With the bundle of projects and activities which are also described in this blog ( health awareness trainings, work with kindergarten, digital trainings …) we were honored in August with the 2017 Asia Best Practices Award for our successful work in South India. It is the highest award for international companies and their socially responsible…
Tag: change
2nd Mental health training for women in Rural India
Mental health is often not the focus of educational or health programs when it comes to developmental activities run by NGOs or big companies. But what if missing self-confidence, uncertainty, stress, relationships and alcohol make it very difficult to change or develop anything? That’s why we started mental health trainings for the tribal women in…
Innovation? It’s a “clear case of the emperors new clothes!”
In the modern economically developed world many processes and ways to act are standardized. A standardized school education, such as specific school subjects that have been defined during more than hundred years ago up to university studies that may vary, however certain focus areas are given. Based on what was needed in the last century…
Plants for our 3rd kindergarten inauguration and a lot of positive energy
Tomorrow is the inauguration of our anganwadi (rural kindergarten) in Kerala, not to fat away from Agali. Finally. We really look forward to it. A 100 people will join, the kindergarten teacher, local government representatives, village people and we, the project team from the Making more Health initiative and The Karl Kübel institute for development…
Visit at kanthari, a training center for changemakers
Trivandrum, South India – that’s where kanthari is located. A real beautiful place, a place full of intense life and people who have one thing in common: being “kantharis”, changemakers in the world. kanthari is an accredited international institute that recognizes leadership in those individuals who come from and/or are positioned at the margins of…
The Business of tomorrow is part of a huge ecosystem still to be discovered
in the past I learned about birds, plants, stars and planets. About rivers, mountains and cities. In the same way I memorized a lot of other types of information. How to write letters and to do calculations, later on how to do marketing, how to develop sale strategies and how to post information on several…
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…
Understanding how to implement successfully a water project in the slums
Recently, Philippe de Roix has shared this video with me on his work. The video shows how he started his social entrepreneurial work in the Philippines and Bangladesh, which impact it has and what he was able to change in the society. Acting much like a “water broker”, Eau et Vie lowers the barrier for slum…
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…
Understanding Social entrepreneurship – overcoming traditional barriers
Have you heard about social entrepreneurship? You still wonder what it is all about? There might be different interpretations and understanding on what it is, different ways of emphazing more the social or the entrepreneurial aspect in it. However, thinking in social and business worlds, making our business activities and social engagment two completely separated…
Go India, go future! 