Just imagine you have grown up in poor surroundings, maybe a slum area or maybe a remote village. Some years of schools – maybe. Your life has been mostly about finding ways to survive. Getting fresh water, enough food. Sometimes your family had a little income. Daily wages. But also many days without. Many critical…
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Get out of your bubble, experience realities and how to make a difference
When you look at things with a different light, things start to change. You discover new formats, ask different questions and find different answers. Just imagine you are a manager from an international company. You do business trips, maybe across all important markets, you sit in meetings, you manage high level projects. Suddenly, you are…
Company owners, Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability managers: are you ready to leave your comfort zone?
Interested to experience your own agility, to learn about social entrepreneurial thinking and systemic approaches while interacting with people living at the poverty line, local businesses and other local stakeholders? Are you someone who wants to make a real lasting and meaningful difference in the world? Who wants to learn by doing instead of planning…
When women empower themselves – Women living at the poverty line design nice children covers and murals
Eight women in Karamadai, South India – living at the poverty line – meet nearly every day. With smiles on their faces. Even in Covid times. Before they started to work in the group – more than five years back – they could hardly earn little money and often it was a huge challenge to…
Appalam Making – a crispy bread, a better future
After two years of crises due to Covid-19 also in India normal life is coming back. This is happening at all social levels and means a lot to less wealthier people. The lockdowns and curfews as well as the situation at schools and job losses hit them the most. It is just a few days…
Soaps made with passion and heart
Our soap competition with Selfhelp groups is in the full production phase. Five Selfhelp groups participate with various soap formats and produce all in all 1000 soaps. While doing so they learn a lot: “It requires a lot of passion, but also accuracy. The soaps should have the same high quality standard. Packaging then is…
Are you an innovation or social responsibility manager? Interested in a mindset changing innovation week in India?
Join a mindset changing training week in rural India Together with UNAIDS, Ahimsa Fund and the Karl Kübel Institute for development education we offer a very exciting program for all decision makers and managers who are involved in innovation, leadership and social entrepreneurial topics. When? 02.-08. February in the rural areas around Coimbatore including one…
Do you know Maps of India?
Often I’m asked where to find more information on India: information about the Country, Festivals, Food, business, news etc. India’s # 1 Maps Site, Maps of India is the largest resource of maps on India. This site provides all types of India map – Outline maps, physical maps, Political maps, Reference maps and India news…
Soap contest among self- help groups – Women present their soaps today – your opinion counts
It was a really exciting day today. Our five teams of self-help group women presented their soap and packaging ideas in front of our first judging panel. It was a huge milestone in our ongoing soap contest where we had trained the women some months ago and launched a contest. The best ideas will be…
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…
Go India, go future! 