It took nearly a year. It was the idea of some colleagues who had the chance some years back to visit in the MMH insights week or projects and activities, among them also some hygiene activities at schools in India and there they could interact with students. That’s were the idea to do some thing…
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An interview I’m grateful for – thoughts about myself and my engagement for a better world
This is a very personal article, a very personal video about system thinking and change making and about what drives myself – I hope you enjoy and find something in it that also inspires YOU. Your comments & ideas are very welcome. Sometimes in life there are unexpected opportunities coming up – and we have…
20 years celebration of our local MMH partner KKID in India – a huge honor for our MMH projects!
“Power, fame and wealth are ok – when the means to get there are ok. – It’s about thinking which values we want to follow in this world. Which are our goals and why? How we act to get there? What do we teach students at school to go where? Is it about competition and…
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…
When Business links to Social – Anil Patil taking care on carers
During our Making More Health exposure week with 20 business people at KKID (our partner NGO close to Coimbatore , South India) we had some very interesting insights and discussion also with Anil Patil. Anil is a social entrepreneur and Ashoka/Making More Health Fellow in our network. His big vision is to set up a…
Are you a change agent? Apply for the kanthari leadership training in South India!
Paul and Sabriye are running one of the most exciting, change making leadership trainings I have ever seen – for many years now. Many participants have set up their own social enterprises in a very successful way after running through this curriculum, all over the world. That’s why this call for application is an opportunity…
Managers experience how to provide good food when they can spend 50 rupees per day only…
After the visit of our MMH kindergarten in Rural South India today our managers got the task to buy nutrious food for a very small amount of money (50 INR – that is what most of the families living close to the poverty line can spend per day per food). This experience gave them an…
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…
Combine Social entrepreneurship & charity activities!
The concept of social entrepreneurship is highly discussed: social labs, industries, universities and huge organizations from the social sector are very interested in it. The entrepreneurial idea behind is amazing: the promising win – win approach – that goes beyond the traditional charity events -, the potential sustainability behind and the innovative character are an…
Talk Love, talk Business – two different worlds
Part-time empathy When I meet people during lunch time, when I talk to neighbors, friends and family, whenever I meet people outside the official business hours and talk about social engagement and empathy, about making the world a little bit better, I’m very often surprised. Most of the people around me get excited and very…
Go India, go future! 