Just a few days ago I got some pictures on how it looks today: a kindergarten (anganwadi) building for young children between 0-6 years in the rural areas in South India. The South is the most developed part of the country, but the situation for the poor is still critical: hygiene, safety and health threatening…
Tag: Children
Mumbai‘s coast – a walk between rich and poor
Bandra West, Mumbai, seafront. It’s a place to remember. A place where rich meets poor There are many young people, some locals, but also Indian tourist just enjoying the fresh ocean water. Fully dressed they sit in the water and enjoy the waves. A father and his son have a nice walk, obviously both being…
When children and parents start to smile – Inaugurating a Center for visually and multiple disabled children in Mumbai
Today, we have inaugurated a center for visually and multiple disabled children at the Bai Jerbai Wadia hospital for children in Mumbai. Have a look: In front of the Wadia hospital, Mumbai The Wadia hospital is one of the best pediatric hospitals in Asia where also people with less income are treated at very high…
Incredible things happen when managers engage on a long term level
We startet activities with schools 2 years back in collaboration with our local NGO partner KKID and one of our MMH ( Making More Health initiative) fellow as well as the German government. Everyone took care of a different thing, but always with the aim of completing hygiene awareness and practice. That approach is definitely…
Just imagine you need a toilet… and there is no one
Together with our local partner NGO, the Karl Kübel institute for development education and the land Hessen as well as with our MMH fellow Thorsten Kiefer (WASH) we from the Making More Health initiative run and support also some hygiene programs in our Indian project area. As part of it we build and renovate toilets…
Again at the TNAU university – the mushroom production is growing
A few years have passed since I visited the TNAU university the last time. It is impressing to see the further development steps they have taken in mushroom growth, research and most of all on how to engage Self-help groups to take up the idea. Mushroom growth – income generation for the poor Meanwhile earlier…
