The light backpack offers the opportunity to study when the daylight has gone. But just have a look: Video: If you can’t get access, please click here: https://vimeo.com/118578556 Related material Backpack Doubles As Reading Light So Children In…
India. Meeting tribal women. Life, chances and challenges. A trailer
Impressions that stay. Trailer
India: Healthcare in rural areas is expensive, but this could change
The long walk, the cost of loss of earnings of the day, the price of staying in the city when treatment is needed, and the cost of a relative coming with the patient to support any treatment needed – these all are factors that makes the access to healthcare in rural areas in India much…
Light means life. Light means loss.
Without doubt, light means life. Light has an incredible influence on our lives. In a positive way. Safety, enabling us to move quickly and continuing with activities that a century ago simply were stopped – due to a lack of light during night. But what about all these huge cities and places that during night…
Video of the month: Building a culture of health
A culture of health: The world is complex and making health, as well. Building a culture of health means more than just giving a medicine, a doctor’s visit or building hospitals: it is also about finding and implementing solutions to fight against poverty, to create jobs and to deliver education. At all stages of life….
How an iron fish can change a huge health problem
Anemia is a huge problem in the developing world. In many countries. Iron deficiency is the cause of weakness and impairs cognitive development in children. The Lucky Iron Fish™ is a social entrepreneurship organization implementing a simple health innovation to alleviate iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in Cambodia, especially in women and children. How?…
Mobile phones give access to local healthcare
The use of mobile phones has reached every part of this world. Also in the most rural areas of developing countries there are people who own a mobile and use it whenever possible. Before any domestic machine, any health insurance, any solution for the most essential needs is in place a mobile device will arrive…
The coconut tree climber and a curious thing (video)
During our visit to the Tamil Nadu agricultural university (TNAU) we learnt that coconut harvesting can be dangerous. Not just because coconuts can fall on your head… Traditionally, for climbing up and picking the coconuts, people use just ropes and cords. But the TNAU has developped a curious harvesting aid. Related material: Learn more about…
Go India, go future! 